I have a problem, I downloaded Giveaway of the Day - Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper 7.1.16 on my windows 7 x 64 computer. I installed windows 8 x 64 update and it ask for a e-mail now and says the code is wrong. I just did an update and the software was compatable. how do I fix this now.

Any help will be appreciated,

Thank you,

#20 VENTURINO: answer to your question is YES, you must have a Blu-Ray Hardware player either installed in your computer or an external one attached to your computer in order to read/play the Blu-Ray disc and then copy it (to your hard drive or other media) using a Blu-Ray ripper/copy program like the GAOTD offered today. If you copy it as an ISO file you can play it using any number of software/hardware devices as if it was the original movie.

So, when #23-'therube' said "NO" (you do not need a Blu-ray player), he is partially incorrect. Initially You MUST have a Blu-ray 'hardware' player to read the Blu-ray disk so the software can copy/'rip' it to a digital format. But he is correct in saying that once you have a copy of the Blu-ray movie saved to a digital file format that your software can play, then that file can be located anywhere that your computer has a connection including network drives or your cloud storage.

Mike@22 gave additional technical info as he frequently does. I always find his input helpful.

Software from this company I have found to be very good so I will be keeping this one.
Thank you Aiseesoft and Giveawayoftheday

Blu-Ray does have its problems, mostly caused by excessive DRM IMHO

This encapsulates the failure of BluRay.

It is the defining feature of any Sony digital audio/video product.

Excessive, overly aggressive and ill-mannered DRM that tries to take over your computer.

This also explains why Sony MiniDisc died a certain death.

Perhaps some of you don't know to use a computer!!! This is the BEST Blue Ray Ripper I've ever used (Sorry G)

Rips Blocked content with ease!!!!!

B.R.s too big => It converts and compresses them - Get it????

B.R. to MKV doesn't compress - This does - It also bypasses encryption EASILY.

I need to stop reading comments b/c the standards are very low.

#4 RWP.
Installed without any problems on XP SP3; generally this happens when the system has become slightly unstable and new software just tips it over the edge, or as #11 helga states a possible infection.
The idea of backing up a system before you install any software as suggested by #9 FrancisBorne would be safe but make life miserable.
Comodo Time Machine with which could roll back your system may still be available, but is not for the fainthearted, excellent as long nothing goes wrong, but if it does go wrong turns into a horror.
If you do use it, only use its defragmentation!
Under no circumstances use any other, it shouldn't let you but if for some reason it does not stop you you'll be in a real mess.

I can't think of any reason the Chinese gov't would care about an American citizen's activities with a Blu-Ray ripper. For that matter, I doubt the NSA would waste their time either.

Blu-Ray doesn't seem to be passé here in Texas.

Thank you Aiseesoft and Giveawayoftheday for this fine offer.

"Am I being paranoid if I wonder what, exactly they are doing with the information that goes up to “the cloud” while they’re supposedly speeding up the conversion process? Will the government be told I’m converting a file that isn’t on the official DRM approved list? I do not like the idea at all."

Yes, you are. Why would a Chinese company relay information about you to the American NSA? Or were you referring to the Chinese Government?

@20

No.
Input /can/ be from a BD or DVD... or from files on your computer.

That said, standard fare here.
Nothing special or different (from the multitude of these programs that come up).
Actually limited in many ways (in the options you're able to choose or set).

#4: "Totally screwed my AMD quad-core XP SP3 system"

Just a guess... some Blu-Ray rippers/copiers/converters add a hacked Blu-Ray driver to XP since it can't originally read the disc format. There are also a couple of Windows updates, which you likely already have installed since you have a BD drive, and any Blu-Ray player software that came with your drive might have added some files &/or drivers along the same lines for Blu-Ray compatibility in XP. *IF* today's GOTD added that driver or any Microsoft updates to your installed copy of XP that might be somewhere to look & hopefully get your rig working again.

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#8: "Blu-Ray ripping. Why would you do that? Perhaps because Blu-Ray is obsolete and you want to keep those huge files on your computer? Blockbuster went bust because it oversubscribed to Blu-Ray."

Blu-Ray does have its problems, mostly caused by excessive DRM IMHO, but it's also your only source for good quality, high bit rate 1080p video. Of course you can watch HD video via cable or satellite, but the bit rate for a movie there is lower than on a good quality DVD. You can record that HD video using a box or PCIe card, but only at 1080i, reducing the quality of an already low quality picture. Then there's always on-line streaming, which also has & uses a lower bit rate, and it very often doesn't include CC or subs. Recording that normally means screen capture, & you need a pretty capable rig to both play & screen cap HD video.

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#10: "A pop up window in the application says that “cloud technology” is being employed to reduce CPU load during this process. I’m not sure what that entails but the files did load quickly (3 or 4 seconds)."

Likely getting directions on what files are needed, which is why these apps need to phone home [not always why they phone home, but why most need to :) ]. Part of the DRM often used involves lots of fake playlists & titles, sometimes 100+, and it can take some serious processing on your PC's part to figure things out, if it can -- assuming that work's already been done, & that info's stored on their server(s), it could speed things up considerably.

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#13: "NO MENTION about HOW MANY DRM PROTECTIONS THIS TOOL IS ABLE TO BYPASS"

That's useless info -- do you know how many there are, seriously? 50, or 100, or 1000 etc. might sound good, but none of those numbers mean a thing if there's some new DRM on the disc you just bought, and new variations can appear weekly with the latest crop of new releases. What matters is if it works when you go to use it, & unfortunately that's something only your experience using Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper will tell you.

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#14: "The prior version would start converting a disc well (this happens with all the BD rippers I’ve tried including Aieesoft, Tipard, Aurora). About 1/2 of the way in, the output starts to “tile” intermittently, making the file unusable at that point. I have 2 quad-core machines, both have 5gigs of ram. The laptop has an NVIDA graphics card. Both do the same thing. "

Something's amiss with your systems. If one or two apps didn't work that's one thing, but if every apps fails... Might try not using CUDA, might turn off apps & processes that you can, might turn off real time scanning for your security software etc... If none of that helps you might want to use Sysinternal's Process Explorer to see which files are being used, e.g. you might have some unneeded Direct Show files or codecs loaded eventually causing problems, if you've got a memory leak somewhere & so on.

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#17: "I makes no sense to have BluRay transcoded to a portable device.
For the typical portable device low resolution, you can just transcode from DVD."

IMHO, yes & no...

If your target device [where you'll be watching the video] is a no-name tablet you picked up for $30-$40 on sale, using the average DVD as your original source might be overkill. If the tablet has a nicer display OTOH, & the video processing to use it, the lower quality of the average DVD will be apparent -- that's because it's not just about the frame size all DVD's use, but the quality of the original encoding, & the Hollywood studios for the most part keep that as low as possible... I think part of that is managing expectations, part of it is making conversions not worth it, & part of it is not caring, since they'd really rather you went to a theater to start with. Best thing is when you buy a Blu-Ray/DVD set, try both as source, try the 2 files on your device, & see if there's a difference.

That said, the new crop of Android tablets & Kindles includes some really nice HD displays, so any DVD might not be a good enough source from the get go.

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#18: "Am I being paranoid if I wonder what, exactly they are doing with the information that goes up to “the cloud” while they’re supposedly speeding up the conversion process? Will the government be told..."

The company Real [Real Audio etc.] came out with a DVD converter after buying a license from the DVD folks, figuring that way it'd be legal -- the courts shut them down in a couple few days. Since then AFAIK not one western company has sold software that bypasses DRM. That means that when this sort of app phones home for info on bypassing DRM they're connecting to an overseas server. Once your connection leaves the US it's fair game for the NSA -- that's not to say they don't do anything in the US, but that they have no rules at all outside of it. According to some reports all traffic is grabbed, but only some fraction kept for analysis, because there's simply too much data to look at everything.

So is the US gov capable of finding out every movie disc you opened in Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper? From the info that's been released, Almost certainly. The question is if they'd bother looking for that sort of thing, & if they found it, would they do anything about it?

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#20: "Must my pc computer have a blueray player inorder to use the BlueRay Ripper to rip the BlueRay DVD to my hard drive?"

Blu-Ray discs require a Blu-Ray drive to read them -- that's because of the UDF format they use -- you can burn Blu-Ray on a DVD with it's older UDF format, and any PC/laptop with a DVD drive can read it.

@Gio - - The DRM protection utilized on video disks is a security feature; therefore, any software that targets breaking the DRM protection may be considered as malware by the security program running on your computer. As you get more experience using computers, you will become more aware of this.

I have a question? Must my pc computer have a blueray player inorder to use the BlueRay Ripper to rip the BlueRay DVD to my hard drive?

It's only standard version without being told so.

For comparison to Platinum and Ultimate with prices see
http://www.aiseesoft.com/blu-ray-ripper/blu-ray-ripper-comparison.html

Am I being paranoid if I wonder what, exactly they are doing with the information that goes up to "the cloud" while they're supposedly speeding up the conversion process? Will the government be told I'm converting a file that isn't on the official DRM approved list? I do not like the idea at all.

Blu Ray is not as popular as DVD.
Guess DVD is still having bigger market share.
It has been so long already.

I makes no sense to have BluRay transcoded to a portable device.
For the typical portable device low resolution, you can just transcode from DVD.

@ #5 Giovanni. Wow, are you just throwing ideas out there now just to fill your space?
How can you possibly list -

(* BluRip
Can convert BluRay movies to MKV with a single mouse click!!
http://code.google.com/p/blurip)

as a best free alternative? It is a decent program for sure but an alternative? Cmon! It does nowhere near what todays gotd does

Anyone had success with protected BD disks? I tried the recent BD to MKV converter by this company, and it failed to successfully rip a recent copy protected disk. Curious to hear others experience on this.

I will try this version. The prior version would start converting a disc well (this happens with all the BD rippers I've tried including Aieesoft, Tipard, Aurora). About 1/2 of the way in, the output starts to "tile" intermittently, making the file unusable at that point. I have 2 quad-core machines, both have 5gigs of ram. The laptop has an NVIDA graphics card. Both do the same thing.

I look forward to this update providing better results. If so, I'll be using that 1/2 off coupon code!

As usual a ridiculous amount of THUMBS UP in a blink of an eye but NO MENTION about HOW MANY DRM PROTECTIONS THIS TOOL IS ABLE TO BYPASS and WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION.

Besides that, it looks like this GAOTD is just the STANDARD and extremely LIMITED version of the main program.

Moreover, their site has been blocked by my security software (WEBROOT SecureAnywhere) because containing malicious code.

So how can I trust a company like this (based in CHINA, right???) which:

- use several PROXIES to fool the GAOTD Rating System and GAOTD readers whenever a product of theirs is published here (and I wonder why nobody here stops their fishy behaviour)

- do NOT tell us anything about the crucial features of their programs (such as, in this case, which kind of DRM protections can bypass)

- do NOT mention in the blurb that what is offered here as GAOTD is just the STANDARD and LIMITED version of the main commercial program

- has a website containing MALWARE???

10 THUMBS DOWN!!!!

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Why the heck did you cut this part of my comment?

TRUTH HURTS, right? ^_^ !!!!

Yet another awesome tool for my media station. Aiseesoft keeps making excellent products - thank you GOATD. No installation or registration issues on Windows 8.1 64bit.

To RWP, 4th post: Your 1st paragraph tells your computer is in trouble & has nothing to do with this software. I urge you strongly to do free download here (Malwarebytes Anti-Malware) and run FULL scan. (It worked when I got trojans and other infections.)

Previous versions of this Blu-ray ripping software have been my "go to" software for converting Blu-ray discs. It produces good results and takes advantage of my NVIDIA GPUs to speed conversion times. In this version, I noticed a faster load time of files from a Blu-ray. A pop up window in the application says that "cloud technology" is being employed to reduce CPU load during this process. I'm not sure what that entails but the files did load quickly (3 or 4 seconds). Check out the "Elegant" skin - it's sharp. The initial settings that version 7 defaulted to were my preferred settings in version 6 - that was a nice touch. I opted to install version 7 alongside version 6 this time, rather than over top of version 6 so I could do a comparison. Obviously this worked out in case you'd like to do the same. One question/disappointment - there doesn't seem to be an option to "see" the conversion as it happens in version 7. Am I wrong? I'd like to see that option come back as it helps to see exactly how the job is going as it happens (just in case something goes amiss or you realize you forgot to turn on sub-titles or something you don't have to wait an hour to find out you need to do it again.) Thanks as always to Aieseesoft for a great product and Giveawayoftheday.com for helping us test it for free!

#4 RWP

Therefore use an imager some time or the other to back up your system and at least before trying out shareware giveaways. Yes this advice is too late for you, RWP, but I and many others have told this before again and again. And good imagers like European Paragon's or Chinese EaseUS's have been given away on GOTD yearly. And in your case you can see that you urgently need a boot medium (linux based or other). I can't tell whether free variants of above imagers would do because I never needed/used them because of cover disks and GOTD.

But if you forgot to prepare boot media perhaps it's sufficient to reinstall plein windows and with the free variant or a trial to recover an older image thus abbreviating the reinstall of your programs including GOTD one day installs.

By the way I dislike software phoning home (or even to other suspect or not destinations) like this software seamingly does. And remembering former comments isn`t Aiseesoft an alias for Wondershare like some others:
4Easysoft, 4Media, 4Videosoft, AirproSoft, Aimersoft, Aiseesoft, AppleXsoft, Aunsoft, AVAide, AVCWare, Brorsoft, Cucusoft, Daniusoft, Doremisoft, iFunia, iMacSoft, ImTOO Software Studio, iSkysoft, Joboshare, Mac DVD Ripper Soft, Pavtube, Topmediasoft, Wondershare, Xilisoft (in alphabetical order). A little bit confusing isn't it?

Blu-Ray ripping. Why would you do that? Perhaps because Blu-Ray is obsolete and you want to keep those huge files on your computer? Blockbuster went bust because it oversubscribed to Blu-Ray.

Generally speaking, this is a wonderful program, especially for Blu-ray movie junkie who has portable devices. Most devices should be supported. I have tried successfully on my iPad and cell phone anyway. As for the editing function, I haven't tried yet since I don't wanna change the original effect. No crash or other problems yet. Thumb up!

Registration is easy. You can also register using your own name if you choose.

BEST FREE ALTERNATIVES:

* BDlot DVD ISO Master
Terrific FREE utility which helps you backup ANY protected DVD to a cross-platform ISO image 1:1 copy, compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and Unix, without any remarkable video or audio quality loss. Then, once you have created the ISO IMAGE, you can easily burn it to a DVD/CD/Blu-ray disc at high speed, or play it by the majority of media players out there (PotPlayer, VLC, Mplayer, DAPlayer etc…), or better yet watch it on a virtual disk drive after mounting the image over it using a FREE DVD ISO mounter like “Gizmo Drive”. As far as I’m concerned it’s the only FREEWARE able to unlock DVD region codes and defeat ALL those bloody copy protection and well-known damn restrictions which make a DVD copy pretty much impossible, such as CSS, CPRM, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, Rip-Guard, and Disney X protection. And with this magic FREE tool you can forget quality loss due to burning errors once and for all, since it also sports an unique “Error Proofing Technology” designed ensure to the integrity and sequence of DVD data after burning.

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* DVDFab HD Decrypter
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* (Portable) Bluray Decrypter 2.1.00
It removes any copy protection from Blu-rays (AACS) so that you can copy your blu-ray movies to your HD without losing quality.
Can also keep the Blu-ray folder structure, original 1080p video, original menu, as well as the original audio/subtitle tracks.

http://www.bluraytoavi.com/blu-ray-decrypter.html
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* Blu-ray Disc Ripper
Can copy, decrypt and backup Blu-ray Discs from the original disc, your PC HD and even from a disc image mounted in a virtual drive without any hassle.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/CD-DVD-Rip-Other-Tools/Blu-ray-Disc-Ripper.shtml

* BluRip
Can convert BluRay movies to MKV with a single mouse click!!

http://code.google.com/p/blurip

* DAPlayer
Breakthrough Blu-ray DVD HD videos playback for playing high-definition videos, like Bluray, AVCHD, TS, MKV, MPEG4, H264 video formats. Supports any commercial and homemade Bluray multi-track video/audio and subtitles, and can also be used to decrypt and backup blu-ray movies (compatible with BD+ and AACS protected Bluray) so as to play them from your hard disk and even from your virtual driver.

http://www.digiarty.com

Then to convert the ripped blu-ray video into any other format you like:

http://www.videotovideo.org
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Video/Portable-XMedia-Recode.shtml

Enjoy!!

Totally screwed my AMD quad-core XP SP3 system...

Installed it, got several warnings of suspicious behavior from my Zone Alarm security suite (internet access attempts to a few entities I've never heard of - not Aiseesoft) so I denied access to them (only allowed access to Aiseesoft and GAOTD). Registration proceeded normally and sucessfully.

Launched program and tried to process a BD folder from HDD, all files found and loaded okay, but conversion failed on all -- yet it kept my 4 cores pegged at 100% doing *something*. Program still stated conversion failed.

Next I tried ripping a BD disc and the program locked up when I clicked the Load Disc button and disc won't eject now. (Yes I used a BD optical disc drive). Had to close program with Task Manager. Tried again, same result, so I uninstalled program and it froze all my desktop program shortcuts even after a reboot!

Dead in the water now and have to reinstall Windows as I can't even access Windows System Restore.

I have been happy with Aiseesoft products in the past but for reasons unknown not this time...

Please read this guide if you are not sure how to register the software. Installation Guide:
Step 1. Download Zip package from GOTD
Step 2. Unzip the Package and run setup.exe to install the software.
Step 3. Open “read me” txt, use the registration code to register it.
Learn more information about the software, please visit the pages:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/blu-ray-ripper.html

What’s new:
1. More powerful kernel to enhance the conversion performance
2. Brand new interface to be more user-friendly

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