The shared account with a 1-year license for DVDFab Ripper works now. Please use the account and password you've received to activate again. Really sorry for the inconvenience.

I never received an "activation" email from this give away....
I wasted a lot of time, making time to recheck my email. I don't use this email on my phone, so I have to get back on my desktop to check it.

Would have liked to tried this, but got the email 17:50 UK time. Tried to install it today at 07:00 and apparently the offer has expired.
So apparently a day is now only 13 hours long.
Pretty disappointed TBH

Hello, I have download the Giveaway of the day version, opened it, installed and ran as instructed.cut/copy/pasted account info per the email provided. The program is listing my install as trial only version. If you could please provide help, I would greatly appreciate it. I have been waiting for a give away like this for some time now, so i may get to know the program and perhaps add it to my permanent programs. I have used DVD Fab products in the past and really enjoyed them.

If you Google this program and go to the companies website which contains this product...it's clearly the 'free' version. Straight from the DVDFab website. There is a paid version which is $39.99. IF you get this product, I'd get it directly from DVDFab, but YMMV.

Not only am I having the same problem where it won't authorize the registration, it also appears to have removed my previous GOTD activation of the Video Converter. So now I have neither one activated, and only have the free HD Decrypter. I have tried multiple times to register so at least I have this one, but it just does not work. I tried the Authorize button on the License Info screen as well as directly via the down-arrow next to the t-shirt icon. It just is not working. Very frustrating.

Installed okay and registered -- but then said there was a new version, so I updated..., only to find that it was all a trial version despite saying I had a 1-year license. Tried to rip a DVD and after scanning it for several minutes it said it failed because of read errors, despite it being a brand new disk (Red Dwarf). Then it crashed.

I uninstalled.

Attempting to authorize with the account and password that were mailed to me produces no error, but the DVD Ripper does not register. The only thing that shows Activated is HD Decrypter Free Edition.

Tried with both v12.0.4.8 from the GOTD download and v12.0.5.1 that the email linked to, it makes no difference.
Changing the username or the password results in an error, so it appears that the username and password they are sending out are valid. Nonetheless, the program fails to register.

Running DVDFab as Administrator suppresses the UAC prompt when FabRegOp.exe accesses OP_RegList.dat, but otherwise it makes no difference.

This is on Windows 7 SP1 x64.

The Giveaway of the Day is DVDFab DVD Ripper 12.0.4.8
I installed it & went to the registration page.
Run the program => "Autrhorize" and enter the data you have received!

Licence shows is the free "DVDFab HD Decrypter".
DVDFab DVD Ripper is still a Trial & has 2 many background process for me.

When I authorized the program everything I had on DVD Fab changed to full trial and I couldn't get my DVD Copy to work right and lost my account and password that was there for the few programs I had. What do I do to get them back now,

Unable to install. I already own some DVD Fab programs and have tried repeatedly to add this ripper but it will not install/activate other than the trial version. I have followed the directions given by DVD Fab exactly and it will not activate even after I have "unauthorized" the DVD Fab account for my paid versions.

Unlike in 2018, applying and receiving an e-mail for registration proceeded smoothly today -- thanks for that improvement!

After initial installation, I allowed the offered update to v12.0.5.1. Another download then installation followed (the update).

After closing the initial "splash" window displaying the long listing of other products to "authorize"/buy, I didn't pay attention to what was displayed in the main DFDR window before entering the registration info (that had arrived in an e-mail) via the "Common Settings" > "Authorize" menu (little "down arrow" icon in the upper-right corner).

However, even after exiting and relaunching it continues to confusingly display a red shopping cart icon labeled "Buy Now" which makes me question whether it is still a short-term trial vs. the offered 1-year license.

Is it still in trial mode, or is it properly registered? I can't find the word "Trial" anywhere; but (as stated above) didn't notice if it was perhaps originally displayed before entering the "Authorize" licensing info.

Similarly, choosing "About" reveals nothing regarding the status of being registered/licensed, or trial, or duration of trial/license, etc.

I think DVDFab should improve their product with a way to clearly display the status (remaining days and any entered "authorization" info) of a licensed/registered installation or of trial. Usually such info is available in the "About" box.

It'll take a bit to exercise and perhaps report back on how well it functions. Thanks for the offer!

This doesn't seem to have worked. I don't have the time to test this right now, but since this is supposed to be a giveaway for the DVD Ripper portion of the software, I'd expect it to at least indicate on the list of 27 different functions that it is "Activated", but it doesn't. There is only one thing that shows as "Activated" and that is HD Decrypter. I expected this to be since they give it away for free.

Unfortunately, even after registering ("activating") the software, everything is listed as a "Trial" version, even the DVD Ripper portion of the software, which is what is supposed to be free today. It does show that the "Licensee" is the user name I was given in the registration email, so I know I did the process correctly.

I suspect that once I get the time to sit down and attempt to use this, I'm going to be limited to a certain number of rips, or watermarking, or something similar since it still shows that it's a Trial Version.

Disappointed...

For some reason I have not received the licence email. No response from DVDfab as yet

How long does it take to get the activation info? Been waiting a couple of hours now...
I have to leave soon and might not be able to get back to it before the time runs out

Firstly, you almost never see their programs offered as a freebie. I'm guessing that this must be a scaled down extraction from their main, full suite = No Blu Ray ripping, DVD only. (?) (There are some other good alternatives for DVD, from Digiarty / Win-X, in particular, which are offered here from time to time. Less so in the way of alternatives for Blu Ray.) Secondly, some users consider the previous version 11 series to be significantly less buggy than v. 12. However, there are also some user reports that Ver. 11 has been withdrawn and invalidated by Fab, such that installations of it no longer work. So far, I can't really confirm that: the last time I used Ver. 11, not that long ago, it was still working for me. But I guess we'll see. I don't really need this one for DVD. The commercial DVDs that you may still run into are notably less protected than BR discs, and the not-the-most-current software versions for backing them up should still be adequate. I've seen some BR discs that nothing out there will handle well or properly. That said, Fab is one of very few (often effective) solutions that remain, so you can't dismiss it either.

What happens after the year is up? Does it lose some functionality or just not work at all?

Seems to have installed and registered ok, though program components are indicated as 'Full Trial' and 'Trial'. Immediately offers an update, but it is not clear whether updates are valid under the license.

After activation per email directions the DVD Ripper program still indicates it's a Trial. Further a dialog window pops up when ripping that indicates 3 disks in 30 day trial period and indicates to remove limitations one needs to purchase the paid version. Also the email instructs users to download DVDFab DVD Ripper from their website which is version 12.0.5.1 while the GOTD version is 12.0.4.8. Which version should people be using?

WARNING: Yet another program that automatically installs on your C: drive, giving you NO choice to install it elsewhere.

System Requirements

★ Windows 10/8.1/8/7 (32/64 bit)
★ Pentium 500 MHz
★ 2GB of RAM
★ 20GB of free hard disk space
★ A DVD-R (W) or DVD + R (W) Drive
★ Live Internet connection required to register DVDFab (little network traffic used)
Input
DVD disc (2D & 3D), DVD folder, DVD ISO image file

Output
3D Videos: 3D MKV.H.265, 3D MP4.H.265 3D MP4.4K, 3D MKV.4K, 3D AVI, 3D MP4, 3D WMV, 3D MKV, 3D M2TS, 3DTS
2D Videos: H.265, MP4.4K, MKV.4K, MPEG-4, MP4 Passthrough, MKV Passthrough, MP4, FLV, MKV, AVI, WMV, M2TS, TS, etc.
Audio: MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA/WMA10, WAV, AAC, DTS, OGG, PCM and AC-3/E-AC-3 5.1 etc., with up to 7.1 channels

You have to register, providing an email address, to get a serial number, and once it eventually arrives in your inbox you'll only be able to use that serial number on ONLY one machine.
So, best make a choice of whether you install it on either your desktop or laptop.

A good app but I don't like the lack of choice of where I can only install it to. In this day and age most of us do use both desktops and laptops.