Okay, I noticed that when I am backing up a movie, I see (from the preview screen) that it shows the movie twice. Is this normal? Is there a way for me to cut the second showing of the movie out? That would cut down drastically on my backup time.
Are you sure the first preview is encoding or is it analyzing? If your using shrink, you can uncheck "perform deep analysis".
ms-twana, what are you using when this happens? In recode you want to use advanced analysis, in shrink uncheck deep analysis. _X_X_X_X_X_[small] [bold]GO VOLS![/bold]........Dell Media4600, XP home,Pentium 4 @2.80GHz/800Mz, 512MB, 280 HD w/8MB, 17" flat panel, AIO-A920, 8x DVD-ROM, integrated 5.1 audio, HP dc4000, Plextor PX-708UF[/small]
No, I'm not doing deep analysis. That option is not even highlighted for me to check it. I have noticed it twice now. The movie will play, end, then go again. No wonder it's taking 2 hours.
When I use shrink (and I do use "perform deep analysis") it will analyize, then encode. When it analyizes I will see a preview, and when it encodes I will see a preview. Also post your system specs... There is a big time diffence between my two computers. Dell ... around 45 min from start to finish, Gateway around 2-2 1/2 hours.
Which version of "Shrink" is being used? Use "analysis" whenever you have shrink a movie down to fit on a standard DVD. That is, whenever you get a reading of less than 100%.
No, it's not the analysis that I see first, this is after I click backup and the movie is actually backing up on my hd. I have windows ME, 511 mb ram, um..what else do you need to know?? And I'm using shrink 3.1.
OK, you got nero, can't get shrink to work, I think I saw where you've got FAT and don't want to convert which limits you to file types, how about doing it on the fly? I do it %50 of the time(tho some don't like to in case there is a problem, so use a rw til you get the hang of it) and I've yet to burn a coaster, knock on wood. Install DVD43(it's free)that's it. Insert your movie and go directly into recode. Do there what you do in shrink(don't mess with menu, it doesn't take up that much space anyway and you'll end up with a fully working menu for your movie-something shrink can't do), compress, reauthor, whatever and go directly to burn. If you only have one dvd drive, put it in a folder and then from there burn. PS-be sure and check advanced analysis and burn at once. _X_X_X_X_X_[small] [bold]GO VOLS![/bold]........Dell Media4600, XP home,Pentium 4 @2.80GHz/800Mz, 512MB, 280 HD w/8MB, 17" flat panel, AIO-A920, 8x DVD-ROM, integrated 5.1 audio, HP dc4000, Plextor PX-708UF[/small]
ms_twana, Your running Windows ME, 512MB RAM.. Is it ddr ram or sd ram? What is your processor? And also fast isn't always better. If it takes two hours it takes two hours... just as long as its successful. Most of the time its your system that will determine how fast the process.
No, shrink is working fine. I'm sorry if I didn't explain right. When encoding a movie, the movie plays twice. And I just wanted to know if that was normal. Shrink will backup just fine.
ms_twana, No you did explain correctly. But I still don't see how its encoding twice. I just backed up "Paycheck" and my process is Shrink to rip, create ISO file, burn with Decrytper. I enabled video preview... Analyzing took 20 min Encoding took 20 min Burning took 9 And it only showed Analyzing once and Encoding once. What is your process? Again are you sure the first preview isn't analyzing? Do you see it analyzing before it encodes?
Yeah, I'm sure. When I click open disc,it analyzes it first (which takes about 3 minutes), then I click backup and have it saved to the hd. And when it encodes, it shows the movie twice. After the second showing, it says backup successful completed, blah, blah, blah. And that takes about 2 hours. I have no idea why.
Yes it will analyze when you first open the disc(2-3 min), then when you click backup it will [bold]analyze[/bold] again(for me 20 min on my dell) then it will encode.
OOOOH!!! So, how do I know the difference between analyzing and encoding? I guess that's why I see the movie twice.
