ProtectionId Info thread - Current 6.3.5

[Jito463]

Good news. One of the reasons I still keep A-Ray scanner around is because of the simple, intuitive interface.

[chrashoverraid]

That would be great, although i would use both sometimes i think!
I love to see the final version

[evlncrn8]

lite mode will be a different exe, sort of like dt lite -> dt everything else.. for those people who wouldn't use the extras the full version has to offer, it will also be about 200kb smaller..

[Reef]

Why not just a button or menu item to switch to 'lite' mode? Or even better: let the program start in lite mode, with a button to switch to advanced mode. That way it won't look overwhelming at startup (because with all those buttons it would probably be hard to find the 'lite' button)

[evlncrn8]

mentioned in other forums.. there will be a 'lite' version too

[Jito463]

I agree, Ptolomeus. I think they should have a leaner version that does nothing but scan for copy protections, and then a bulkier version for all the extra cra....err, stuff that they want to include with it.

As you said, I appreciate the time and effort they put into this, but it's too much. It needs to be slimmed down.

[bismax]

I find it a little bit too overloaded. When I want to search for a copy protection, I have to search a while before finding the correct bottun, i.e. too much other stuff which I donґt need. I mean, Iґm in a need of a small but very successful tool to find out the copy protection on cds and dvds, nothing more or ellse! But hey, thats just my opinion on such a tool, nothwithstanding that, I must thank those guys who make themself the work to offer us such a tool (free of charge that too!!)!
Tried it on Anno 1701 which has Tages, didnґt find any protection on the dvd!?

Di you try scanning the install directory on your hard disk?

[Ptolomeus3]

I find it a little bit too overloaded. When I want to search for a copy protection, I have to search a while before finding the correct bottun, i.e. too much other stuff which I donґt need. I mean, Iґm in a need of a small but very successful tool to find out the copy protection on cds and dvds, nothing more or ellse! But hey, thats just my opinion on such a tool, nothwithstanding that, I must thank those guys who make themself the work to offer us such a tool (free of charge that too!!)!
Tried it on Anno 1701 which has Tages, didnґt find any protection on the dvd!?

[Kitna]

That's something I can't remember. Pretty sure it's always *random*.cds though. I only have 1 disc protected by CDS that I can think of ATM. 'A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step' if anyone's interested.

[evlncrn8]

cheers, i'll try researching it, i have no audio disks with protection here so currently any of the scanning code for this will be theory (unless cdkiller has a protected audio disk)... for example, is the yucca.cds generic amongst all cactus data shield protected disks etc...

[Kitna]

well plugins might support that later on.. if you have more info on the cds/key2audio thing pm me, and we'll see what can be done.. but protection id is a protection scanner.. not a remover

CDS200 == Cactus Data Shield is a copy protection not some kind of DRM so it should be easy enough to add. I have a protected disc here somewhere IIRC. (edit: I do, the presence of an 800MB dummy file named yucca.cds reveals it, as well as a copy protection label on the disc itself.)
I'm pretty sure Key2Audio is similar.

Congrats on getting PID v6 public beta out, looks promising.

[Cry_Baby]

Edit: sorry, was answered before, deleted!

[evlncrn8]

well plugins might support that later on.. if you have more info on the cds/key2audio thing pm me, and we'll see what can be done.. but protection id is a protection scanner.. not a remover

[bernaar]

Great program!
Any chance for adding audiocd protection detecting?
Although the program size is still small,it's loaded with some features that have nothing to do with protection scanning.Wouldn't mind to see those repleaced with some CDS200 or Key2Audio discoverers...

[evlncrn8]

*EDIT*
By the way, one more option might be to "clear" the log window, so we don't have to close PID to clear it.

try right clicking in the windows...

a lot of things in pid6 have context menus when right clicked.. like the folderwatch etc..

*EDIT2*
No, PID v5 didn't have a filter on it.

hmm think you're right, well at least the public one didnt...
my memory is a bit fuzzy about v5, compared to v6 its a dinosaur heh