AnyDVD HD Defeats HD DVD Copy Protection

[thexfactor]

AnyDVD, a software favorite for DVD movie aficionados, has hit the HD era. SlySoft has quietly released AnyDVD HD over the weekend, offering similar decryption capabilities as its standard-definition version.

AnyDVD HD removes AACS encryption from HD DVDs, which will also allow the user to watch movies over a digital display connection without HDCP compliant graphics card and display. The software will also enable PowerDVD Ultra to run titles released by Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company, Kinowelt, Optimum Releasing—studios whose movies previously did not run on the PC player.

Another feature of AnyDVD HD is what SlySoft calls “magic file replacement” to remaster any commercial movie disc using simple XML scripts. These scripts will “magically” replace the files on the physical disc so that the user can customize discs without making a copy to a hard drive.

“We could only begin our development some weeks ago and we are immensely proud to get this product out to the users so quickly,” said Peer van Heuen, one of SlySoft’s lead developers. “This speaks to the commitment to our users: get good and easy-to-use products out on the market fast!”

Other features carried over from AnyDVD include the removal of CSS encryption and region codes from DVD movies, allowing for a user’s free reign over the optical format for backup purposes. AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features, including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings.

While the release of AnyDVD HD seems to be more than coincidental with the discovery of the Processing Key that defeats all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc protections, SlySoft maintains that its development was independent of what the hacking community accomplished.

“The way AnyDVD HD addresses and solves the problem doesn’t have much in common with the discoveries of individual members of the Open Source community in reading AACS keys from the USB bus,” said Peer van Heuen. “As one can expect from SlySoft, our solution works fully automatic with all known titles while the so-called hacker tools require laborious reading out of memory or the USB bus. This is not to say that their efforts are completely fruitless; it’s just that ours need to be user-friendly. It’s just that simple.”

The current version of AnyDVD HD supports only HD DVD, but given the similarities in copy protection, SlySoft said that a version of its software that will support Blu-ray Disc is not far off.

“When we considered Blu-Ray, our strategy was simply to initially support HD-DVD and await further developments in the marketplace. Already during the beta phase we got many inquiries about Blu-ray so we decided to go ahead and also provide support for this as soon as possible,” added Tom Xiang, SlySoft’s Marketing Director. “Blu-ray employs the same AACS process as HD-DVD. An implementation was really just a matter of form. A beta version is planned for availability this quarter.”

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[SharekhaN]

man…this is just as the old saying , the more tighter you try and grip the sands , the more it slips out of your hands .

hows that a slap on the face for MPAA .

[Params7]

Thanks for the news. HD DVD has been officialy cracked.

But it’ll be a while before they do the same for Bluray.

[Hotstuff]

now lets see how MPAA and RIAA respond to this move

[raj_pol]

Good otherwise the rich bastids will have everything leaving us nothing…

[Crazysah]

Yeah. This is good.

[6pack]

these guys make bypassing copyprotection look like a walk in the park

[siddharth_menon]

Cool now all that is required is the Hardware to enjoy True HD.

[Crazysah]

Yeah and soon Blue-Ray will be cracked too.

[hunt3r]

@Params7

Thanks for the news. HD DVD has been officialy cracked.

But it’ll be a while before they do the same for Bluray.

Why so? They said they’be already started working on it, and judging by the speed they did it for hd dvd, it should be similar for blu ray. And its been cracked by an individual anyway

[Dr.ashish]

well i have seen in forums where blue ray dvd movies have been posted and its been some time..and HD dvd was cracked way before.The software was HD dvd demuxe.u ppl can check..

[200mph]

we will have HD DVDS selling in palika soon :-)) . may be they even charge us more for those who knows.

[Crazysah]

Yeah at what 1000 rs a dvd?

[PoBoy]

AnyDVD HD gets Blu-ray support

With the release of AnyDVD HD v.6.1.3.0, license owners can now decrypt Blu-ray titles as well as HD DVD, and even **bypass region code **controls on the discs. It hasn’t even been four weeks since the first release of AnyDVD HD, which gave the average consumer a tool to bypass AACS copy protection on HD DVD titles. Now, as per user request,..

[thexfactor]

With the release of AnyDVD HD v.6.1.3.0, license owners can now decrypt Blu-ray titles as well as HD DVD, and even bypass region code controls on the discs. It hasn’t even been four weeks since the first release of AnyDVD HD, which gave the average consumer a tool to bypass AACS copy protection on HD DVD titles. Now, as per user request,..

Great news