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Old 07-18-2015, 02:41 PM   #812
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Just a heads-up in case one happens to like the Leawo Blu-Ray Player and were thinking of possibly getting the accompanying Leawo Blu-Ray Ripper (not free) as a means of backing up one's collection.

Last I heard, the ripper was itself ripped off from other currently-free-while-in-beta "tools"-like software which I'm not sure whether or not I can direct link or namedrop due to forum rules. But a Google search for the phrase "Scam alert - leawo blu-ray ripper" should probably bring it up.

To be fair, it's possible that things have changed over the past few years and they now make use of their own stuff for the ripper which they charge for. And quite probably the actual free player doesn't have such problematic origins.

ETA: They do now seem to have just a DVD Ripper (and no Blu-Ray version anymore) and a Media Converter Suite which takes care of the Blu-Ray stuff, so seems likely they've realized the error (or at least unsustainability of depending on 3rd-party external software) of their ways in the intervening years. But I will note that you can get equivalent or better "tools" openly offered for free for collection backup purposes if you're willing to take the time to learn how stuff works.

ETA 2: It seems the Leawo Blu-Ray Ripper is no longer sold via their .com site, but can still be found via the .org version. Here's an old sponsored ad-post from 2013 describing what else it was supposed to be able to do, much of which can be handled by free (and sometimes open-source) software.

I will note that the since the last time I tried it, the actual free Leawo Blu-Ray Player has added the nicety of being able to see and select from Blu-Ray disc menus, as well as setting the disc region, so it's probably worth getting if you don't want to mess around with making VLC Player talk to other software just to watch your BRDs and doing mystery meat navigation from the menubars to try and find the bit you wanted to see.

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