AnyDVD works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive, allowing you then to backup the movie using a DVD backup tool such as CloneDVD and CloneDVD Mobile. You can also remove the RPC region code, thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software.

AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features, including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings. It also allows you to launch an external application whenever you insert or remove a disc, or prevent 'PC-friendly' software from automatically launching when you insert a video DVD.

Decryption is not all that AnyDVD offers. You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive, allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC. You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays.

But AnyDVD doesn't just stop at DVDs. It also decrypts protected audio CDs to allow you to copy them.

Features of AnyDVD 6.5.9.9 :

- Works automatically in the background
- Removes encryption (CSS) and region code (RPC) from DVDs
- Removes analogue copy protection (Macrovision)
- Removes features such as forced subtitles and warnings
- Decrypts without the need to save the data onto your hard-disk
- Decrypts 'on the fly'
- Prevents automatic launching of 'PC-friendly' software on video DVDs
- Allows adjustment of your monitor refresh rate for both NTSC and PAL monitors
- Allows execution of external programs on disc insertion and removal
- Allows speed control of your DVD drives
- Compatible with all DVD media
- Works with all DVD-drives, regardless of region code
- Works with all DVD copying, such as CloneDVD, and all DVD player software
- Works transparently for the operating system: DVDs can be shared over the network and copied with the command prompt or with Windows Explorer, etc.
- Proven to be stable and fast and does not require an ASPI driver
- Provides its own Universal Disk Format (UDF) reader. Discs which cannot be read by Windows can be copied using the AnyDVD ripper.
- Features AnyCDDA: play, copy and rip protected audio CDs

AnyDVD HD comes with same functionality as AnyDVD, but with additional features for full Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD support, including decryption of Blu-ray (BD+ and AACS) and HD DVD (AACS) movies. Allows you to watch movies over a digital display connection, without HDCP compliant graphics card and HDCP compliant display. No need to buy an expensive monitor. Sweet!
Playback your discs on your PC with PowerDVD Ultra, which otherwise do not run (titles released by Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company, Kinowelt, Optimum Releasing).

AnyDVD HD is the "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
Another amazing feature of AnyDVD HD is "magic file replacement". Remaster any commercial movie disc using simple XML scripts. These scripts will "magically" replace the files on the physical disc. You can customize discs as you like without even making a copy to harddisk!

AnyDVD HD comes with a UDF 2.5 file ripper, no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.

Features of AnyDVD HD 6.5.9.9 :

• Blu-Ray
- Same features as regular AnyDVD
- Removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-ray Discs.
- Removes BD+ copy protection from Blu-ray Discs.
- Removes region codes from Blu-ray Discs.
- Watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP-compliant graphics card and without HDCP-compliant display.
- The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
- Provides its own Universal Disk Format (UDF) reader, no need to install 3rd party filesystem. Discs which cannot be read by Windows can be copied using the AnyDVD ripper.
• HD DVD
- Same features as regular AnyDVD
- Removes encryption (AACS) from HD DVDs
- Watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP-compliant graphics card and without HDCP-compliant display.
- Playback of discs on the PC with PowerDVD Ultra which otherwise do not run.
- Removes user prohibitions, you can select the language and subtitle track without going through the disc's menu.
- Removes parental restrictions.
- Allows you to remove or skip Studio Logos and warning messages.
- With "magic file replacement" you can remaster any commercial movie disc using simple XML scripts.
- The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
- Provides its own Universal Disk Format (UDF) reader, no need to install 3rd party filesystem. Discs which cannot be read by Windows can be copied using the AnyDVD ripper.

Changes in AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.5.9.9 beta :

- New (HD DVD & Blu-ray): Updated decryption keys
- New (HD DVD): Added support for hacked firmware of LG HD DVD drives
- New (Blu-ray): Added support for new BD+ protections
- New (DVD): Added support for new protections
- Fix (DVD): CSS error with some protections and region code mismatch
- Fix (DVD): Error creating image file with some protections
- Fix: Bug introduced in 6.5.9.5, drives connected while AnyDVD was running
didn't work
- Fix: Bug introduced in 6.5.9.5, "ElbyCheck" warning after installation
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Updated languages

Changes in AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.5.9.5 :

- New: Improved wakeup from standby, autoplay is no longer triggered in Windows Media Center, ArcSoft TMT, PowerDVD and other programs if a disc is in the drive and the system wakes up from standby
- New: Added icon for Windows program uninstall
- New: Avoid "This program might not have (un)installed correctly" message under Windows 7
- New: Improved compatibiliy with modems or USB sticks, which have a CD partition
- New (HD DVD & Blu-ray): Added support for AACS v16
- New (HD DVD & Blu-ray): Updated decryption keys
- New (Blu-ray): Improved compatibility with certain disc / player combinations, when Region Code or BDLive removal is activated, e.g. "Dollhouse" (US) and ArcSoft TMT
- New (Blu-ray): Compatibility improvement with some titles, e.g. "Slumdog Millionaire" (Australia)
- New (Blu-ray): Improved disabling of BD-Live
- New (Blu-ray): Added support for new BD+ protections
- New (DVD): Added support for new protections
- Fix: AnyDVD could hang in very rare situations
- Fix (DVD): Playback time of program chains with multi angle
- Fix (DVD): Playback time of program chains with old scanner
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Updated languages