anydvd runs in the background and removes the protection from the dvd you will need an encoding program, dvd shrink ,dvd decrypter or clonedvd 2 (which would be my choice) to run with anydvd ,use this guide to use the programs http://bbmayo.home.comcast.net/ if you do use dvd decrypter with anydvd set it up this way To use DVD Decrypter in conjunction with AnyDVD as stated per Olli ->OF SLYSOFT AND CLONEDVD Proceed to the DVD Decrypter Opening Page - Tools - Settings I/O Tab - Click on "Elby CDIO-Elaborate Bytes" General Tab - un-check "Check For Structure Protection"