Hi everyone.
Agree this is not AnyDVD problem as such, but if is encryption related, fair to post it here I think.
I have no problems with DVD only with BD. That was why I thought, bus DRM checking issue. Here is update on what I am seeing, with reference to my Microsoft Surface Pro.
- Worked fine with Spring Creators update
- Have subsequently installed all drivers in Microsoft's October driver download SurfacePro_Win10_16299_1710007_0.msi without improvement
- Most BD's I am unable to do any rip that involves file level operation, such as using CloneBD or drag and drop an m2ts file
- Most BD's I can however use without problem the copy to ISO function of AnyDVD to create an iso that can be mounted and works fine
- Remaining BD's, about 1 in 4, (and nothing to do with Region this was just a coincidence and false supposition on my part) they just spin and the message "AnyDVD is scanning the disk please wait" comes up repeatedly HOWEVER if you wait long enough (I don't know how long because I haven't sat it out, but we are talking at least 20 minutes and maybe hours, reminds me of the old days of SMB network timeouts) the disk does eventually "mount" and I can copy to ISO. This sounds similar to what Hephaestus is seeing.
I duplicated the basic issue on my HP Elite desktop PC (with a different BD drive), didn't test extensively, put it back down now to the previous version.
The fact that not everyone has the problem, suggests to me a chipset issue. But I think I will go and buy also a new BD drive, just on the offchance.