Free alternative for AnyDVD HD.

[DaveB69]

Can anyone help me? I am looking for a free decrypting program that works like AnyDVD HD? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

[usually_quiet]

As far as I know, DVDFab Passkey Lite is the free program which comes closest to working like AnyDVDHD, but it isn't able to defeat every type of copy protection. The paid version of DVDFab Passkey is more capable.

[october262]

Dvdfab has a free HD DECRYPTER that works
Although it may not work on some new release movies.

[Baldrick]

You could also rip with MakeMKV

[usually_quiet]

@DaveB69 Maybe this will help you clarify what you need.

If you need a free program that would allow you to play video directly from both commercial DVDs and commercial Blu-ray discs like AnyDVD HD can, DVDFab Passkey Lite has that ability. It also allows using other programs like Windows Explorer to copy files and folders from commercial DVDs and commercial Blu-ray discs, but only some of them because it has limitations regarding what it can decrypt.

If you need something that can decrypt and copy DVD files and folders to your HDD, DVDFab HD Decrypter free is a better choice than MakeMKV. MakeMKV can only create MKV files when decrypting DVDs. Both MakeMKV and DVDFab HD Decrypter can copy Blu-ray files and folders to your HDD, and both may be unable to decrypt some newly released movies.

[pepegot1]

No free lunch here.

[n8tvm]

@DaveB69 Maybe this will help you clarify what you need.

If you need a free program that would allow you to play video directly from both commercial DVDs and commercial Blu-ray discs like AnyDVD HD can, DVDFab Passkey Lite has that ability. It also allows using other programs like Windows Explorer to copy files and folders from commercial DVDs and commercial Blu-ray discs, but only some of them because it has limitations regarding what it can decrypt.

If you need something that can decrypt and copy DVD files and folders to your HDD, DVDFab HD Decrypter free is a better choice than MakeMKV. MakeMKV can only create MKV files when decrypting DVDs. Both MakeMKV and DVDFab HD Decrypter can copy Blu-ray files and folders to your HDD, and both may be unable to decrypt some newly released movies.

MakeMKV can also rip whole disk to your HDD.

[DaveB69]

I am looking to back up my DVD/Blu-ray collection to an external harddrive. I think I just want the movie only.

Dave

[DaveB69]

Thanks to everyone who responded. It was greatly appreciated.

Dave

[usually_quiet]

MakeMKV can also rip whole disk to your HDD.

That is only true for Blu-ray discs, which I noted in my post. It is not true for DVDs, which I also noted in my post.

I have MakeMKV, and just tried it again in case I forgot how it worked. The current version of MakeMKV can rip both DVDs and Blu-ray discs as MKVs, but only Blu-ray discs can also be ripped as files and folders using the "Backup" option. The "Backup" is not available when ripping DVDs.

[usually_quiet]

I am looking to back up my DVD/Blu-ray collection to an external harddrive. I think I just want the movie only.

Dave

In that case, MakeMKV is probably the best choice. It can rip the main movie from a Blu-ray disc or DVD as an MKV.