DVD43 will decrypt your DVD discs

by Ryan Carter Aug 7th 2006

Not that I advocate the breaking of copyright laws at all, but this program is a download and a free one at that. DVD43 will allow all the law-abiding citizens to backup and archive their DVD collections. There are a ton of other DVD decryption programs out there sure, but DVD43 is easy to use and requires almost no user input. It will decrypt both DVD video and audio without you having to do anything. If a DVD or CD can be unlocked, DVD43 will turn from a red angry face to a green happy (as pictured) in your system tray. When I first checked out DVD43, I thought there must be something more I had to do to use the program, but it basically does everything for you and stays out of your way. Ripping DVDs to be shared on P2P networks with DVD43 will potentially get you into more trouble with the authorities than it's worth. WARNING: Download and use at your own risk. I won't send you cookies in jail.

Tags: DVD, encryption, security

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Bob Jones said 6:37PM on 8-07-2006

I use it to make my DVD player multi-region. Nice little program.

Tully said 12:04PM on 5-14-2008

The program seems to operate correctly, I always end up with the green face. Is there an additional program required to enable copying?

Grant Robertson said 11:30PM on 8-07-2006

Not to be a spoil sport but, any use of this in the US is in violation of the DMCA.. whether you're using it for personal backups or not. You're evading copyright protection by decrypting the CSS encrypted content, and that's against the DMCA.

Kinda points out the ridiculousness doesn't it?

Randy said 10:45PM on 3-18-2008

Not according to the courts! Do some research!

Ryan Carter said 12:46AM on 8-08-2006

Someone is going to write a history book about all of this one day, 100 years from now, but until then it won't make any sense. Thanks!

Ali Baba said 6:44AM on 8-08-2006

Thank god US law is not enforced world-wide.

Bryan said 7:59AM on 8-08-2006

I love the little face the icon makes when this program is working. It makes me smile every time. Great program.

As far as the DCMA, it was a silly rule to begin with. Tivo/MoviePods, will be in our future. The law will be changed to make it happen. It is also currently illegal to make digital copies of your CD's and put them on an IPOD. The only legal digital transfer that consumers are allowed to make are on Minidiscs, and digital cassettes.

Ryan Carter said 8:57AM on 8-08-2006

Have you guys heard about this whole managed-copy thing Microsoft is going to be using when Vista comes out (if it ever does)? It is supposed to let you copy securely encrypted movie files to your devices, but retain the rights of the studios. I thought it sounded the closest to a compromise to me. It was showcased at CES this year.

otakucode said 3:01PM on 8-08-2006

Ryan Carter: They'll look back on this era in 100 years and won't be able to believe how stupid and short-sighted companies are. They'll look and see companies who are offering a product consumers don't want, and refusing to offer a product that consumers do want - easy to manage and use digital media released alongside theater and DVD releases, for example. They won't be able to believe how the companies of today bit off their nose to spite their face in fighting against all of the copyright violation without stopping to think for a moment that there is a reason people are violating the copyrights. People don't want to steal, it's just that there is no legal alternative that offers the features available on the 'grey market' type places. Companies need to look beyond the fact of copyright violation and see what could be done to offer a better product. What do consumers want? Non-protected full-HDTV quality releases with surround-sound on fast servers with cheap, easily available hardware able to put it up on their TVs.

Ryan Carter said 4:01PM on 8-08-2006

Well said.

Nicole said 12:26AM on 1-26-2007

My dvd43 was working awesome and all of a sudden it is telling me that it's not compatible. Do you have any idea why this would be????? Please help

Pepini said 6:54PM on 3-05-2007

Does anyone know if this software works with Vista. I downloaded it to work with a DVD copy software, and don't get any color changes.

mallrat615 said 11:52PM on 3-26-2007

I too just bought a computer with Vista. Before I swap out my systems I'd like to know if dvd43 is compatible, or if there is a patch. I've had no problems with it and would hate to lose use of it, even though I do have nero. I find dvd43 much easier to use.

Gallant Voyager said 8:20AM on 5-02-2007

I have Vista 32-bit home premium. As far as I am aware DVD43 doesn't work with Vista, more's the pity as I used it for years. DVD decrypter does seem to work OK, though you need more hard drive space, as it saves all the DVD to your hard drive first, then you open the files with something like DVD Shrink, rather than open the disc, as you would when using DVD 43. Here is a download link for DVD decrypter:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm

I only ever had 1 DVD I had a problem with whilst using DVD43 and Windows XP. I did find that there was one thing I was doing wrong though - apparently you are not supposed to leave DVD43 in your system tray whilst you are burning discs. I had it auto-starting with Windows, and didn't realise why I was getting some "coasters" till I found that tip on a website somewhere... [when I was looking for something completely different, of course]

Gallant Voyager said 8:21AM on 5-02-2007

Sorry for the out-of-date link:) Try this one:

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dvddec.htm

Tommy said 3:22PM on 8-08-2007

Is ripping encrypted dvds legal in Canada? If so are dvds there encrypted? Is software and or hardware available there different from that in the U.S?

peter said 2:31AM on 11-09-2007

I use this to back up my dvd's so my little girls can have a disc to watch and i d'on't have to wory about them scratching the original.

Paul said 12:52PM on 12-13-2007

Well, I also use DVD43 here in London. But with me it makes my PC crash (I get the blue screen and it shows that DVD43 is problem) I use it with a really neat little program called 1 click copy DVD 5.... it cost bout $30 I think and worth every penny - it does the whole thing for you including automatic compression onto single layer DVD's. But still this problem with the crashing with DVD43 wont go away. Paul in UK

ken said 10:18AM on 12-23-2007

besides 1 click is there a list of programs that dvd43 works on

Jim said 8:05PM on 1-31-2008

Dose anyone know of a patch or update to make dvd43 work on vista (64)?

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