Advanced Technical Characteristics
On February 17, 2007, SlySoft released AnyDVD HD. AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD are in fact the same piece of software, but the licence key determines whether the HD aspects of the software are available to the user. When the HD part of the software is enabled it permits access to HD DVD and Blu-ray discs including decryption of AACS encrypted discs. In the case of Blu-ray discs it also supports region code removal (HD DVD has no region code).
Besides dealing with DVD copying issues, AnyDVD can also work in the background to automatically detect and remove additional data sessions contained on Audio CDs which contain copy-prevention measures. This allows audio tracks to be directly accessed on the system for direct playback and for access by CD extraction software. Intentional tracking errors in the audio may also be discovered, for example, those errors involved with key2AudioXS, which may cause major skipping distortions in the ripped audio tracks. By bypassing these methods AnyDVD can provide clean, distortion-free playback and ripping.
On March 19, 2008, SlySoft released version 6.4.0.0 of AnyDVD HD, which removes BD+ as well. Some Blu-ray software players have removed the ability of movie playback from folders on a hard drive. AnyDVD HD has since included the ability to rip movies to an ISO format.
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