Reviews of CloneDVD

1. 
   war593122

   Reviewing 2.9.2.5 Beta (Nov 25, 2009)

   Version 2.9.2.6 2009 11 08
   - New: Increased performance of the transcoder
   - New: Improved handling of layer break position
   - New: Creates .dvd files for correct layer break handling
   with Virtual CloneDrive and CloneCD
   - New: Parses .dvd files for correct layer break position
   when writing to dual layer media
   - New: Show warning, if a single layer image file is about to be
   written to dual layer media
   - New: Added support for writers with drive letters "A" or "B"
   - New: Added "loop titles" option.
   As some DVD players behave weird, if DVD playback stops,
   all titles copied without menus will loop with this option
   enabled.
   - New: Added support for episodic DVDs, where episodes are only
   accessible as chapters.
   - Fix: Error compressing some discs
   - Some minor changes and improvements
   
   Additional notes:
   This version should fix compression issues with "The Dark Knight" (R1, US) and "Wizard of Oz 70th anniversary" (R1, US).
   It should fix issues with "House M.D. Season 4" (R2, DK)
   The "loop titles" feature from the last beta is now optional.
2. 
   war593122

   Reviewing 2.9.2.4 Beta (Jul 18, 2009)

   Version 2.9.2.4 2009 07 16
   - New: Increased performance of the transcoder
   - New: Improved handling of layer break position
   - New: Creates .dvd files for correct layer break handling
   with Virtual CloneDrive and CloneCD
   - New: Parses .dvd files for correct layer break position
   when writing to dual layer media
   - New: Show warning, if a single layer image file is about to be
   written to dual layer media
   - Some minor changes and improvements
3. 
   Balderstrom

   Reviewing 2.9.2.3 Beta (Jul 17, 2009)

   @ rotjong, You know now I'm not so sure which is which.
   Slysoft has this in their FAQ:
   Is Slysoft a new company from Elby?
   No. We're a software company on the beautiful island Antigua. We have our own management and software development team. We purchased software from Elaborate Bytes and continue the development. Our relationship to Elby is purely business-based.
   
   When you go to Elby's site they don't have any software except for CloneDVD, they don't even sell CloneCD anymore, due to "Copywright law"?
   Yet Slysoft has quite a few applications, and all have been updated regularly.
   
   The other very curious thing, both Elby and Slysoft have the same changelog for CloneDVD. Color me perplexed ;)
   
   So if you click on elby's resellers, there's one for Japan http://www.ah-soft.com/ , and there you can get CloneCD.
   
   So... Slysoft is Elby in Antigua to avoid "copywright issues" :-)
   
   When I used to use it years ago, it worked fine. Their licenses are too expensive. They sell too many products that essentially do the same thing, yet are all ~$57 USD separately. They need to consolidate their products and offer better licensing terms.
4. 
   rotjong

   Reviewing 2.9.2.3 Beta (Jul 16, 2009)

   Some feature additions. v2.9.2.4 beta is out now and fixes an issue in v2.9.2.3 beta. The transcoder performance is improved.
   
   It needs to be remembered that Slysoft doesn't make CloneDVD. Slysoft is an authorized reseller. Elaborate Bytes writes the software. CloneDVD doesn't need to be updated often because there is no reason to.
   
   I've never had a problem with burning backups and having them play on a standalone player but I also refuse to waste money on DVD-R media and instead buy DVD+R media which will be booktyped to DVD-ROM if the drive supports it, I use quality media and not garbage like Memorex, and I never burn too fast which most people with issues do which combined with junk media will result in coasters.
5. 
   bob0379

   Reviewing 2.9.2.0 (Dec 19, 2008)

   Useless, wast my discs! I lost many blank discs. No dvd movies made by this played on my DVD player.

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