DVD-Ranger adds new database - responds to accusations

The developers of DVD-Ranger informed us today about the release of a new database and a small blog post on their website meant for those criticizing the software. The CinEx HD database released today is for the movie Kick-Ass 2 which according to the developers contains the audio watermark copy protection Cinavia on both the DVD and Blu-ray version.

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So far, DVD-Ranger CinEx HD is the only software able to actually remove the Cinavia copy protection from movies. Other software is able to block detection of Cinavia, but the DVD-Ranger developers claim to have found a way to remove the Cinavia audio watermark from movies.  The benefit of this is that a copy of a movie with Cinavia removed by DVD-Ranger can be played on any device, just like a regular movie. Other solutions so far only work with a selected amount of Blu-ray playback software.

How the Cinavia removal process of DVD-Ranger works remains a mystery. In order to remove Cinavia with CinEx HD, they are required to download a database from the DVD-Ranger website which contains a so called 'first pass'.  According to the developers this first pass is the  first step in the process of Cinavia removal, which would take hours on a regular system. By using the database, the Cinavia removal is faster for the end user.

Myce users discovered that the database contains audio and started to suspect that DVD-Ranger replaces the audio track of Blu-ray movies with the audio track of e.g. a DVD.  DVD-Ranger has stated many times this isn't true and the release of the Kick-Ass 2 database should proof that too. Apparently this movie has Cinavia on both the DVD and Blu-ray audio tracks which means DVD-Ranger shouldn't be to apply the trick it's accused of.

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More information about the Cinavia copy protection can be found here.

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