Actually this is an AnyDVD issue -- at least how to properly use AnyDVD.
If you read the stickied posts and the
FAQs in the forums it explains how to properly use
AnyDVD with third-party products when structural protections are involved.
Perhaps I phrased my question poorly, so I'll rephrase: How can I use AnyDVD and AnyDVD's create logfile function so that I do not have to create an ISO (which I never asked about) or having to rip the files to my hard drive at all?
If you wish to process the files using another program such as
CloneDVD mobile,
HandBrake,
DVD Shrink,
Nero Recode, etc, then you simply cannot with some programs and should not with other programs do it without ripping discs with these types of structural protection to your HDD first. Once you have done so then use the material on your HDD as the source material when processing with the program you desire.
There is, apparently, crucial information in the dirlist.txt file created by the AnyDVD logfiles process which, if I only understood how to read it, would tell me which titles are real and which are fake.
James was answering your question as to how it does what it does and the size appears wrong. I am unsure of the exact protection used on this particular disc but the
X-Protect protection has been doing this for quite some time and has been used on
Region 1 releases since the release of
Blade: House of Cthon.
Armed with that information, I'd never have to waste time by creating an ISO or ripping any files to my hdd just to create a Divx, MP4, etc. file.
To fully clean the protections out so you can accomplish this you need to first rip this disc to your HDD using the
AnyDVD ripper or
CloneDVD and use the resulting files as your source for creating the portable format.
Clearly CloneDVD Mobile (and CloneDVD) knows which title is real and which is/are fake, but *I* don't.
The ripping engine used in
CloneDVD and the
AnyDVD ripper share code.
Slysoft licensed this from
Elaborate Bytes. I do not believe that
CloneDVD mobile shares the same exact code and I do not believe it handles structural protections such as what is on this disc perfectly without first ripping the disc to your HDD using the
AnyDVD ripper or
CloneDVD. I could be wrong in thinking this but from using the software I believe my assumptions to be correct. As as rule, I always rip a disc to my HDD before processing with
CloneDVD mobile.
James's answer implies that if one just knows how to read the dirlist.txt file from the AnyDVD logfile bundle, you will know which is real and which is fake. If you know that, then you can just use the real one as your source -- and never waste time creating an ISO or ripping to hdd.
Again, no, this isn't correct. That's not what
James was saying. It lets you see what they are doing with the files and why the disc appears the way it does but you still need to rip the disc to your HDD to remove the protection, remaster when necessary, and correct the structure when necessary. Some of this simply cannot be done on-the-fly which is why using a third-party program such as
DVD Shrink will fail to properly work with discs containing newer structural protections such as
X-Protect.
Thus, this really is an AnyDVD thread and needs to be moved back, please, to the AnyDVD forum.
You are wanting to use
DivX to make your
AVI files. You are using a third-party program and this is the
Third-Party forum. There is nothing wrong with how
AnyDVD is functioning. It is working as it should. There are limitations to the manner in which it is used. In this case you need to first rip the disc to your HDD.
