Happy New Year DVD43 3.5 released, handles ARcoSS protection [Archive]

mrbass

13th February 2005, 19:31

also paraphrasing Captain Red (author of dvd43)

DVD43 works differently than AnyDVD and RegionFree. Those two handle bad sectors by replacing them with dummy data, instead of removing the bad data. The end result, some ARccOS titles will play with a black screen for ten minutes - DVD43 works around this.

MaxT

13th February 2005, 20:32

Nice news, thanks for the details :D

pgreed

14th February 2005, 00:15

mrbass, does the latest DVD43 really get rid of Macrovision as well, (there is a statement that it does on your site - great site by the way) I can see nothing about this at www.dvd43.com

nwg

14th February 2005, 00:20

It doesn't get rid of macrovision but, that doesn't matter to me. I use Shrink with it which does get rid of it.

It is one benefit AnyDVD has over DVD43 as that does remove macrovision.

2COOL

14th February 2005, 00:23

I also wonder if it detects and removes dummy VTS files. E.g. VIDEO_TS.IFO has "Number of Title Sets" at actual 8 but viewing ripped files in File Manager, the Title Set count is higher.

mrbass

15th February 2005, 00:00

The author 'Captain Red' said it now removes macrovision protection also if you right click on dvd43 it says 'Remove Analogue Video Copy protection' so I believe the 3.5 version does. I know previous versions didn't however.

Here's another tidbit which I didn't know but it's all legit. Not sure much how I can say so to sum it up basically there was another version that was being sold which had a few new features. Anyway it didn't techinically quite work out. So there was never a scam or what have you for version 2.5. Anway the 3.5 version is free and has much improved over 1.4 and 2.5.

@2Cool he says he doesn't just replace the errors with dummy data but has a workaround so it doesn't use crap space and like he says. Honestly I don't really know the answer though....no time to test it out extensively. Can't want to try it though with dvdshrink on an ARcoSS title though.

nwg

15th February 2005, 00:16

Originally posted by mrbass
The author 'Captain Red' said it now removes macrovision protection also if you right click on dvd43 it says 'Remove Analogue Video Copy protection' so I believe the 3.5 version does. I know previous versions didn't however.

Can't want to try it though with dvdshrink on an ARcoSS title though.

I didn't know that about the macrovision and you are right.

I have already tried it on RE2 R2 with ARcoSS and it lets Shrink to read the disc perfectly without the need for DVD Decrypter/VOB Blanker.

The macrovision part of AnyDVD is no longer a advantge over DVD43. I probably stop using it for a while and see if DVD43 can replace it full time.

nwg

18th February 2005, 01:58

Version 3.5.2 has been released.

I suggest to install over the top of the previous version to make it work. When I uninstalled the old version, I got a driver error on program startup.

mrbass

18th February 2005, 17:49

Previous version may have detected ARcoSS when in fact it wasn't present. DVD43 3.5.2 corrects this.
http://www.dvd43.com
yes I did edit my message sorry. I just checked my mail from dvd43 author and he sent me the link to 3.5.1...that's why I said you are mistaken blah blah blah...when in fact I was mistaken...sorry nwg.

nwg

18th February 2005, 17:51

It is version 3.5.2.133.

It has Gothika support now.

MrBass. Did you just edit your message? I am sure it was different when I replied.

hodney

21st February 2005, 18:47

I have AnyDVD and find it useful, especially the fact that it allows me to play region 1 discs in my region 2 computer drive.

Does anyone know if DVD43 does the same. ie. Will it allow a different region disc to be played in a region 2 drive? I am asking since my brother wants a free program which will do this.

Thanks for the info.

nwg

21st February 2005, 18:54

Originally posted by hodney

Does anyone know if DVD43 does the same. ie. Will it allow a different region disc to be played in a region 2 drive? I am asking since my brother wants a free program which will do this.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, it does. I also have AnyDVD but have been using DVD43 lately. I have a region 2 locked drive and a lot of region 1 DVD's.

hodney

21st February 2005, 19:13

Thanks for that info.

This will save my brother having to spend some money. Unfortunately it is too late for me as I bought AnyDvd last year!

To be fair though, for the money I think AnyDvd is great as they update it regularly. The program has been improved loads since I first got it.

Looks like DVD43 has caught up a lot now. I used it ages ago and it was very basic. Will be interesting to try it on my brothers pc later this week.

nwg

21st February 2005, 20:12

It has always allowed me to switch regions since the old 1.4 version. This new one has the macrovision and CD protection removal.

AnyDVD still has the fancy things like removing adverts and trailers, PC Friendly disable (I like that one a lot) and PUO's.

SeeMoreDigital

21st February 2005, 20:15

Do these new versions still require Patin-Couffin to be installed?

Cheers

nwg

21st February 2005, 20:29

Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
Do these new versions still require Patin-Couffin to be installed?

Cheers

Not anymore.

SeeMoreDigital

21st February 2005, 20:33

Cool :D Thanks for the update!

Cheers

marcor

23rd February 2005, 02:44

i have tried it on The Forgotten with Arcoss (?) and dvd43 and anydvd cannot handle it. dvd43 turns green but i can't get the files on my hd with dvdshrink or any other prog, they stop all in the beginning of the movie (vob 1). anyone know what to do with this movie ?

greetings marcor

cable2

23rd February 2005, 02:51

I did The Forgotten with Anydvd and Dvd2one, movie only, and had no problem at all. It burned fine with Copytodvd.

nwg

23rd February 2005, 14:09

Originally posted by marcor
i have tried it on The Forgotten with Arcoss (?) and dvd43 and anydvd cannot handle it. dvd43 turns green but i can't get the files on my hd with dvdshrink or any other prog, they stop all in the beginning of the movie (vob 1). anyone know what to do with this movie ?

greetings marcor

I don't have The Forgotton. Are you using v3.5.2?

marcor

23rd February 2005, 16:55

yes i used 3.5.2. now i have done some tests. i have used anydvd and dvd2one. anydvd says : 'Found & removed 1 bad sector protections!' , but i can't rip the movie to my hd. then i configure dvd2one as 'movie-only' and de-select cells 1-6 (cells 1-4 and 6 are 0mb)(cell 5 is 31mb and in my opinion the troublemaker). now dvd2one ripped the movie to my hd. plays on my sa without trouble. without this "workaround" i could't get the movie on my hd. anyone else trouble with The Forgotten ?

greetings marcor

cynthia_old

6th March 2005, 07:41

Anyone who knows if there is a forum dedicated to the program - where you can get in contact with the author? :)

mrbass

7th March 2005, 22:57

I don't believe there is a forum for dvd43. The author emailed me otherwise I'd have no idea who he is. You can guess he is Chinese based on "Happy New Year" in February found in the release notes. I could forward whatever to him just PM me then he can contact you via email if he wishes to.

cynthia_old

8th March 2005, 06:25

Thanks for the reply! :)

No - I was just curious if there was a forum for that program.

Sbofen

11th March 2005, 05:42

Originally posted by marcor
yes i used 3.5.2. now i have done some tests. i have used anydvd and dvd2one. anydvd says : 'Found & removed 1 bad sector protections!' , but i can't rip the movie to my hd. then i configure dvd2one as 'movie-only' and de-select cells 1-6 (cells 1-4 and 6 are 0mb)(cell 5 is 31mb and in my opinion the troublemaker). now dvd2one ripped the movie to my hd. plays on my sa without trouble. without this "workaround" i could't get the movie on my hd. anyone else trouble with The Forgotten ?

greetings marcor

I had the same problem, ripped to my HD using DVD Decryptor - then used Shrink on it, worked like a charm

wingnut1

18th April 2005, 18:36

cynthia_old

7th May 2005, 05:06

Just as a note.

The latest version 3.5.3 still don't handle region code 2 DVDs with ARccOS. :mad:

mrbass

7th May 2005, 06:31

thanks I just happened to find out browsing videohelp today that a new version was released. So cythnia old...does dvddecrypter 3.5.4.0 handle them? Just curious.

cynthia_old

7th May 2005, 17:13

Hi! :)

The only version I can find at that site is 'New version 3.5.3, May 05'.

Got any link to the 3.5.4 version?

Nice guide on 'Ubuntu Linux DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter Guide'. :)

SeeMoreDigital

7th May 2005, 18:11

Originally posted by cynthia_old
Hi! :)

The only version I can find at that site is 'New version 3.5.3, May 05'.

Got any link to the 3.5.4 version? I think mrbass is refering to DVD Decrypter v3.5.4.0 here and not DVD43 ;)

http://img193.echo.cx/img193/7182/dvddecrypter3qk.gif

Cheers

mrbass

7th May 2005, 20:37

Originally posted by cynthia_old
Just as a note.

The latest version 3.5.3 still don't handle region code 2 DVDs with ARccOS. :mad:

Yes I was curious if DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 handles ARccOS region 2 DVDs since DVD43 3.5.3 supposedly doesn't. Sorry for the confusion.