Version 1.6.9.0 (8 February 2021)

A quick bug fix for Win'98 people ("Not a DVD" problem again). Apologies.

Version 1.6.8.0 (7 February 2021)

• Returned to a simpler way to check whether the disc is a DVD: look for the VIDEO_TS folder!
• Once more attempted to solve the VISTA PSL import problem. There is now a 1s delay to allow the open dialog to open.
• Fixed the problem that sometimes caused the label of the DVD to not be read and be reported as "NO_LABEL".
• In the Jump To Menu function, if the target menu was in the title domain, but not a title itself, things could go bad. This is now fixed.
• Fixed a problem that could allow the parsing to occur even though the disc wasn't ready!
• Fixed problem that could occur when updating (the RipIt4Me app was sometimes locked so you couldn't overwrite it).
• The dialog title in Step 1 now reflects whether we're in wizard or 1-click mode. No more confusion!
• In the jump to menu function, if sprm(2) (subpictures) is set to a value that can't be obtained with a SetSTN command, sprm(2) is set to 62 ("not set").
• There are a couple more strings to translate.

Version 1.6.7.0 (1 February 2021)

• Made an important change to the analysis code. It runs a bit slower, but we're hoping that it will do a better job with complicated DVDs. The analysis is more thorough and will in some instances (eg games) take a while longer, so for these DVDs, please be patient. There will be little impact for regular DVDs.
• Added code to check whether DVD Decrypter imported the PSL file or not. This occurs right after the key strokes are sent to import the PSL, at the start of the rip, then again at the end of the rip by inspecting the log. An error is issued if the log indicates that the PSL file was not imported. This has been a major source of bug reports in the past so we hope this will now be a thing of the past.
• Added debug info in Step 1 during the detection of the drive and identification of the disc. If your disc/drive isn't identified during Step 1, ***DON'T*** try to click Next, just Cancel. Find your debug log (in %APPDATA%/RipIt4Me) and post that on the forum! Thanks!
• Fixed a problem that could cause an infinite loop during the "Updating INFO" stage in Step 1.
• Fixed a small bug introduced with the improved scanning of BOVs. For bad DVDs such as Shottas, the app could crash because it relied on the bogus VTS_VOBU_ADMAP.
• Improved the PSL importing code to better behave under Windows VISTA. Because of the window animation under VISTA, windows and open dialogs open much slower than under XP. The new code waits for windows to be ready before sending keystrokes.
• The display is updated to show the IFOs being read during Step 1, which is useful when there's quite a bunch of them.
• The code now checks whether the disc is really a DVD. If not, "Disc Not DVD" is reported during Step 1. This is not implemented for ASPI (Win 9x/Me) yet.
• Fixed "Autralia" in the English strings.

Version 1.6.6.0 (26 January 2021)

• Quick bug fix for the Win9x mess. Sorry about that.
  1.6.5.0 wasn't working under win 9x. It should work now.
• If there's not enough room in the target directory for the ripped files, the user can now decide to abort or continue;
• Added strings for update dialogs.
  NOTE TO POTENTIAL TRANSLATERS: STRING 260 WAS MODIFIED FOR THE NEW FEATURE ABOVE.

Version 1.6.5.0 (25 January 2021)

• The UI now supports other languages in the form of language files (*.lang). The app ships with English strings, but you can add other languages by adding the corresponding .lang files in the AppData folder (where the ini file is stored).
  To create new language files, simply copy the English one, change the language code (use the ISO ID), and change all the strings. Then save it as a .lang file (the name does not really matter, it's the language ID that does). Strings that are missing from the language file will default to their English version.
  RipIt4Me reads the available language files when it starts, and you have a setting in the preferences for which language to use in the UI.
  If you create a language file, post it on the forum, and it will be included in the installer after verification. Thanks! For further information see section 3.1.7 of the guide.
• Improved scanning for Buttons Over Video (BOVs). The first and last navpacks for every cell are always scanned. There is a new "Stride" setting which controls how many navpacks are skipped when scanning for BOVs. In other words, if Stride is 10, RipIt4Me inspects 1 navpack out of 10 for cells that are smaller than the limit you have selected. This makes the scan faster and allows scanning longer cells.
  The stride parameter is in the preferences (default 30 VOBUs (navpacks)). A new default has been set for the maximum cell duration to allow a full scan (now 300s). For further information, see section 3.2.7 and 3.2.8 of the guide.
• Titlesets that are completely unreferenced are now completely excluded from the rip (even the IFO/BUP files). This will avoid Decrypter error messages such as "IFO/BUP Patching failed", make the rip faster and make the cleanup process much simpler.
• As well, if a Titleset is excluded from the rip, its individual files are no longer checked for validity since they're excluded anyway.
• The option to run the "Jump to menu" function in 1-click mode is now recorded in the INI file (no preference item, but it will remember your last setting).
• Sped up the start of the process by copying the already copied IFOs from the temporary directory into the target rip, rather than ripping them again from the disc. The IFOs are put into a temporary directory during Step 1. This makes things a lot faster when you have tons of VTS (e.g., Saw 3 or Flux DVDs).
• If you skip Step 3b, the DVD is no longer reloaded (and scanned for BOVs). It will be though, if you select "Jump to main menu" in the next step.
• Step 1 is now modal, and can be quickly closed using the ESCAPE key.
• The code has been improved to handle huge IFOs found in game DVDs.
• The UDF parsing code now makes sure that the number of VTS is less 100!
• For DVDs with very larger numbers of buttons, an error could happen that wasn't caught by the new error catching code, which caused an analysis error in Deal Or No Deal.
• Added small delay before sending the keystrokes for the PSL file path to accommodate Windows VISTA. Tests indicate that RipIt4Me now works well under VISTA.
• Fixed a problem in the analysis, which caused all the VTS to be removed in some DVDs!!!
• Removed some annoying messages (scanning for BOVs on titlesets that were not ripped) and added protection against crashes in cleanup phase.
• Added display of maximum duration for BOV scan and stride at the top of the log, so we can more easily check what's going on.
• Fixed a crash that was reported by several users, at the end of the cleanup phase. Thanks for posting the debug logs! That helped a lot.
  
  Important NOTE: For those of you who are still having problems where the drive or the DVD isn't detected, please run the LBAExtract app that's on the RipIt4Me home page (http://www.ripit4me.org/LbaExtract.zip) and post your results. We need to get to the bottom of these problems, and we need your help for this! Thanks in advance!
  
  Finally: RipIt4Me 1.6.4.0 was able to rip Saw III without any change to the code (although 1.6.5.0 will do it a bit nicer, avoiding the DVD Decrypter messages)!
  That was a significant achievement! We thank all the beta testers and the users who've helped bring this app where it is. The only reward we want is your satisfaction with the program.

Version 1.6.4.0 (10 January 2021)

• Happy new year to all!
• Improved the analysis. Results should be identical, but the analysis should be faster now.
• If a VTS is completely unreferenced, the cleanup of its cells is now skipped (since it will be replaced anyway).
• Pressing F1 now opens "RipIt4Me Help.chm" if this file is located in the same directory as RipIt4Me, otherwise it opens the web version. The help file is included in the installer.
• Incorporated the on-the-fly patching code to make DVD Decrypter more robust to badly messed IFOs. Thanks to the anonymous developer who provided that code, without this, RipIt4Me would *not* be able to handle some of the latest DVDs. There is a new key in the ini file to control this. DecrypterParsingMode=1 is the default, which enables the patching. Set it to 0 for the normal DVD Decrypter behavior.
• If there were no BOVs in the DVD when it was first scanned, it will not be rescanned in subsequent loading operations while in wizard or 1-click mode.
• Added some broad error catching code to avoid crashes during the loading of titlesets and the analysis. If a fatal error occurs during the loading of a titleset (one that would normally crash the app) the code recovers and simply removes the titleset from the rip. If such an error occurs during the analysis, the app also recovers and tries to do the best it can to keep on going normally. A warning is issued, however.
• Removed the error messages for bogus numbers of PGCs and skipping the rest of the VTS...
• If for some reason the code to detect the state of the drive does not work, RipIt4Me will try to use the "old" code. This means you won't need to have UseOldCheckCode set to 1 in the .ini file. Again, this is a temporary fix until we determine what it is exactly that makes the new code fail.
• Fixed the bug that caused SPTI to be detected as unavailable if the first drive was locked.
• When blanking titlesets, the TMAP table was not fully removed, this is now fixed.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the "Jump to menu" function to not work right *in wizard mode* (1-click was OK).
• When blanking a VTS, or replacing it with a generic one, the correct video format is now used (NTSC if the DVD is NTSC, PAL if it is PAL). This, hopefully, will fix some playability problems seen on some players.
• In some rare cases, the jump to menu function was missing the menu (when the highlights were transparent when active). This has been fixed.
• Fixed a potential small bug in Step 1 which could cause a crash when canceling.
• Fixed a problem that occurred when an exit command was encountered during the analysis.

Version 1.6.3.0 (11 December 2020)

• Fixed a problem introduced in 1.6.2.0 which could cause a bad structure on some DVDs (such as Cars).
• Added UseOldCheckCode option in .ini file: if RipIt4Me can't detect the DVD or the Drive, you can set this option to 1 to use the "old" code, until we pinpoint and fix the problem.

Version 1.6.2.0 (9 December 2020)

• 1.6.1.0 didn't work right for Attack Force in full mode. This should fix it. Sorry about that...

Version 1.6.1.0 (9 December 2020)

• Added a more thorough removal for useless titlesets that are not the last ones. This should fix the problem with Attack Force. NOTE: for that DVD, to avoid crashing DVD Decrypter, it is important to uncheck the "Check for structure protection" option in DVD Decrypter (see below).
• Removed override of "check for structure protection" in DVD Decrypter. If you get EAccessViolation errors when DVD Decrypter checks for structure protection, disable the "Check for structure protection" in Decrypter's settings.
• Added up/down/left/right, and forced action flag to button info. This will make debugging easier.
• Attempted to solve the "No drive" problem that some people are encountering. If this still happens to you, please post your debug log, we've added some debug info to help figure out what the problem is.
• Improved the analysis algorithm.
• The number of audio/subpicture streams is no longer set to 0 in the domain attributes, unless all the PGCs are dummies.

Version 1.6.0.0 (2 December 2020)

• This is the first version of RipIt4Me that works under Linux/Wine. Thanks to all the testers!
• Made RipIt4Me better handle multiple sets of buttons in a menu. This solves the Easter Egg problem in Cars.
• Fixed a problem with DVDs that have a very large number of buttons. The cleanup no longer fails, but might take a bit longer.
• Improved the analysis to handle DVDs that have large numbers of menus (Ice Age 2 for example).
• The "Next" button in Step 1 no longer can be pressed if a valid DVD isn't present in the selected drive.
• RipIt4Me now checks for CeEKey.exe on startup, and offers to kill the process. CeEKey.exe has been found to potentially create problems when the PSL file is imported.
• Fixed a problem in Step 1 that could prevent RipIt4Me from creating the target rip directory in ISO mode, if automatic naming was selected with the VIDEO_TS folder option.
• Incorporated better code to detect the state of the drive in Step 1.

Version 1.5.7.0 (18 November 2020)

• Fixed the problem with discs not being recognized in recent versions. Sorry about that folks!

Version 1.5.6.0 (16 November 2020)

• Fixed a serious bug that could cause crashes during the analysis if a cell was assigned a command that did not exist. This was the case for "Thirteen Ghosts", thanks for the bug report! Keep them coming!
• Fixed the problem that some users were having with 1.5.5.0 ("Cannot read sector 16"). The problem should no longer occur, but just in case...
• If you get "Cannot read sector 16 errors", selecting "Microsoft API" in the preferences will revert to the "old" way of accessing the DVD (1.5.4.0). This is temporary, until we can confirm that the read error has been eradicated!
• The audio and subpic attributes were not always modified in video_ts.ifo. This is now fixed.

Version 1.5.5.0 (10 November 2020)

• This is the first version that works under Win 95, Win 98, and Win ME. It is still a beta version (not so easy to find testers with such systems! :))
• The code now uses SPTI (or ASPI on Win9x and WinME) to copy the original IFOs. This should help a lot to eliminate problems related to "not able to copy all IFOs" (these problems are rare, but seem to occur on some systems). There's still a selector in the preferences to chose which code to use to copy the IFOs, but it is reset to SPTI when you update.

Version 1.5.4.0 (7 November 2020)

• This version uses a new algorithm for creating the PSL. This should make it more robust to completely screwed up DVDs.
• Fixed a bug that could cause crashes during the blanking. This was responsible for some of the reported crashes.
• Added debug log to saved logs. This will help us a lot. Just zip up your saved log folder and post that if you have a problem (see FAQ 8).
• In ISO mode, the logs are now saved to a folder based on the name of the target rip folder (as in all other modes).
• When RipIt4Me can't copy all the IFOs, the user now has the option to see FAQ 21.
• Fixed a bug that could cause problems during the copying of the IFOs in ISO mode.
• Fixed a de-allocation problem that could occur when launching other processing.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the CRC32 value to not be correct when copying the IFOs using DVD Decrypter.
• Added LinkNextPC and LinkNextCell to button commands that prevent removing a menu cell.
• Added -p flag to arguments to FixVTS to force fixing of bad PGC LBA pointers.

Version 1.5.3.0 (25 October 2020)

• Fixed a bug that could cause the navigation to get messed up when removing useless menu cells if some of the other cells had LinkCN or LinkPG commands in them.
• Added a check for unreferenced titlesets (titlesets that are not referenced by any command in the DVD). If the new option ExcludeUnreferencedTitlesets = 1 in the .ini, these unreferenced titlesets are excluded from the rip.
  If needed, video_ts.vob is pre-ripped to double check that the titlesets are indeed unreferenced. This will make ripping faster for protected DVDs that include fully unreferenced titlesets. The option is 1 by default but only available in Full mode and in Movie+Menus mode.
• Added cleanup of JUMPSS_VTSM commands that call a menu in a removed VTS.
• Added code to help locate FixVTS: RI4M first looks in C:\Program Files\PgcEdit\plugins\FixVTS.exe then in the app directory itself, then in the directory pointed to by the registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RipIt4Me].
• The UI now indicates progress when loading the ripped DVD and searching for BOVs in Step 3.
• The FixVTS settings in Step 1 are no longer visible if ISO mode is selected.
• Improved robustness to messed up DVDs such as the Flux DVDs (still some way to go yet).
• Added a "Open debug log" menu item to the Log/Settings menu.

Version 1.5.2.0 (17 October 2020)

• Added option to start DVD Shrink's deep analysis automatically. Set RunDVDShrinkDeepAnalysis = 1 in the .ini file for that to happen.
• Added a temporary dropdown in the preferences to select how the original IFOs are copied from the disc.
  Normally, you should keep it set to "normal mode". But if RipIt4Me gives you error messages such as "video_ts.ifo declares 6 VTS, and I'm finding only 2 on the disc", you can try using the Microsoft API, or DVD Decrypter. You might still get the error message in Step 1 (when selecting the target directory etc), but hopefully not when creating the PSL.
  We will fix these rare problems in a future release.
• The command cleanup code was not cleaning up post commands. This has been fixed.
• The RipIt4Me version is now displayed at the top of the debug log.
• Fixed a rare problem that could occur in in Movie+Menus mode, when there are "similar" movie PGCs in the same VTS (for example duplicates or multi-story) and one of them is not visited. RipIt4Me could erroneously report that the movie was not referenced. As long as at least 1 of the "equivalent" PGC is played, the M+M rip is judged successful.
• Fixed a little bug in the routine that checks for scratches in Movie-Only mode. This should fix the Click and Death Tunnel movie-only problems.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Jump To Menu function to be activated on Movie-Only rips.

Version 1.5.1.0 (11 October 2020)

• Added code to exclude from rip any file whose starting sector is beyond what's legit for a double-layer DVD.
• Added code to M+M mode: When a menu in the title domain is found to be missing (this is quite rare), RI4M re-rips VTSs smaller than 500MB to find the missing menu, then blanks anything else that's not needed.
• When launching tools, the path is now enclosed between quotes so paths with spaces now work OK.
• RipIt4Me now asks for FixVTS 1.6
• The button info file now includes human-readable translations of commands.
• In the Jump to menu function, for the rare cases where the target menu is in the manager and if a title is visited before the main menu, the SetSTN command is inserted in the title's precommand instead of in the manager (where it's illegal).

Version 1.5.0.0 (6 October 2020)

Not too many new features, but an improved robustness to severely twisted DVDs such as the one that recently appeared in Germany :).

Also, thanks to the debug logs, we have been able to determine that many of the crashes seen as far back as version 1.0.0.0 were due to a failure to copy and analyse the IFOs off the disc before the rip. This version should be a lot more gracious when such problems occur. We're still working on a definitive cure.

• Added display of space saved during removal of bogus VTS(s) and blanking of useless VTS(s).
• Improved code that detects the movie type, by allowing a mismatch of 1 cell in multi-story DVDs (Puerto Vallarta Squeeze R1) and fixed a small bug that could cause episodic DVDs to be mis-identified.
• The code that loads the IFOs now checks and fixes the various tables's end address values.
• In Movie+Menus mode, the DVD analysis is now done *after* blanking rather than before. This is better because the analysis now reflects what happens in the final DVD. This will make a difference in those rare DVDs that have menus in the title domain.
• Added option in the INI file to select which function to use to copy the original IFOs.
  
  You can try to switch if you get an error message "ERROR: video_ts.ifo declares X VTS, and I'm finding only Y on the disc". UseMSFuncToCopyIFOs = 1 will use the Microsoft API. Set it 0 to use a custom copy function that reads directly from the ISO file system. It's 0 by default.
• Added code to always unlock the tray when aborting DVD Decrypter.
• BUP files that are abnormally large are now excluded from the rip.
• Improved the IFO patching code.
• Fixed a bug that could cause RI4M to crash when loading empty IFOs.
• Added more graceful failure when not enough memory can be allocated during the analysis.
• Fixed a potentially serious bug that could cause a PGC to be flagged as unvisited, despite the fact that it was! This was causing a wrong problem message in RV
• In the jump to menu routine, the SetSTN commands are no longer inserted if the target menu is in the Video Manager domain.

Version 1.4.15.0 (28 September 2020)

This is a quick update to yield a nicer, cleaner rip with Final Destination 3, R2. This version can also be tested on Silent Hill R2 - German version. It should be able to create a PSL, but this hasn't been tested. Not sure if the cleanup will work.

• Fixed (or tried to fix) a problem that occurs when copying the original IFOs from the disc (some failed to be copied). In any case, if this happens, RipIt4Me no longer crashes. We found this problem using the debug logs, so keep them coming!
• Improved the robustness of the code to seriously malformed IFOs.
• Added IFO/BUP patching: Bad IFO files are replaced with the corresponding BUPs.
• Useless menu cells that have commands are now also blanked (they were not in previous versions) if you have that option enabled. This yields a cleaner backup.
• Added option in the preference to blank bogus VTSs even if there are valid or referenced ones after them. This is only active in full DVD mode. Unlike the option to remove bogus titlesets, it is not limited to the last titlesets, and it leaves a valid menu domain + IFOs. This also will yield a much cleaner backup.
• The goto command used in the blanking code was sometime erroneous. This has been fixed.
• Put the process info back at the top of the debug log.

Version 1.4.14.0 (23 September 2020)

• Added a function in Step 4 (FixVTS and Shrink) to jump straight to the first menu. A few notes on that:
  • A backup of the IFOs is created in a PreSkipToMenuBackup folder before they're modified so you can undo by simply copying them back into the rip folder.
  • The function jumps to the first menu with valid buttons. If it's not the main menu (for example a language selection menu), then so be it. In this case, you can kill playback of the unwanted menu with your favourite editing tools.
  • If your original DVD goes to the movie first, the navigation will jump to the first menu encountered after the movie. This is usually the main menu or a special features menu.
  • Before you can use the function, you'll need to setup your "virtual player": pick your preferred audio, menu and subpicture languages (the common languages can be preset with a single button), and the player region code (see the "Player settings" button in the preferences). This is important and will ensure proper navigation, including selection of the correct language unit in menus where LUs exist.
  • This function is not available in ISO or movie only modes.
• Added check for scratches in movie-only mode. In previous versions, a scratched disc could yield a rip with missing chapters.
• Revamped Step 1: A lot more info, and the dialog to select the movie, audio/subpic streams has been merged into it.
• Added warning for episodic DVD with episodes in multiple VTS if the ripping mode is Movie only or Movie+Menus and warning about ripping in full disk mode for Episodic DVDs.
• Added option in the preferences to include the JACKET_P folder if present in the original, AND if the target rip directory is xxx\VIDEO_TS. In that case, the jacket is put in xxx\JACKET_P
• Added code to Movie+Menu to detect when we are missing an important menu located in the title domain (BOV). Although rare, this can prevent the DVD from playing normally. A warning is issued in such cases.
• Added detection of DVD Region Free Lite
• Added detection of OS at the start of the wizard and 1-click processes.
• When your RipIt4Me version is obsolete and you elect to update it, RipIt4Me opens the folder where it is located (this may be turned off by changing OpenAppFolderWhenUpdating to 0 in the INI file).
• The code that checks that your hard drive has enough space now uses the estimated output size, given the rip mode.
• Changed the movie detection code to be less strict about the size of the domain and relaxed threshold on shared cells for detecting multi-story PGCs.
• Removed the test for "Possible structure protection" in the DVD Decrypter log. Previously, if the line was found the full DVD was run through FixVTS. This will save time on many DVDs which, in fact, have no structure protection.
• Added macrovision removal option on in the termporary DVD Decrypter settings.
• Added link to FAQ in Help menu
• Fixed a major bug in the analysis caused by ignoring PUOs on remote buttons pointing to unreferenced and unplayable PGCs.
• Fixed a weakness in the analysis that could make RI4M crash when it was encountering gotos pointing nowhere.
• Fixed a bug in the routine that checks whether the re-rip was successful in case of scratches.
• Fixed a bug in the routine that scans for BOV which could assign BOVs to the wrong cell in the case of interleaved cells..
• Fixed a bug in the SetSTN command (the set bit was ignored) which could cause analysis errors.
• Fixed a bug in Step 1 that caused your selection of the target rip directory to be overwritten if you had enabled the option to create the target directory name from the label.
• Fixed: If the last rip directory no longer exists, the tools are now invoked with no argument (rather than with a path that no longer exists).
• Fixed bug that could cause a crash to happen when aborting DVD Decrypter while ripping. As soon as you abort the rip, the wizard will warn you that it cannot continue and exit.
• Modified the code to only load the IFOs up to the maximum declared in VIDEO_TS.IFO (instead of all the IFOs present on the disc). This avoids potential crashes while loading severely malformed IFOs.
• Modified the check for the correct FixVTS version. RipIt4Me now looks for version 1.5.0.0

Version 1.4.13.0 (31 August 2020)

• Fixed a bug introduced in 1.4.12.0 that could cause video_ts.ifo to grow to a huge size, make RipIt4Me issue the message "Cannot write video_ts.ifo" and possibly crash.
• Fixed a UI problem in the selection of the movie/audio/subpicture streams in movie-only and movie+menus modes.

Sorry for the quick release, but we're trying to solve the crash problems as fast as we can...

Version 1.4.12.0 (30 August 2020)

• Added the full language name in the subpicture selection for movie-only (in addition to the two letter code).
• Added "Cancel Rip" button to audio/subpicture stream selection dialog.
• There is a new preference check box to run FixVTS only on those titlesets that need it. If "Always run FixVTS on full DVD" is checked, or if the DVD appears to be protected, the entire DVD is run through FixVTS. Otherwise, FixVTS is run only on:
  • the menus
  • the titlesets that have been modified (cells removed etc)
  • the titlesets that show unreferenced material
  This can help save a bit of time for those who are in a hurry. Otherwise, keep the option to process the full DVD checked.
  
• The original IFO files are no longer read-only.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented specifying the target directory in ISO mode.
• Fixed a bug in the function that create PSL. This could cause RipIt4Me to crash.
• Added a check to verify that the FixVTS path indeed points to FixVTS.exe
• Fixed a problem in the way the VMG_VTS_ATRT table was adjusted when VTSs were removed. This could cause problems when opening in IFOEdit.
• Fixed the bug that caused the wrong DVD drive to be open in case of scratches or at the end of the rip (if the option is selected).

Keep these debug logs coming! We identified a couple more bugs thanks to them. Don't forget to zip up and post the IFOs as well (original ones and final ones) and buttoninfo.txt so we can reproduce the problem. Thanks!

Version 1.4.11.0 (23 August 2020)

• The IFOs are now copied straight from the disc right after step 1, into "OriginalIFOs". This should make no difference to the process, except:
  • Saving the logs will be faster.
  • There is a good chance that this will eliminate crashes that occured when loading the IFOs straight off the disc.
  • Some of the operations will be faster (computing the CRC32 for example).
  When the logs are saved, the original IFOs are moved and the directory is removed from the target rip directory.
  
• Added a drop down list to select the default audio and subpicture streams in movie-only mode. The drop-down includes "No Defaults" if you don't want the audio or subpictures to be set. There's a checkbox in Step 1 (movie-only mode) to enable/disable the audio and subpic stream selection. The setting is remembered.
  Note that this does NOT strip other audio/subpicture streams from the VOBs, you still have all the streams available. It merely makes your DVD start with the desired audio/subpicture stream.
• The step windows now follow the main window and will remember their position from run to run. All step windows share the same top-left position though.
• Made the UI a bit more responsive during lengthy operation (e.g., copying IFOs from disc).
• Added a temporary setting in DVD Decrypter to force the CSS mode to I/O Key exchange. As with all other temporary DVD Decrypter settings it is reset right after DVD Decrypter finishes ripping.
• Remove unused menu cells is now "on" by default.
• The number of audio and subpicture streams is now adjusted in all menu and title PGCs and in the domain attributes.
• All the running processes are now listed at the start of the debug log. This will help detect conflicting programs.
• Fixed a bug in Step 1 that could cause the CPU to go to 100% if a non-dvd disc was inserted in the drive.
• Fixed two serious bugs in the cleanup phase that were causing random crashes.

These important bug fixes were made possible by the logs that you guys posted after RipIt4Me crashed! If you had such a crash, please try this version on the same DVD, same settings, and if it fails again, keep sending these debug logs! Our team will get to the bottom of that! In the meantime, the developers and testers thank you for your help and the wonderful feedback!

Version 1.4.10.0 (16 August 2020)

• Fixed stupid mistake introduced in previous release. ARGH. Sorry folks.

Version 1.4.9.0 (16 August 2020)

• IF YOU HAVE A CRASH: Make sure you post the DebugLog.txt file (re-run RipIt4Me and it will located it for you). If your crash happens at step 2 (create PSL), then post the original IFO files copied straight from the DVD. If the crash happens during the cleanup phase, then post the ripped IFO files (in the target rip directory) and the buttoninfo.txt file. THANKS!
• Fixed a title mapping bug. A JumpTT that point to a non-existent title, or to a title that was removed is now changed to a NOP.
• RI4M shouldn't complain about DVD Shrink still running if you started it but then closed it.

Version 1.4.8.0 (15 August 2020)

• Fixed the preferences's "Default" button crash. (sorry about that folks!).
• Added more debug code for some of the problems posted on the forum (keep the debug logs coming in case of a crash please!).

Version 1.4.7.0 (11 August 2020)

• There is a new Tools menu that allows you to launch your favorite software after the rip (provided the application can open a DVD passed as an argument in its command line). The Tools menu includes an option to open the last target rip folder used.
• There is now a preference drop-down selector to pick the default rip mode (Full DVD, Movie+Menus, etc). This can be changed on a rip-by-rip basis in Step 1.
• Added more debug info and more checks to avoid crashes (thanks to everyone who posted their debug logs, it's VERY useful! Keep them coming!)
• The crash debug message no longer pops up if you have 2 instances of RipIt4Me opened at the same time.
• Added check for DVD Region Free at startup as it can create a conflict.
• Added display of region code in the log.

Version 1.4.6.0 (9 August 2020)

• The movie-only mode now produces a fully compliant DVD with a very simple structure. This allows opening the output in DVD Shrink (full-backup or reauthor modes) as well as other backup programs (Nero Recode or DVD Rebuilder for example).
• There is a new movie+menus mode which rips the movie titleset and keeps functional menus, but blanks and bypasses all non-movie titlesets. This will be useful for people who like menus for accessing chapters but don't want to keep extras/previews etc.
• In both of the above modes, if your DVD contains a wide-screen and a full-screen version of the same movie, RipIt4Me asks you to pick which one to rip.
• Added debug code to help fix crashes: If RipIt4Me crashes, the next time you start it, it will ask you to post a special debug log to the forum. Please do it, as this is the only way the bug will be fixed.
• Added abort button to quickly quit DVD Decrypter.
• Fixed the bug that prevented a Z: drive from being detected.
• The logs are now (optionally) saved before the DVD tray is (optionally) opened.
• Removed the message "Couldn't find absolute start sector for VTS ... " as it seems to confuse people and is usually nothing to worry about.

Version 1.4.5.0 (31 July 2020)

• When a DVD is detected as scratched, RI4M will offer to re-rip as many times as the user wishes if read errors are still found. In this case, the number of read retries is adjusted to 20.
• Fixed a problem that could occur if a DVD title declared a bogus number of chapters. This will make RipIt4Me more robust to intentional authoring errors.
• The log has been cleaned up.

Version 1.4.4.0 (28 July 2020)

Improvements:
• Added ISO mode: Ripping in ISO mode allows you to do a 1-for-1 copy of your DVD. The ISO isn't "cleaned up" so it is likely that tools that can open ISOs for editing (such as DVD Shrink) will still have problems with it. However, it should be possible to burn the ISO using ImgBurn and because the DVD isn't modified, the layer break will be right (for Double-Layer ISOs).
• Added preference to remove unplayed cells in menus (provided they have no buttons and no commands). This can be useful to remove the long black video sometimes found in VIDEO_TS.VOB and other menu vobs. Enable it in the preferences as the default is off.
• Added a warning in the log if an autorun.inf file is found at the root of the DVD.
• Added code to save the original and modified IFOs in a subdirectory along with the logs.
• Added a key in the .ini file DirWhereToSaveLogs= where you can specify the base directory where to save logs and IFOs.
• Turned "Remove tiny cells" on by default.
• Menus commands and program tables are now always cleaned up.
• Added handling of preferred video mode (sprm(14)) when the structure is analysed.
• Improved the detection and cleanup of bogus cells in protected PGCs.
• Added better handling of scratched DVDs. When a scratch is detected, the user can re-rip the affected file(s) automatically, using the updated PSL.
  Fixes:
• Fixed a bug that caused the final PSL to still include areas that correspond to scratches (it should not).
• The code to prevent autorun.inf from running was not enabled if the Wizard step 1 window was active instead of the main one. This has been fixed.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some of the 1: lines in the final PSL file to be omitted
• Improved/Fixed the code that removes bad cells and unused menu cells:
  - Fixed a bug that could cause bogus commands (jumps to non-existent cells/pg/chapters) to not be fixed.
  - Fixed a bug that could cause bogus chapters/programs to not be removed.
• RI4M now requires FixVTS 1.403 to be installed.

Version 1.4.3.0 (20 July 2020)

• Added code to prevent autorun.inf from running when you insert your DVD if RipIt4Me is the foreground window. This should help with issues with DVDs that have an autorun.inf file (such as Basic Instinct 2). Make sure you start RipIt4Me before you insert the DVD.
• If your DVD Decrypter settings instruct it to open the tray after a read, RipIt4Me will do that at the end of a successful 1-click run.
• Fixed a BOV scanning bug that could cause RI4M to detect many more buttons than really present (X-men 2 for example).
• Fixed a bug that could cause RI4M to crash when dealing with certain authoring errors.
• Fixed a PSL creation bug that could potentially be serious, but only manifested itself if the menu domain was larger than the title domain.
• Fixed the problem that caused the next "Step" window to never appear when the main window was minimized.

Version 1.4.2.0 (18 July 2020)

• Accented characters in the DVD label are now converted to "_".
• Added display of DVD Label in Step 1 (the DVD-ROM is monitored in case you open/close it).
• Fixed a problem with the DVD label code (if there was no DVD, or the label couldn't be found, the previous label was used).
• Fixed a bug in the UDF routine that caused some of the VOB files to not be found in X-men 2 for example.
• Fixed bug that caused older versions of FixVTS (e.g., Beta 1.24) to not be flagged as such.
• Fixed bug that prevented RipIt4Me.log from being removed if DVD Shrink was still running at the end of processing.

Version 1.4.1.0 (15 July 2020)

• Added check for the right FixVTS version (currently 1.4)
• In wizard mode, added an alert if the user tries to run DVD Shrink without having processed with FixVTS when protected cells are present.
• Added preference to automatically save the logs after the wizard or 1-click procedure.
• Logs are now saved in subdirectories of RipIt4Me named after the target rip directory. The directories are numbered to avoid overwriting them.
• Added alert if there isn't enough space to rip the DVD in the target directory (not checked in Movie-Only mode).
• Fixed the UDF code to find file sectors. It now seems to be doing the right thing.
• Added 1: lines in first psl file to cover gaps in between files in the VIDEO_TS folder.
• Improved the code that finds bogus VTS.
• Modified the update code so firewalls can be setup to always let RipIt4Me access the internet.
• Fixed a little bug that caused a bogus 1: line to be inserted in the final psl file, for unprotected DVDs.

1.4.0.0 (10 July 2020)

• Fixed two problems in the UDF code that could prevent the correct detection of VOB files on the disc.

1.3.0.0 (9 July 2020)

• In movie-only mode, the cleanup phase now remove any cell that's shorter than 2s, but leaves the last one.
• In 1-click mode, RipIt4Me asks for the path to FixVTS if the user hasn't set it yet and is planning on running it.
• Added movie-only mode.
  Adjust the preferences as follows:
  - Adjust it in the preferences to set the default option (saved from run to run).
  - Adjust it in wizard or 1-click mode for a temporary choice (not saved from run to run).
  For example: If you do all your movies in movie-only mode, then set that in the preferences.
  Otherwise, don't set it in the preferences and set it in the wizard/1-click for a 1-time shot.
• Added code to prevent running 2 instances of FixVTS or DVD Shrink simultaneously, or starting DVD Shrink while FixVTS is running.
• Added option to generate the target rip path automatically from the DVD label.
• If the DVD turns out to be scratched or dirty, the FinalPSLFile.psl psl file is modified to exclude cells that seem to include scratches. This allows you to re-rip the DVD in DVD Decrypter, making sure Decrypter will retry reading the scratched parts of the DVD as it does best.
• Added option to open the FAQ if the DVD appears to be scratched.
• Added code to check that DVD Decrypter isn't already running when RipIt4Me starts the rip.
• The wizard dialogs are now modeless, which allows you to go back to the main window and use the scrollers. One drawback is that tooltips don't work in modeless dialogs. Thank Bill for that.
• The log now scrolls to the bottom for new messages.
• Added option to play a sound at the end of the rip. There's no sound included with the app, so if you don't set one, it will try to use the DVD Decrypter success sound (note it will not play in wizard mode if you skip or abort the rip).
• Added check for AnyDVD and DVD43, with an option to (brutally) kill the process before running RipIt4Me.
• Changed DVD Decrypter option to hide Pack Header Not Found warnings.

1.2.0.0 (3 July 2020)

• Fixed a nasty bug that caused RipIt4Me to completely fail in some rare cases (Fun with Dick & Jane R2, for example).
• Changed guide link.
• Removed DVD Decrypter maximum speed setting. (not really necessary, might annoy some).
• Added version history to Help menu.
• Fixed bug in routine that detects protected cells. Also changed the way the original PSL is created. The ranges no longer overlap.
• For scratched discs, added user option to continue with the cleanup or to abort.

1.1.0.0 (30 June 2020)

• Added code that detects cells that have been erroneously removed. The code warns the user if there's a chance that the cell was removed because the DVD was scratched.
• Fixed a bug in the code that checks for Decrypter on startup.

1.0.0.0 (28 June 2020)

• Initial public release