DVDFab
Encyclopedia
DVDFab is a Microsoft Windows
program that allows the decryption and copying of video DVD
s, Blu-ray discs, and some HD DVD
s. Its distribution is based in Beijing
.
DVD ripper
and burner, capable of extracting a full disc, a single title, etc. from a DVD or Blu-ray
. Extractions can be made to a hard disk or burned onto an optical disc. It is capable of decrypting copy-protection schemes that otherwise would prevent copying of the content.
DVDFab is capable of compressing a dual-layer disc to single-layer disc size, splitting titles from a dual-layer disc to two single-layer discs, and burning images to recordable discs.
It also features the ability to make a custom copy of a disc with any selection of titles, languages, subpictures, and menus; make 1:1 bit-perfect clones of discs including data DVDs; and merge titles from different discs into one.
Support for Blu-ray
format was added in version 6. DVDFab now supports NVIDIA® CUDA™, to make the conversion faster.
, iPhone
, iPad
, Microsoft
Zune
and Xbox 360
, Sony
PlayStation Portable
and PlayStation 3
, as well as several models of portable video players, mobile phone
s, and PDAs
.
's Hall of Shame indicating that it violates one of FFmpeg's license terms. DVDFab contains binaries from programs that are under the GNU General Public License
and the GNU Lesser General Public License
.
Also, because DVDFab decrypts and removes Digital rights management
encryption technology on the DVD/Blu-ray media being decrypted, it prima facie violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
in the USA and similar legislation in other countries.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
program that allows the decryption and copying of video DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s, Blu-ray discs, and some HD DVD
HD DVD
HD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
s. Its distribution is based in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
.
Features
DVDFab is a sharewareShareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
DVD ripper
DVD ripper
A DVD ripper is a software program that facilitates copying the content of a DVD to a hard disk drive. They are mainly used to transfer video on DVDs to different formats, to edit or back up DVD content, and to convert DVD video for playback on media players and mobile devices...
and burner, capable of extracting a full disc, a single title, etc. from a DVD or Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
. Extractions can be made to a hard disk or burned onto an optical disc. It is capable of decrypting copy-protection schemes that otherwise would prevent copying of the content.
DVDFab is capable of compressing a dual-layer disc to single-layer disc size, splitting titles from a dual-layer disc to two single-layer discs, and burning images to recordable discs.
It also features the ability to make a custom copy of a disc with any selection of titles, languages, subpictures, and menus; make 1:1 bit-perfect clones of discs including data DVDs; and merge titles from different discs into one.
Support for Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
format was added in version 6. DVDFab now supports NVIDIA® CUDA™, to make the conversion faster.
Video conversion
The Video Converter Option is an add-on to DVDFab that enables conversion of DVD titles to formats such as MPEG-4 with profiles for creating files suitable for different hardware players including the Apple iPodIPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
, iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Zune
Zune
Zune is a digital media brand owned by Microsoft which includes a line of portable media players, a digital media player software for Windows machines, a music subscription service known as a 'Zune Music Pass', music and video streaming for the Xbox 360 via the Zune Software, music, TV and movie...
and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
and PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, as well as several models of portable video players, mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s, and PDAs
Personal digital assistant
A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
.
Controversy
DVDFab is listed on FFmpegFFmpeg
FFmpeg is a free software project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data. The most notable parts of FFmpeg are libavcodec, an audio/video codec library used by several other projects, libavformat, an audio/video container mux and demux library, and the ffmpeg command line...
's Hall of Shame indicating that it violates one of FFmpeg's license terms. DVDFab contains binaries from programs that are under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
and the GNU Lesser General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License...
.
Also, because DVDFab decrypts and removes Digital rights management
Digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...
encryption technology on the DVD/Blu-ray media being decrypted, it prima facie violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization . It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to...
in the USA and similar legislation in other countries.