by Kevincy
At some point in last year, SlySoft had to cease all activities due to the regulatory requirements, mostly the legal issues on violation of AACS LA (Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator) for DVDs and Blu-rays. It's a pity to see SlySoft shut down after almost 13 years, but this is final that SlySoft is gone!
What's Your Choice after SlySoft Shut Down
The good news is that, by the end of 2017, SlySoft has been reformed as RedFox over one and a half years. And it continues to update its all product lines led by the well-known AnyDVD HD. However, it's a bit pricey for a general user since you have to subscribe for an annual fee or one-off payment. Although AnyDVD HD owns plentiful followers in the market, there's no guarantee that the same thing won't happen again. You know, even if official is well-intentioned for the convenient purpose of DVD backup and fair use, the piracy is still an issue. So it's advisable to check out if it is the copyright infringement to rip a DVD in your country no matter what's your purpose before doing that.
WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is your best choice. It can copy any DVD with 1:1 flawless output quality and convert them to various digital format videos and hot devices. It’s time to make perfect backup copies of DVDs and save more space! Learn more >
To prevent a similar fate of SlySoft shut down, meanwhile to offer an extra choice, it is necessary to look for AnyDVD alternatives for your copy needs. Just type " AnyDVD HD alternative " or " Alternative to AnyDVD " in Google if you don't need too much requirement. You’ll find a mess of search results throughout the web. But it’s difficult to find a safe and really useful one. Here is already a compiling list of critically acclaimed programs like AnyDVD as well as the best free DVD rippers to save your time.
Free Alternative 1 - WonderFox DVD Ripper Speedy
You’re highly recommended to use this free DVD Ripper Speedy. It is the simplest free AnyDVD replacement to let you fast rip CSS, Region Code, Multi-angle, CPRM DVD, etc. to digital video within 10 minutes. Only two steps of fool-style operation: Load DVD => Rip and Convert. Yes, it is that simple! However, MPG is the only format for output video file. To convert the output DVD files to other formats for portable devices, you may also need some best free video converters.
With advanced decryption technology and fast ripping speed, WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro can deal with DVD to 300+ formats conversion and remove the latest copy protection. If you want to deal with the constantly updated copy-protection in the near future, you can’t miss DVD Ripper Pro. Learn more >
Free Alternative 2 - MakeMKV
With MakeMKV, you'll be able to convert your DVD collections to MKV for free. But it may not rip DVDs with the latest copy restrictions protected. Due to the characteristic of format and encoding, it may take you a lot of time to finish the whole process. Also, the output video size is a bit larger.
Free Alternative 3 - DVD Shrink
DVD Shrink is another anydvd HD alternative freeware which acts as a DVD copy to back up DVD discs and save as DVD folder or ISO image file to hard drive. As its name implies, this free DVD ripping software can also compress or shrink the DVD data. In addition, you are allowed to rip copy-protected commercial DVD titles with the built-in decryption algorithms.
Free Alternative 4 - HandBrake
HandBrake is an open source and one of the most famous free AnyDVD alternatives with multiple output formats on multiplatform. Strictly speaking, HandBrake is not a DVD ripper. It does not support removal of copy protection. But it is still well preferred for supporting any DVD source which is NOT copy-protected as input.
Free Alternative 5 - DVD Decrypter
Although DVD Decrypter is no longer updated, it is still one of the most popular free AnyDVD HD alternatives for DVD rip. It's mostly like DVD Shrink, which can also rip DVD to VOB or ISO image. As the technology of copy protection develops, DVD Decrypter may not deal with the latest DVDs with new copy restrictions.
As we know, AnyDVD free alternatives always have various limitations and may not well support Windows 10, such as cannot handle commercial protected DVD, ripping speed is too slow, output file is large with low quality, only support a single format, etc. So here comes the best AnyDVD alternative 2017, WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro which is designed for ripping any DVD (even the latest copy-protected or region-locked DVDs) to a wide range of video audio formats and portable devices. Check out the simple guide below.
1. Free download and install this best alternative program to AnyDVD on your PC (well compatible with Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP). Then launch it.
The best alternative to AnyDVD enables you to rip any DVD including latest copy-protected DVDs . No complicated operation, it's a one-step process with super-fast speed! Learn more >
2. Click "Load DVD" button on menu bar after inserting your DVD to DVD-ROM. Select the DVD Drive letter and this AnyDVD alike program will automatically analyze and mark the Main Movie. You can also add ISO Image and DVD folder to WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro for rip and copy.
Best Slysoft Alternative
Note: You are also allowed to rip TV series DVDs Game of Thrones Series DVDrip and fitness workout DVDs like FOCUS T25 DVDrip, P90X DVDrip, etc.
3. Click on the output profile on the right and choose the one as your will from 300+ formats and portable devices.
Plentiful Formats and Devices
Optional - You are empowered to adjust some parameters here, such as change aspect ratio, change video resolution,etc. Or just keep smart fit for the best optimization.
Adjust Parameters
4. Set your target output folder and hit "Run" button to start DVD ripping.
With this software, now you can copy DVDs to PC for backup, transfer DVD movies to your iphone and Tablet to enjoy them on your trips or send your precious home recording DVD to your friends. Meanwhile, it allows you to add add subtitle to the copied videos, and increase sound volume. Take full advantage of this alternative to AnyDVD decrypter, and enjoy digital entertainment in your life.
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