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Old 28-05-2008   #52 (permalink)
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Re: DVDFAB 5.0.2.2 not ready for the BIG LEAGUE.

To bring it back on topic...


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Originally Posted by Sea Monster View Post
Furthermore, I realized DVDFAB forum has one of the most written threads and readers.....That can tell you something....
1) Fengtao is very responsive to customs needs.
fully agree! This software has great support!
Actually I bought a license of DVDFab Platinum mainly to support the developers! I didn't use the app very often - mainly the free ripper part - but when a products gets such great support, we should honor this.

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Originally Posted by Sea Monster View Post
3) DVDFab is a buggy program.
4) Users are too demanding certainly wanting to get their
monies worth with the program.
I absolutely agree with this point! I think many users want to have a all-doing, perfectly ripping, encoding, transcoding coffe-cooking mashine...
I already believe DVDFab has too many features, it's miles away from a simple dvd-backup software, which makes it more complex, difficult to write and therefore dificult to avoid bugs.

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Originally Posted by Sea Monster View Post
Really, I think there are more problems with version 5 than
version 4.1.2.0. The problems that did not exist in version 4,
creeped up in version 5. FengTao should have made the
programs better before releasing it.
Actually I would recommend Fengtao to stop investing time in new features for, let's say 1-2 months, and keep the eye on fixing all known bugs. I believe this would make DVDFab 5 a great product!

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Originally Posted by Sea Monster View Post
On another note. Recently, I ripped a few movies using DVDFAB 5.0.2.2 without any problems, only to realize that after a few days that those movies I ripped cannot be played in my Home Entertainment System. I got a DISK IS DIRTY message that appeared on my TV.

Problems like those mentioned above did not happened on
version 4.1.2.0. It was flawless program. I could ripped
moives and view it later without any problems. Noted, that I
am using now using both DVDFAB 4 & 5. I wanted to
continue using version 5.0.2.2 but I think it is really not ready
for the big league. Version 4.1.2.0 is.
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Originally Posted by GregiBoy View Post
You have made a comment about "The Big League". I would like to know which competitive product as being in the Big League.
Well, what makes an application to be part of "the big league"?
To me, that means stability and trouble free working.

I want to insert the disc, start the copy process and be sure to 100% that the result is going to play on all of my standalones (Of course we take excellent media and burners as a requirement, as well as the lastest version of the apps). I want to be sure the finished copy is compatible to the official DVD-Specs and makes no troubles with any hardware- or software player I throw it at. I don' have the time nor the energy to check every disc I burn.

The one and only tool which fulfilles this expectations is AnyDVD + CloneDVD + Shrink for me!
This combination has NEVER let me down, I NEVER had to check my backup (and I made several hundres with this tools, all of them play perfectly fine in all DVD-players I used)

I which DVDFab to have such a great quality, but right now - it hasn't..
Some copies don't work in PowerDVD, some refuse to play with VLC, in earlier versions the copies took 60secons to start in my standalone...
This never happens with AnyDVD!

I bougt a license to support Fengtao and his team to make this product as stable as I would love to see it, but right now, I'm still working with my old AnyDVD/Shrink setup.

with best regards
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