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You seem to have your AACS statuses reversed. In fact, AnyDVD HD removes AACS protection when active; thus if AACS is active (and valid) AnyDVD HD is not active, and vice versa. If the Java app finds valid AACS (no AnyDVD HD), it assumes it's on an original disc and coughs up the playlist. If it finds no valid AACS (AnyDVD HD is active), it provides an obfuscated playlist -- or in this case shuts down completely. Yes there may be additional validation steps now, but that does not change the app's basic operation -- only the criteria for "valid" vs. "not valid" copies.
My comment about you selling SlySoft short was based on your suggesting they have no way to tell the difference between different versions of a title, which is simply not true and has nothing to do with AACS. AnyDVD HD potentially has access to stuff on the disc (i.e., BD-ROM Mark) that almost no other software does, so only SlySoft people truly know what their software uses to distinguish between versions of this movie.
That's exactly what I was suggesting: If AACS is missing (because AnyDVD HD is active or it's a rip), this Java app shuts down playback entirely without suggesting any playlist (good or bad); OTOH, if AACS is present and valid (original disc) it provides the correct playlist. My suggestion was that, in the latter case, it could be getting the playlist number from the Internet so it's not in the Java code itself -- though that could complicate things for BD players not connected to the Internet.
Of course they can tell the difference, where do you get that this is the problem.
You seem to think that Slysoft can select the correct Playlist on any disk automatically, they cant, if they could this protection would be null and void and it would NOT be a subject being discussed.
In other words, your ANYDVD running on your PC cannot automatically resolve this, it has to be by recognition of the disk and ANYDVD knowing the correct playlist (in advance i.e. knowledge of disk).
If there are MANY versions of the same disk, then they may have NOT have had all of the versions to test themselves/have input from us.
So, they may NOT have knowledge of the version you have and therefore may not show the correct playlist.
This is not a shortcoming with Slysoft:
I repeat:
it is VERY VERY difficult to present the correct input to the Java program so as to get the correct output.
Input AACS + checksums + anything else they wish to check.
If you want to argue further, then argue with yourself.
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