cladDVD.NET

cladDVD .NET was created to solve a common problem amongst DVD fans: decrypting protected content. It uses the vStrip engine in order to create backups of your DVD content and removes analog copy protection alongside.

cladDVD .NET is not the first tool of this kind to see the light of day. What sets it apart from similar software is the ease of use, accessibility, the low impact on system resources and the superior decoding speed.

The installation process is easy to follow and doesn’t pose major problems. It ends up placing a shortcut in the start menu, from where you can easily launch it. cladDVD .NET features a minimalistic, yet user-friendly interface that hosts a few buttons that hold all the power.

If there’s no disc in the DVD-ROM, you will be asked to insert one, load it inside the application and press the ‘Scan’ button. The titles are almost instantly displayed along with specific information (regarding the audio stream, subtitle, etc).

The two ripping options that the program provides you with are PGC mode (the output file is a single VOB) and the DVD Mode (there will be multiple output files corresponding to each title). If you plan on processing the results with a third-party application, the better choice is the PGC mode as it enables frameserving.

As far as Options are concerned, you are presented with various decryption modes: you can have the program use a light key search or a more aggressive intense search. You can also set it to detect mastering errors, to remove analog copy protection or the region encoding (only in DVD mode).

To conclude, cladDVD .NET is simple enough to appeal to beginners, but it’s also witty enough to please even the most pretentious users.