DVDFab has released the first Blu-ray 3D-to-3D video ripper today, making the software available for $50.
Making the software more notable is the fact that it will not require any other utility to tip or convert the video.
The company says the software can do the following:
-Rip any Blu-ray 3D to 3D video. Blu-ray 3D Ripper can remove all known AACS copy protections, all known BD+ copy protections including newest 3D BD+, region code, BD-Live, UOPs, MKB V18 and MKB V19, so any Blu-ray 3D content can be ripped. And the output 3D video can be AVI, MP4, WMV, or MKV, and can be played on 3D display devices.
-Support side-by-side 3D. Blu-ray 3D Ripper supports side-by-side 3D format — a current popular format for 3D content transmission, which has been already used by some cable TV providers.
3D type can be left/right or top/bottom, 50% or 100%. The 3D type can be left/right (side by side) or top/bottom to meet different requirements from different display devices; and the video frame size can be full (100%) or half (50%) according to your specific need.
-Output 1080p video or 720p video. For original 1080p video, the output can be 1080p, or converted to 720p, the choice is yours.
-Free decoder supports H.264 MVC completely. Blu-ray 3D Ripper supports H.264 MVC standard completely, and especially designed a corresponding decoder offered to users for free. No need to pay for any H.264 MVC decoder on the market.
-Freely edit and customize. You can set video and audio format such as bit rate, frame resolution, aspect ratio, volume size, etc.; select your favorite audio and subpicture streams; crop active video region manually or automatically; remove black bars that may be present on your display device; and so on.
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Result for: copy protection
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has upgraded the interface for DisplayPort to version 1.2, doubling the data rate from v1.1 and providing support for multiple monitors.
Data transfer rate is now 21.6 Gbps, allowing for higher display resolution, color depth, refresh rates, and 3D playback.
Says PCMag: DisplayPort v1.2 supports “multi-streaming“—the ability to transport multiple independent uncompressed display and audio streams over a single cable, supporting protected content and high performance applications such as 3D gaming. This enables the use of multiple monitors connected by cable in a daisy chain or hub configuration. Whereas the current Display v1.1a standard can support one 2,560-by-1,600 monitor at 60Hz, DisplayPort v1.2 can support two such monitors with one cable, or four 1,920-by-1,200 monitors. Many other combinations are possible, including multiple video sources, multiple displays (even at different resolutions) and multiple audio speakers.
The update is compatible with all existing DP systems and cables.
Additionally, v1.2 adds Audio Copy Protection, Dolby MAT, DTS HD, all Blu-ray formats, and the DRA standard from China support.
Adds the source, “DisplayPort v1.2 also includes improved support for full-HD 3D stereoscopic displays: lifelike motion using up to 240 frames per second (fps) in full HD, providing 120 fps for each eye; 3D stereo transmission format support; field sequential, side by side, pixel interleaved, dual interface, and stacked; 3D Stereo display capability declaration; mono, stereo, and 3D glasses.”
Result for: copy protection
Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile phone operator (in terms of revenue), has inked a new deal with Warner Music Group that completes its collection of deals with major music labels.
The Warner deal will see music from artists such as James Blunt being made available by Vodafone without any copy protection mechanism included that would not just make copying harder, but also lock music to certain devices.
The operator had previously signed deals with the EMI group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. Vodafone is now the first global mobile phone operator that will offer over-the-air downloads of music from all four major record companies.
“The response to the DRM-free offering in all the markets where it has launched has been incredibly enthusiastic,” said Pieter Knook, Vodafone Internet Services Director. “Our customers love … the flexibility that DRM-free on mobile gives them.”
The record labels continue to seek out new deals where DRM is now negotiable, as it tries to fill revenue gaps created by falling CD sales, rising piracy and other economic factors since the start of the century.
