10/09/07 SONY releases

Looks like SONY hasn't come up with any new variations of its "ARccOS"copy protection scheme. RipIt4Me v.1.6.4 easily handled both the drama "Reign Over Me" and the kid's CGI "Surf's Up"...

That's an older version of R4M. Is that the last version that called the external FixVTS? Good to know that even an older version still works on the newest titles.

As I've posted in other threads at the Doom9 Forum and elsewhere, in my estimation (and confirmed by others more knowledgeable), it's the most stable version. I believe v.1.6.5 still called FixVTS...

Ok, thanks for the info.

Sorry, missed the word "not". I see a massive changelog thru versions 1.6.5 and above. 1.7.1 was stable, AFAIK. Regards

I have to agree with you, blutach. I've never seen any stability issues mentioned with 1.7.1.

Nobody says 1.6.4.0 is no good... But you are saying that it is the most stable... That means that you consider later versions to be un-stable... Can you give an example?

@bourtzovlakas Hi! 1) The most important point to me regarding my use of RipIt4Me as well as any other software is, "If it ain't broke don't fix it". In using RipIt4me since its first public release, I found it was necessary to apply updates through and including v.1.6.4, in order to deal with periodically introduced new protection schemes. No subsequent version provided the ability to deal with any additional R1 DVD protection schemes and, therefore, provide no "value added". 2) If I remember correctly, according to the history ("massive changelogs thru versions 1.6.5 and above", per "bultach"), you'll find references to bugs/problems introduced (and either resolved or being worked on to resolve) in v.1.6.5 and above. 3) At some point subsequent to v. 1.6.4 (v.1.7.0, I believe), the authors replaced the proven, rock-solid FixVTS with the incorporation of its functions. To summarize, based on my very extensive usage with R1 DVDs, v.1.6.4 of RipIt4Me was the final version ever needed, since it properly processed ALL protection schemes other than the very recently introduced nonsense on the "Blade - House of Chthon" DVD. Another way to put it would be that, in my usage, versions 1.65 and above provide no ADDITIONAL abilities to rip R1 DVDs versus v.1.6.4. Please feel free to substitute the above explanation for the word "stable"

Thank you for the thorough explanation. I get where you're coming from now.

I ommited several changes from the listing... i included the most intersting ones... Are you using Win 9x? IIRC, no freshly introduced bug has "survived" in the following version... So you can safely use v1.7.0.0... What about the rest of the changelog? Don 't you find it interesting enough to comment on it?