Thank you for taking a look.
Please answer as if you were speaking to someone who knows NOTHING about computers or software.
I purchased
AnyDVD and
CloneDVD, years ago.
The version says April 2011, could have been that was when I got them.
The bank account and email address I had then are LONG gone, no way to get the license email they say I should have.
They were installed on a Win 7 PC, which is now having severe BSOD issues.
They still work on that computer just fine, when it runs.
However, I purchased a new computer, Win 10, and wanted to move them over.
What I did not know is that AnyDVD got shut down by the law and taken over by new guys who changed the name and raised the price.
My license is now nonexistent, and they're trying to tell me I have to fork over $120 USD to get a new license.
Not gonna happen.
CloneDVD still launches just fine.
So, I started looking for a replacement.
I know this is a tall order, but I wanted:
---Not just a trial version
---Free or low cost. At my income level five dollars would be low.
----No adware, spyware, cross-sell add-ons, malware, virus
----Easy to use for a NON technical person.
What I love about AnyDVD is it is ONE BUTTON and DONE.
I don't have to choose among a milion settings and buttons and tabs and drop down menus that I don't understand.
I'm not looking for exotic, or perfection.
So, I tried out MKV. It wasn't intuitive.
I think the hardest part of any of this for me, is, serioulsly, once something is created,
I can't find it again. I don't understand how to locate the files and put them into a converter.
My computer is a huge mess. I open the desktop folder where I thought I told MKV to put stuff....and it is completely empty.
Then, it has to be converted? That's a pain.
Tried
AVStoDVD, but the tutorial forum images DO NOT MATCH what I see on my screen.
I guess versions changed, or something.
For example, they guy says, "in this example, I tell it to make an ISO, so that I can preview it."
That sounded good to me, but that option was GREYED OUT and unselectable.
At any rate, stumbling around with zero clue and a lot of frustration,
I ended up with a burned disk.
Took out, put back in and tried to play.
Windows Media Player can't "see" it.
I really despise
VLC for it's hugely complex nonintutive and frustrating interface, but at least VLC did play it....but NO SOUND!
WTF?
I don't actually care which tools I use to replace AnyDVD.
but they have got to be so easy that a retarded three year old would intuitively understand them.
AnyDVD was ONE BUTTON, no settings needed, then CloneDVD did a magnificent job.
AVStoDVD now keeps getting Stuck on this horrible "choose subtitles" menu. It says "limit 3", but no matter what you do, what you check,
this box WILL NOT CLOSE OR GO AWAY.
I actually had to use Task Manager to close out of AVStoDVD!
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I have
BurnAware Free on this machine, if that matters.