I am a DVDFab all in one lifetimer and can confirm that when you update DVD9 it will update to BluFab9 without the decryption which makes it a copier from HDD to DVD/Blu ray with the ability of converting to other video formats. I hear AnyDVD is also having their own legal problems so no telling what going to happen there either. No telling what is going to happen in the next few days or months. Hollywood certainly won't be happy about that and I suspect DVDFab hasn't felt the full pressure yet from them. It also doesn't make much sense to me that they would buckle under to Hollywood but then continue to support it's previous product. But after that, I don't know how DVDFab is going to make any money. Probably some will buy it that don't read and be pissed when they then find out it won't crack protection anymore. I don't know how they are going to sell BluFab without the decryption abilities. I am a paid DVDFab user and hope it's true but I have my doubts. I'd guess it would work (main movie, mind you) for nearly all discs for a couple years.Īccording to the latest news from DVDFab, BluFab will no longer decrypt but users who had previously paid for DVDFab (which is no longer being sold) will continue to receive decryption in DVDFab.
The above seems to indicate you could still use, say, Clown_BD to extract main movie from most BDs. You are enabled to use these apps to play/copy/rip the unprotected DVD/Blu-ray discs." What adds punch to Passkey Lite is it can work with all the software that Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray works with.
As a result, you can't copy those still protected DVDs, but you are able to freely watch them. It doesn't support CPRM for DVD, and PathPlayer is not enabled, so ARccOS, RipGuard, can't be removed. For example, it can't remove AACS V12+, BDAV, and AVCREC for Blu-ray, so you are not allowed to watch movies with those protections. It can still decrypt protected DVD and Blu-ray, but not for all of them. "Passkey Lite is a free and a simple two-in-one version of Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray, and supports part of the functions they have. Once the trial expires, it's the "Lite" or free version.
I suppose one could download and install the last version of DVDFabPasskey. That leads me to believe that it's mainly BD+ protections that require all the updates.
I finally did have to update it a couple months ago. (I almost never do full disc, and when I do, it's a disc with episodes). Tell you what though, I ran Passkey for at least 2 years with updates turned off (just to see) and never failed to extract *main movie*. (Amazon Payments, PayPal, MC, Visa, some named banks, etc, are forbidden to process payments). For those who haven't already purchased it though, it seems there's no longer a way to do so. I wonder what will happen with Passkey for Blu-ray ? I would guess that since they're promising updates for Fab, that Passkey would be updated as well.