DVD Ripping DVDDecrypter, DVD43

DVD Decrypter ripper | DVD43 on-the-fly decryption | RCE Protection

DVDDecrypter 3.5.4.0 download SetupDVDDecrypter_3.5.4.0.exe [879KB]
freeware released Mar 21, 2005

This rips encrypted dvd video files onto your harddrive for further processing. It removes region code protection and macrovision. You can either A) rip all files press F or B) .ISO mode press R

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A) Open DVDDecrypter and choose File | Mode | File Mode and hit CTRL-A to select all files. Press F



B) Open DVDDecrypter and choose File | Mode | ISO | READ to rip to an .ISO or Press R. If it shows Number of Layers: 1 then you can simply rip to .ISO and burn the .ISO with DVDDecrypter. Most are dual-layered DVDs though.



Mount the .iso you just ripped. Right click on daemon tools, choose VIRTUAL CD/DVD-ROM | Device 0: | Mount Image and locate the ripped .iso file. It'll show as Generic STEALTH DVD.
Daemon Tools 3.47 released August 29, 2004 download mirror [492KB] freeware

Many DVD related programs require ASPI driver. Unzip this and double-click INSTASPI.BAT to install

DVD43 free on-the-fly decryption

download DVD43 3.7.0 DVD43_3-7-0_Setup.exe [512KB] official homepage released Dec 7, 2005
- it now removes Macrovision protection and handles ARcoSS protection
- DVD43 stands for "DVD for free"

AnyDVD and DVD-Region Free are commercial on-the-fly dvd decryption software which do the same thing but with a few more bells and whistles. Many commercial DVD transcoding software doe not include ripping ability.



After installing DVD43 and you'll see a little yellow smiley happy face in your tray icon bar.



It shows 0/6 dvd drives. One DVD-ROM drive, one DVD burner and
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Once you put an encrypted DVD in a DVD-ROM drive the yellow icon will change colors to green. Now you can start using a commericial DVD transcoding program without having to rip it first to the harddrive thus saving you valuable time.

Some don't like it always starting up at boot time so you can download dvd43startuponoff.zip which contains two registry entries namely dvd43disableonstartup.reg and dvd43enableonstartup.reg.
RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) Protection removal


DVD regions:
Region 1 - 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Region 3 - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5 - Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
Region 6 - Peoples Republic of China
Region 7 - Reserved
Region 8 - Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)

Using PowerDVD to play back my video files I got this screen which means RCE protected.


Easiest way to remove RCE protection is to rip with DVDDecrypter
Open DVDDecrypter | Tools | Settings | General
RCE Protection Region set the region to the one you live in. Example: if in USA set to 1.
Verify that Remove IFO/BUP RCE Protection is checked


If you ripped / processed directly from DVDFAB or DVDShrink Full-Disk mode you may need to remove RCE protection.

IFO Region Free is a small freeware utility by fengtao, author of DVD Region-Free
download IFORegionFree01.zip [13KB]

Follow the steps 1, 2 and 3. Select your VIDEO_TS Folder and patch it.


Another method is to use DVDDecrypter
Open DVDDecrypter | Tools | IFO | Region Information
Select a VIDEO_TS.IFO file to verify it has RCE protection


Tools | IFO | Region Patch | Region Free
Select all .IFO files in the folder by holding down CTRL
"VTS_04_0.IFO" "VTS_01_0.IFO" "VTS_02_0.IFO" "VTS_03_0.IFO" "VIDEO_TS.IFO"



Updated November 2010