I originally purchased Video Vault for DVD backup. I was using it in conjunction with DVD43. This past weekend I ran into 3 movies this combination would not handle, Madagascar, War of the Worlds, and The Skeleton Key. I installed the trial version of AnyDVD and Video Vault would not even attempt. I got CSS encryption messages. So then I tried many of the freeware rippers, i.e. DVDDecrypter, Shrink. I followed guides posted on forums here at afterdawn and followed advice offered by many senior member posters. None of this seemed to completely work. This also took me a long time, which I am usually short of, not to speak of patence... Finally I installed the trial version of DCDClone2. I was able to backup all three movies without any problem. My question: does anyone have comparative experience between Video Vault and DCDClone2? Quality? Speed? Etc.? Should I opt for a refund from Video Vault and purchase DVDClone2? To some degree I like the layout of Video Vault a little better, but it is not worth the trade off if I continue to experience problems with Movie backups. This is my first post and I look forward to your responses. Thanks!
I cannot speak to Video Vault at all so I won't. CloneDVD2 though I have and it is an excellent backup resource. Used in conjunction with AnyDVD (also from slysoft)it is hard to beat the ease of use.
After looking at the following sites, I figured it was all the rage... but then I discovered afterdawn... http://dvd-copy-software.topchoicereviews.com/video-vault.htm and others you can find when you google DVD copy software...
You can tell by looking, they are in it for the money. Get DVDdecrypter, DVDShrink, DVDFabdecrypter and DVD43, imgburn (Free)
I tried all of those, but I have time and patience problems, so after looking through this site some, I settled on AnyDVD and DVDClone2... seems to work pretty good.
some of this stuff is like platinum and xpress is a knock off of 321-studio stuff. info on video vault here http://www.dvdxsoftware.com/ or here http://www.dvdxsoftware.com/default.asp note clonedvd and anydvd i feel is 100% better then the stuff above.. as there platinum and xpress can not do the sony protected movies.
CloneDVD 2 (by SlySoft) and AnyDVD are great. I have used over 15 copy software products and CloneDVD 2 along with AnyDVD give me the best balance of speed, quality, ease of use and value for the money. Just try them, you'll buy them.