DVDFab starts to support Linux Ubuntu 16.04 and above

[stepler]

DVDFab first version for Linux gets released!   It supports Ubuntu 16.04 and above. 

 

Compared to the 1st Alpha version released about two months ago, the 1st official version 10.0.4.0 is a huge improvement, in regards to both feature sets and stability. This official Linux version has almost 85% of the features presented in the Windows and macOS siblings, including dvd copy, dvd ripper, dvd creator, bluray copy, bluray ripper, bluray creator and so on, . Those missing modules and features such as Cinavia series and DRM Removal will be ready in just a few more weeks. 

 

Try it here : http://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm 

 

[tambler]

Unless you are testing and have a private island, avoid this.  Firstly it doesn´t work on any modern distro, secondly they want you to buy a Linux licence and thirdly there is plenty of FOSS out there which can already do the necessary stuff.

[steven36]

This is old news they posted about it back in March  .

https://blog.dvdfab.cn/showthread.php?t=30685

I use Linux  as much as I do Windows but  I always use Windows too edit videos and audio   to mess with stuff like this because in Linux

 

1.they don;t have some of the better Apps say if you were decrypt some video and DVDfab didn't  work you would need AnyDVD  or Make MKV both are windows apps.

 

2. I find most audio converters to not be as good on Linux as Windows they don't have no TAC or EZ CD

 

3. The only thing they have Linux foir encoding videos is FFmpeg command line and HandBrake  and i always use  2 encoders that are made for Windows only  that have nice GUIs.

 

4.DVDFab is like  over a 100 dollars and still experimental beta for Linux.

 

5. On top all this you need too install  a Low-Latency Kernel to fool with audio and video witch someone who just started using Linux would not know nothing about and many who used it along time dont like fooling installing them if they dont come trough updates.

https://sevencapitalsins.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/low-latency-kernel-wtf/

I can just reboot into windows and  go  right to work  for free.

https://www.howtogeek.com/161498/how-to-backup-your-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-collection/

 

[steven36]

On undefined at 0:20 PM, tambler said:

there is plenty of FOSS out there

Name one that works on today's Blu-Ray ? You have too install  non free codecs  just watch a DVD in VLC  on Linux or buy a paid player .I never seen  no codecs too even watch Blu-ray  unless  you decrypt  it with Make MKV  and  play it back on Linux. Why you think most people just pirate Movies?

 

There's Make MKV for Linux  but it's not Foss/ open source it  just free beta key because it's forever beta.. You have too put a new beta key in every 30 days  it 50 bucks to buy it.

https://launchpad.net/~heyarje/+archive/ubuntu/makemkv-beta

then you will have too  re encode with handbrake or FFMpeg  because they take up so much space .

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/blu-ray-encryption%E2%80%94why-most-people-pirate-movies

 

[stepler]

9 hours ago, steven36 said:

This is old news they posted about it back in March  .

 

It was a beta version in March. And on May 27, they released the first official Linux version https://forum.dvdfab.cn/showthread.php?t=30961

 

9 hours ago, steven36 said:

DVDfab didn't  work you would need AnyDVD  or Make MKV both are windows apps.

 

I used DVDFab windows version, which works alone without any 3rd party decrypters. so does the Linux version. However, I  haven't tested it. 

[tambler]

21 hours ago, steven36 said:

Name one that works on today's Blu-Ray?

 

Kodi is pre-installed on my distro.  Just run the following and Bob´s´s your uncle:

 

wget paste.debian.net/download/5249
 

VLC should be OK too with:

 

sudo apt-get install libaacs0 libbluray-bdj libbluray1

[steven36]

5 hours ago, tambler said:

Kodi is pre-installed on my distro.  Just run the following and Bob´s´s your uncle:

 

wget paste.debian.net/download/5249
 

VLC should be OK too with:

 

sudo apt-get install libaacs0 libbluray-bdj libbluray1

DVD PlayBack with VLC

For Ubuntu 12.04 to 15.04

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

For Ubuntu 15.10 and later

sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg

Follow the instructions that appear on your terminal to let it compile and install libdvdcss.

 

Up until DVDFab for Linux  there was nothing that could work for  Blurays new protection but MakeMkv on Linux and still if you don't have a 100 bucks to waste MakeMkv  gives out a new free beta Key every 30 day

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/6218ej/any_newb_friendly_automation_of_bluray_ripping/

 

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I agree with what has been said. You have to make sure to update your makemkv as new blu-ray codecs get added (the rips will fail). With Linux makemkv you have to update the beta key every month (I think it's every month).

In all fairness, just the fact that some level of ripping is even possible is a miracle. Blu-ray is evil. Sony made it as worthless as they could. But at least this time they bribed people to ensure adoption (paid for success) vs. BetaMax.

 

 

 

 

So now we have 2 miracles on Linux  with DVDFab if you can get it too work? 

 

 

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Q: Why is playing DVDs on Linux illegal ?

 

A: Not being a lawyer, my answer is pretty much invalid. But, it seems to me that it's a DRM issue. In the US, there is the CDMA that controls this stuff. Breaking the encryption on the disks is illegal. But, in practice, if you own a copy of the CD/DVD, I don't think the RIAA would have a leg to stand on if they tried to prosecute you for playing it on your Linux box.

 

A: If your a company in the US or US subsidiary, and your business involves decoding DVD's, then just pay for a proprietary DVD player, no real point in risking legal actions. If your a individual then its really no big deal, even if you where sued, you might still be able to wiggle your way out by claiming fair-use. Companies probably dont have such a leg, and your more likely to get sued as you have more money to take.

 

A: The legality of watching DVDs in linux is questionable. Most court decisions have decided that it is illegal to do so in the US. The DMCA forbids cracking encryption that protects content from its users.

CSS was designed so that the MPAA could charge a tax on everyone who buys a DVD player, software or hardware. A DVD manufacturer cannot make a DVD player without paying the fees to acquire a CSS key. If you bought a DVD player for your linux box, you have already paid the tax, since it came with PowerDVD for Windows, or something like that. However, the US courts are still clear, libdvdcss is illegal software, since it's purpose is to crack encryption. The DMCA makes no exception for fair use, except to make copies of computer programs, not content.

It is probably legal to run PowerDVD, or the like, under wine. <waving finger>And don't you be skipping through those previews.</waving finger>

If you are willing to, however, please fight the good fight. Watch DVDs in Linux. No one changed a fascist government by sitting around and obeying the law.

 

Watching DVDS or Bluray  is not really legal on Windows ether in the USA unless you use a paid player that paid the patient  tax but still many download VLC witch is from France  were it is legal and Watch DVDs  anyhow.. Just like  Decryption software  to remove it from DVDs and Blu-Ray not legal  ether in the USA but  still people use it.

 

This is why Distros  don't come  with the Codecs to play back DVDs  It's not legal for them to distribute them everywhere in some countries it's worse than the USA  even you could  get in trouble for simply talking about breaking  Decryption were in the USA it's freedom of speech .

 

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DVD Copyright Laws and DVD Ripping Legality in Different Regions & Countries

It is necessary to rip/copy DVD before you know the DVD Copyright Infringement Laws in your countries. Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt our own DVDs? Let's break this down into different parts according to the different DVD regions:

1. DVD Ripping Legality in Europe

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in United Kingdom?
In the United Kingdom, it was illegal to rip or copy the content of a CD, ebooks or DVD to even for your own personal use before October 1, 2014. It was illegal to break the DRM (Digital Rights Management) or TPM (Technical Protection Measures) used on DVD to protect the content from ripping. But the changes had come into force in October 2014 under the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014. UK government changed the law after inspecting DVD/CD copyright legislation and public consultation announced the legalization of DVD copy, backup or formats shifting. However, on July 2015, Hight Court quashed regulations introduced by the government to allow members of the public to lawfully copy CDs and other copyright material bought for their own private use. Under the new regulations, only the individual who purchased the original copy of the work is legally allowed to copy it.

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Germany?
Germany is a country with very restrict copyrighted content. According to German law, it dictates that it is illegal to circumvent mechanisms that prevent copying, but it allows the manufacture of copies of copyrighted digital material for personal, non-commercial use.

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Norway?
It's not a crime in Norway to make copy of DVD's as long as it's one's own DVD.

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Netherlands?
In Netherlands, all legally bought audio and video including DVD and Blu-Ray are allowed to make copies, which are also called "home copies". However, those ripped files are only used personally.

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Spain?
In Spain, anyone is allowed to make a private copy of a copyrighted DVD for oneself, providing that the copier has accessed the original DVD legally.

2. DVD Ripping Legality in North America

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in the United States?
In the United States, copyright law has been extended many times over and copyright infringement is sometimes confronted via lawsuits in civil court, against alleged infringers directly, or against providers of services and software that support unauthorized copying. U.S. copyright law (Title 17 of the United States Code) generally says that making a copy of an original work, if conducted without the consent of the copyright owner, is infringement. The law makes no explicit grant or denial of a right to make a "personal use" copy of another's copyrighted content on one's own digital media and devices.

3. DVD Ripping Legality in Oceania

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Australia or New Zealand?
In Australia and New Zealand, a copy of any legally purchased music may be made by its owner, as long as it is not distributed to others and its use remains personal. In Australia this was extended in 2006 to also include photographs and films.

4. DVD Copyright Laws and DVD Ripping Legality in Asia

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in Japan?
DVD copy has been outlawed with corresponding amendments on copyright laws being coming out in Japan since October 1, 2012.

Is it legal to rip/copy/decrypt DVDs in China?
In China, the issue of digital piracy is not merely legal, but social. In most cases, the breach of digital copyright laws might not inquire into the cause.

How to Treat CD/DVD Copyright Laws?

There have been countless opposed cases to the existing CD/DVD copyright laws.

A consumers' association in Belgium sued the world's biggest four record companies for improper use of technologies, which was claimed to impede the free use of consumers' own purchased CDs, for example on home sound equipment, automobile, etc. The companies were asked to take out the anti-copy technologies on CDs. Same situations happened on the judgments of "CD copy", "DVD decryption" and "P2P services" cases in differed countries. Simultaneously, they are partial to the "intended copyright infringers" who were announced legal eventually.

About 60% British polled consumers deemed that ripping a DVD should be legal, and 55% admitted to doing it according to a survey in 2009. Besides, the application of DRM has been considered as a controversial practice for always.

 

https://www.winxdvd.com/resource/dvd-copyright-infringement-laws.htm