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No we didn't. Otherwise you wouldn't see the new ripper.I think Slysoft underestimated just how strong a following that DVD Shrink has and thought if AnyDVD moved to be less compatible with DVD Shrink, people would just ditch Shrink and move to CloneDVD2.
I said it many times: You can and should CloneDVD to preprocess (yes, it is really, really good!) if you want to use Shrink to compress. Especially if you intend to keep the menus.I think it's good that Slysoft make AnyDVD to suit as many users as possible. Some don't particularly like CloneDVD2 (like me) and would rather use DVD Shrink or Recode. Some would rather rip to hard disk first. Different options for different users. I think this makes AnyDVD more versatile and will attract more users.
What sense does this make? CloneDVD is faster than the ripper, so you should use CloneDVD for that job. Otherwise the ripper needs a complicated UI (you need to preview, what the main movie is, select if you want menus or not, select streams to include... in other words, you would need all the controls CloneDVD already has)In addition to the things in the Release Notes, it would really be nice to see the function of the ripper expanded to be able to rip movie only (like RipIt4Me and DVDFab can do) for those who may not want to use CloneDVD2 for this. I don't think that direction would affect sales of CloneDVD2 because there are people that like it and will still buy it (those who would rather use it than DVD Shrink/Recode). It would give the option to those who would just rather not use CloneDVD2 at all and would rather have AnyDVD to rip and DVD Shrink or Recode 2 to do the rest.
If you use the ripper for programs like Shrink without using CloneDVD to rip, you can use Shrink's UI to select the correct title.