Slysoft has closed down

Very, very annoying for people who like to play DVDs and Blu-ray discs through their HTPC.

I used to use MakeMKV for remuxing so I can do various editing and playing around in AVS. But then DVDFab had a couple giveaway events to hand out free Lifetime Pro versions of their Passkey. Which operates like AnyDVD-HD but is separate from other DVDFab encoders and tools. I'll probably buy MakeMKV when it's out of BETA. I was so glad DVDFab had their promos. AnyDVD-HD for life was too pricy and didn't really like the idea of paying any less until I could buy lifetime. It's good there's more options out there.

Trying to find an alternative now... I had Anydvdhd lifetime for years now. That to rip and BD-Rebuilder to convert to MKV was great. I got a license for DVDFab Passkey when they were giving them out free. Going to have to reach out to their support because there are issues with it working and listing any drive as a source to rip from, even though they are listed in the settings screen. What other options are there to rip and feed to BD-Rebuilder?

I was surprised to see how long they resisted.

I wonder why they didn't register their company in more "civilized" countries like Russia or China? ;) BTW. Is MakeMKV a Russian project?

Will it still work for people who bought it? Or did it phone home to get the decryption keys rendering it now useless?

I have an alternate solution... Don't buy new Blu-ray releases since it's unclear if I will be able to use them in the manner I want in the future.

Is DVDfab a replacement?