At the end of the GOTD readme.txt file included in today's downloaded "AnyMP4BlurayPlayer6212-rt84sc.zip" it talks about Tipard, & the player does appear to be an updated version of the Tipard Blu-ray player with new branding. The folders for the copy of the Tipard player I have installed are dated 4/6/2016 -- most likely the date of an earlier GOTD, though since I install these in VMs 1st, it could be off a day or a few days.

Installation is straightforward, though as others have mentioned it associates itself with several media types -- it also sets itself up for Autoplay. It would be nice if they gave you a choice during setup. None of the 834 new registry entries I recorded [using a win7 32 bit VM] looked to be critical, but were mainly for Windows compatibility, uninstall, & those file-type associations. For those using some sort of virtualization, e.g. Time Freeze, VMs etc., you might avoid most installation effects by copying the program folder + the new folder added to ProgramData somewhere else, & then using those... when I did it that way the player started up & registered just fine.

Now the main reason for Blu-ray players is DRM -- if you take a retail Blu-ray movie disc & stick it in your PC/laptop Blu-ray drive, you're Not going to play it in VLC or anything similar. You're Not going to play it with Kodi. The Blu-ray player software is either going to directly decode &/or decrypt it, or phone home for directions on how to decode &/or decrypt it. So how does AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player do?...

I stuck a copy of "The Legend of Tarzan" that I just got from Netflix in my Blu-ray drive... PowerDVD 16 Ultra showed the disc's intro, then started to show several trailers & promos that I skipped by clicking on the Next button. It showed the full menu, but likely because it was a rental disc, there were no special features or scene pop-ups etc. Playing the movie it showed the standard warning screens, followed by the picture's rating, then played the movie pretty much flawlessly.

The free Leawo Blu-ray player [videohelp[.]com] showed the same things, but there was quite a bit of video breaking up, and the Next button didn't work to skip the trailers & promos [I clicked the end of the timeline or progress bar instead]. The menu looked the same, and I got the same warning & rating screens before the movie started playing. For the 1st 15-20 seconds or so the video started breaking up, but seemed to be doing OK after that.

The AnyMp4 Blu-ray Player skipped the trailers & such, instead showing a somewhat pixelated version of the menu background image, with an overlay holding the buttons to play the movie etc. One of the buttons brought up a menu showing the other available video files, but without any descriptions other than their playback duration. Once I clicked the Play button the movie started right up -- no warnings or rating screens.

That doesn't mean that Any of the 3 players would play the complete movie, on this or any other disc, perfectly & without any glitches -- the DRM can be pretty intense, & there are no guarantees that Any software will manage it every time. If you backup the Blu-ray discs you buy, some of those discs might have Cinavia protection. Part of the Blu-ray licensing is a requirement to support Cinavia [to prevent you from watching a copied disc], so the AnyMp4 Blu-ray Player [&/or the one from Leawo] *might* work better for you.

mike  –  8 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+22)

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After installing and registering on Win 10 I got the "An app default was reset..An app caused a problem with the default app" tray notification.
Now all my video files are associated Win 10 default "Movies & TV" player, instead of PotPlayer as it was before the installation, and in the "Open with" drop down i don't see the anyMP4...and even choosing "Choose another app" -- "More apps" I still don't see it.
Thanks for messing up my file associations, I installed it in Shadow Defender Shadow mode so everything will be undone after reboot.

Evgeny  –  8 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+21)

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This appears to be a repackaged version of VLC player with a different skin and some issues with installation.
Stick the original VLC player - there is no need to use (or especially pay) for this version.

Mark Ralf  –  8 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+9)

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Mark Ralf,

"This appears to be a repackaged version of VLC player"

The Only similarity I see comparing the files/folders is that the AnyMP4 player includes a single VLC Active X file.

"Stick the original VLC player - there is no need to use (or especially pay) for this version."

If you're playing single video files without any DRM, feel free to use whatever player you want, including VLC. VLC [or Kodi] however cannot handle DRM itself, and pretty much every Blu-ray movie disc you can buy/rent has DRM.

Mark Ralf, <i>"This appears to be a repackaged version of VLC player"</i> The Only similarity I see comparing the files/folders is that the AnyMP4 player includes a single VLC Active X file. <i>"Stick the original VLC player - there is no need to use (or especially pay) for this version."</i> If you're playing single video files without any DRM, feel free to use whatever player you want, including VLC. VLC [or Kodi] however cannot handle DRM itself, and pretty much every Blu-ray movie disc you can buy/rent has DRM.
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mike  –  8 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+14)

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