Geisha

Hey Buffster, once you're done with DVDfabdecrytor, open up shrink - then go to Open Files , then you're gonna browse for the VideoTS folder where all your files are stored (from DvdFav) Shrink is gonna analyse the folder and shrink the files for you to fit on a DVD, click on backup and you should be good to go.

 

Since you are using AnyDVD have yout tried the built in ripper that has been added to the program, that will fix the VTS files while ripping to your HDD. Then you can process them using Shrink, Recode or Clone.

 

@arniebear, How do you activate that feature w/AnyDVD?

 

Hey dusk77: well I just put it thru DVDFAB again...then I did what you said afterwards with shrink, and the same old s.....! It quits analysing after 15%. I give up.

 

How did you divide the movie up into halfs using Shrink? I have never heard of this. Will it still play in all dvd players? This would be great to maintain the quality no doubt. I am ripping as we speak with the new DVDFab Decrypter that came out today, but I am not sure how to divide into 2 disks using Shrink.

Thanks in advance,
~SCC

 

It seems like the new dvdfab decrypter 2973 did not work for this movie but the older version 2972 seem to work fine. No vobblanker was needed AFAIK. After just dvdshrink and copy with your favorite software.

 

i use dvd clone to make my dvds. i never bought anything like nero. should i get something else? my movies are fine other than a few glitches in some. didnt know if this had anything to do with dvdclone.

 

I may be out of luck here, but I bought Geisha yesterday before heading out on a trip. I ripped it to my laptop hard drive using DVD Fab Decrypter Express 2.9.7.3, planning to later compress it and burn it to watch it on the road.

As I don't like taking originals with me when I travel, the disc is resting safely back at home. Unfortunately, when I went to compress the files tonight I found what's been documented on several threads, that there's something special with this disc.

I've tried VOB Blanker, blanking out VOB_1* but Shrink still wouldn't open the files. I've tried AnyDVD's "Rip Video DVD to Hard Disk" to no avail.

My question is, is there something I can do with these files to apply the AnyDVD decryption or am I stuck waiting a week till I get back home and starting with AnyDVD and the oridiginal disc?

If there's an answer I'll be much more popular with my wife, whose movie request this was. Thanks!

--Jason

P.S. I moved this post from another thread because the situation being described here seems closer to what I've got (trying to Shrink from DVD Fab Express-ripped files on hard drive). I read the forum rules and saw no cross-posting, and I apologize if deleting a post from one thread and moving it to another still counts as cross-posting.

 

I have tried the suggestions in other threads as well. Mostly I'm just unclear on whether the files DVD Fab Decrypter Express generated are still useful, or whether the fact that I was not running AnyDVD when I extracted them means that I'm stuck waiting till I get back and have the physical disc again.

It appears that AnyDVD has a mode to work from files on the hard drive, but that did not seem to do the trick. Are there any emulation tools you'd recommend for mounting the folders as a DVD and trying again?

 

Okay I backed this one up did the whole first disk, usually I just do the movie. Used AnyDVD in the background and then ripped to the HDD using DVD Decrypter. AnyDVD blanked out the whole VTS_15. Opened the file using Shrink and substituted a still image for it, the I believe is blank frames before the movie and may also refer to the unreferenced cell. Movie backed up fine burned with Nero and is playing great.





Movie only is at 71% compression with all the junk it comes in a 61%.

 

Does anyone know what cells you need to blank using Vob blocker? I have tryed every program I have and no luck yet. Any help would be great.

 

I had this problem. Used Fab, tried to use shrink, and clicked just main movie. It only had about 1 GB movie ran for about 15 min. I was going to install Fab Platinum to see if it would work. I wonder is Sony has found a new way to mess it up. Help

 

I'm backing up geisha now and haven't needed VOBBlanker at all. Try the newly updated DVDfab Express in conjunction with shrink, then nero or dvddecrypter to burn. BTW, when I first tried backing this movie up, I had the old version of DVDfab and it gave me a HUGE file that shrink had probs compressing. But if I use the newer version, the file it spits out after analysing is just about as big as King Kong with the menus and stuff and that wasn't a prob. Weird. But DVDFab (new version) + shrink + whatever burning engine=backup, without needing VOB. Any ideas on why?

 

Your method didn't work for me, and I even tried 3 different dvd drives, thinking it might be that. Yes, I donloaded the newest version of DVDFAB, I have spent a total of 11 hours in 4 days trying to burn this piece of???????

 

@ buffster
Did you try doing what arniebear did? (realize you've been at this for a while). What about getting rid of the file you have now and doing it over again? Know what your feeling though. What exactly are you doing? Decrypting with fab and then re-authoring? Are you doing the entire movie with the bells and whistles or just the movie?

 

Just the movie, nothing else. I even tried getting two different DVD's of Geisha, thinking it was the actual disc. I put it thru DVDfab 7 times, deleting the previous file each time..then going into shrink. wouldn't re author, wouldn't analize(up to 15%( wouldn't do jack) I swear if I have this problem with Narnia tomorrow, I am going to rip out my hair.

 

Do you know someone that has? That way you could borrow it and do whatever instead of tearing your hair out.

 

I wish I did. Everyone I know seems to have the same problem as I do. I used to have a good friend who was a tech but he moved. It really wouldn't have made much difference because he had the same programs I have: shrink, nero, dvdfab, clone2, anydvd. I tried them all.