DVDFab HD Decrypter: no ISO created!

[taboo]

Hello guys,

Happy New 2009 Year!
Its been a while since I posted on this awesome site...

Anyway, I am having an issue with DVDFab HD Decrypter (both latest versions).
The thingy is that after "process completed successfully" I can not find anywhere ISO file.

It looks like DVDFab HD Decrypter crashes at the end and ISO file is not created.

Maybe you can give me some hints.

Thank you in advance,
taboo

[MOVIEGEEK]

Have you checked the DVDFab folder in My Documents?

[taboo]

Have you checked the DVDFab folder in My Documents?

Yes, of course.
But the target is set to different folder on even different drive.

[MOVIEGEEK]

My bad,I just tried it out with the latest DVDFab and I can't find the ISO.I hope the makers of DVDFab read these forums,this is a major bug.

[Klinzani]

Are you using the free version DVDFab HD Decrypter? And I assume this "crash" is silent? You probably see Task 1/1 when decrypting, and when it would normally write the ISO it just... finishes as if it's all done normally (except giving no ISO)? I'm just basing this on what I've observed on the DVDFab site and my own experience, but as far as I can tell the feature set of the free product have just up and changed. Look at the main page:
http://www.dvdfab.com/fab-compare.htm

For "DVDFab HD Decrypter" the feature "'Write Data' to .... convert DVD folder to ISO image file" is clearly unchecked, though that seems to me to be a very recent change. If you are using the FREE version evidently you cannot create ISOs directly anymore.

I don't understand why the ISO button isn't greyed out or doesn't pop up the "buy me" box (it should be, same as other features are unavailable do that). At least it would reduce people's confusion.

[Klinzani]

Note: there's more active discussion of this issue at
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f116/dvdfab-wont-save-location-261445/index2.html

[redwudz]

You can create a ISO from the Fab output using ImgBurn if Fab won't do it.



Set the output to create the file on your HDD instead of a disc.

[Klinzani]

You can create a ISO from the Fab output using ImgBurn if Fab won't do it. Set the output to create the file on your HDD instead of a disc.

Yeah, well, that's pretty obvious. What wasn't obvious was that it was silently failing to create the ISO in the first place and when I realized that, why that was happening. It'd be one thing if it started saying, "No, sorry, you can't create an ISO in free mode" rather than just failing quietly in the newer releases.

Anyway, like I said it's a known limitation now, too bad they couldn't just grey out the button or pop up a message the way the other non-free options do. Maybe in a future release.[/i]

[rick91311]

Glad to see it's not just me having this issue. Looks like DVD Fab HD is trying to be an all in one product....if you buy the upgrades.

I used to rip with DVD Decrypter to an ISO image, then I'd run DVD Shrink to strip unwanted content and compress to fit on a DVD5. Shrink would auto-launch decrypter and burn the compressed ISO image to DVD.

Since DVD Fab won't save the ISO image, I am now ripping the DVD to the TS_VIDEO folder, and opening that folder in DVD Shrink to strip/compress, and save to an ISO image. Then I launch my old DVD Decrypter program to burn the stripped image to DVD5.

I was hoping the process would get simpler....sigh.