I have tried the movie in a few different computers and it will not recognize the disc in any of them.
I have tried the movie in a few different computers and it will not recognize the disc in any of them.
I also cannot make a backup copy of my disc. My computer will not even recognize that a disc is in the drive, but the original plays fine in a DVD player.
Me either. Weird.....
Oh well!
the dvd has some sort of protection. shrink doesn't like to open disk. anydvd dump gets 65%ish. definately time for an anydvd beta update!
I was just wondering how that conversation goes? Returning a disc that plays fine on DVD players but is "faulty" because you can't copy it?No. You have a bad original disc that needs to be returned, even if it plays fine.
WinXP can't see any files on the DVD. Gives the error message:a) Keep your license key file backed up safely
b) Uninstall Anydvd (start-->all programs-->Slysoft--->Anydvd-->Uninstall)
c) Reboot
d) Put a retail movie disc in your drive.
e)Go to "my computer"-->the appropriate drive letter
Do you see a video_ts folder?
I was just wondering how that conversation goes? Returning a disc that plays fine on DVD players but is "faulty" because you can't copy it?
WinXP can't see any files on the DVD. Gives the error message:
E:\ is not accessible
The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid.
Then the problem isn't Anydvd. As Anydvd is not on your system at that point, Anydvd can't interfere or block the reading process.
Fairly unlikely. I copied 3 other DVDs (before and after Catch and Release) today with no problems.Possibly your reader or burner is slowing dying, the original disc is bad, or a number of other possibilities exist as well (including messed up ide/sata busdrivers, bad cable on the back of the drive, etc.)
Which sounds like the most likely cause. A new variation of bad sector based copy protection.In this case, however, I strongly suspect the disc is the issue. Some Acrros protected discs can't even be played (ironically, in some Sony) standalone dvd players. That's how messed up the disc structure is. So if these discs won't even play on Sony standalone dvd players, then it stands to reason they won't play or be recognized on all dvd-rom drives either.
I actually WANT AnyDVD to interfere with the reading process, ie remove whatever is stopping the DVD from being copied.
Edit: I'm currently watching the DVD on the same PC via CyberLink PowerDVD. It seems to be working ok, I'll post back if it dies around 45%-53%.
AnyDVD's bearing on the issue is that it's meant to remove copy protection and it's not doing it properly in this case.In order for Anydvd to work, windows/your drive must actually be able to see the disc/files in some manner first.
If your OS doesn't report anything, then the problem isn't Anydvd.
The issue here has nothing to do with Anydvd. The issue is your optical drive can't see the disc even when Anydvd is unistalled.
The limiting factor here is your optical drive. The fault lies with Sony.
Anydvd has no bearing on this issue.
I can't.I thought you said you couldn't see files on the disc.
I can't as I can't see the files, as I said in my previous reply.Do this, please:
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=330
AnyDVD's bearing on the issue is that it's meant to remove copy protection and it's not doing it properly in this case.
Isn't it possible, nay very probable, that Sony has just changed it's method of copy protection in this new release?
Also as I said earlier, DVD Decrypter seems to be able to see at least some of the files as it gets to 45%. AnyDVD ripper also appears to see the files at least to 53%.
Who's saying that it is?No. If your OS can't see the disc with Anydvd uninstalled, that's not Anydvd's fault.
Who's saying that it is?
Can I ask you what you think the purpose of AnyDVD is?
Do you have proof that this is the case in this situation?The purpose of Anydvd is not to resolve hardware incompatibilities and/or fix bad source discs.
Do you have proof that this is the case in this situation?