Video on demand Material (VOD): Anydvd or Other Program to Handle That?

[devilcoelhodog]

Hi, dear all.

I have heard about VOD (Video on demand) becoming popular in some sites, like Amazon and other places.

I know that we'll have physical dvd and blu-ray discs for some time.

But, my doubt is: anydvd will need to handle some VOD material files
(protected ones, of course) in a near future?

I said that because if we purchase such kind of VOD files and wanna back up them, how to do so?

And if I wanna store such material for my private use, like if I have bought one physical disc, for example, becoming one legitimate owner?

Remember: I'm talking about to back up some own purchased material, NOT pirated or illegal ones.

Anydvd will be needed for that issues in near or medium future?

Or do they intend to "adapt" anydvd (or create some program for that tasks) to solve these problems?

What to do when we buy some VOD material and wanna back up them, not only to rent or watch only a limited a few times?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_on_demand

Thanks.

[Krispy Kritter]

All of the VOD material that I've seen is streamed. Meaning you don't download it to your PC and then watch it. Depending on the service, you are purchasing the right to view it from their site and it's typically a one time or time based (ie: 24 hours) purchase. It isn't meant for your to keep a copy.

[orsetto]

You are getting tripped up because you're an "early adopter" sampling all these new delivery options that haven't really settled down into a consistent pattern yet.

AnyDVD is a decoding app intended to back up physical media, it is not currently capable of handling streamed media and likely won't be modified to do so in future: this is not something its developer is interested in. You have to read the fine print, shop carefully, and be patient until the industry offers services you REALLY want. At present, most of the "on demand" web offerings sell you an encrypted file for playback/storage on your computer: its explicitly designed so you cannot make a standard DVD from it. Many people don't quite understand this, they think they're buying a standard type of media file they can do anything with. But its more like buying something from Apple's iTunes store: copy protected to death with limited portability to generic devices. By its nature, this type of purchase entails risk of loss due to hardware crashes etc., and cannot be backed up with any degree of usefulness. If you don't like this kind of purchase, don't make it: you'd be wasting your money and supporting a business model that doesn't serve your needs.

Within a year or two, you will see services more suitable to permanent archiving. The studios and consumer electronics mfrs are hammering out agreements for "burn on demand" DVD offerings and "download to memory sticks or iPod-type devices" systems. These will begin as in-store self-serve kiosks and then expand into web offerings. When this settles down, it will be much more the type of service you'd like than the current Amazon Unboxed and other half-assed systems. Just be patient a little longer: if you look in stores now, you'll notice new DVD burners are all being fitted with auxiliary chips to allow "burn on demand" compatibility, even though such services have not yet launched on a huge scale. Its coming sooner than you might think.

BTW, KrispyKritter is absolutely correct: whether its from cable or the internet, anything marketed as PPV/VOD is purchased by us with the agreement it is for limited viewing options. We are not supposed to be backing it up, period, and consumer insistence on doing so has delayed massive rollout of these services for years. On-demand for a small fee means you DON'T want a permanent expensive copy of a program but you DO want to rely on a huge commercial library to "rent" you programs at your convenience, cheaply. By trying to "back up" these offerings, we poison the business model and kill its development for everybody. I'm not criticizing you personally, its the web vendors fault for talking out both sides of their mouths, but on a mass-market scale this confusion about "back up privileges" creates a lot of problems and doesn't help our case for recording rights vs the studios. These websites muddy the definitions of VOD and PPV until no one knows what the hell they're buying- not smart in the long run.

[devilcoelhodog]

its explicitly designed so you cannot make a standard DVD from it.

I'm agree with you in many points too.

But I'm a collector movies and always buy many dvd's, vhs's and other kind of material to my private collection.

I'll be willing to buy some material using VOD tecnologies, BUT I intend to get the material to myself, not only to see it WHEN or WHERE the industries wants. :C

The media storage doesn't matter ( dvd, cd vhs, blu-ray, etc): my concern is to save my collection for my personal use and not only to see it on streaming environment. Or just for limited time.

Like when I get some dvd's from Amazon, for example: I want to watch it when I want or become more convenient for me.

And, why not, to have the Fair Use for something that I legally bought, giving me the rights to back them up?

I mean: I do not want something like "pay-per-view" or "rental" material.

Instead of that, my goal is to get some more "permanent" product.

And using VOD tecnology, I can't obtain that completely. :C

Specially if I consider that my PC have limited space HD to storage such material and is not always I get some internet connection to see some VOD contend.

Thanks for your opinion too, because its have many interesting points. :P

Best regards.

[jagabo]

I mean: I do not want something like "pay-per-view" or "rental" material.

Then don't buy it?