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RealNetworks To Introduce a Simple DVD Copier
langelgjm writes "The New York Times reports that RealNetworks will begin selling RealDVD today, a software program designed to make copying DVDs a trivial task for the average user. Unlike free alternatives, which generally require some technical knowledge and make it difficult to copy an entire DVD with extras, etc., RealDVD claims to be able to copy the entire DVD, menus and all. While sure to raise the ire of Hollywood, the program does have significant limitations: the DVDs it makes will only be playable on the computer where they were created; or, users can pay $20 per computer to play the DVDs on up to five additional computers."
I would rather dive into a swimming pool full of Ebola, triple-edged razor blades, lemon juice, and pig doots than use any software from that "R" named firm.
Every time I've been stupid and downloaded their crap, thinking, "it used to be sooooo bad, any improvement would be a treeemendous improvement", I've had to delete it within the hour. Way too much glop in there.
Insert Disk, start DVDDecrypter, hit "Go", burn iso to disk... Of course DVDDecrypter is not exactly legal these days. Which is a shame, because it strips all that nasty region coding and other crap out of the image as it goes along.
It's been a long time since "being legal" was something to aspire to. The only actions that are legal in this arena are those that harm the average man on the street. Being criminal is the same as being a freedom fighter these days.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
...which shows that you have OBVIOUSLY never tried to do this yourself.
There's a bit more to it to that. THAT is the part that this
new software seems to be addressing. It looks to be the first
proper DVD ripper ever.
It's missing transcoding though.
You make it sound like you tolerate an mp3 collection that looks like the following:
cdrom923_1.mp3
cdrom923_2.mp3
cdrom923_3.mp3
cdrom923_4.mp3
cdrom923_5.mp3
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.