hey yall !,i am having some issues with dvd shrink.I have downloaded it 3 or 4 times now and it still won't work properly.It keeps giving me errors.The error says invalid memory location cannot access.What does this mean and can someone tell me what i may be doing wrong? thanks
@dion It's probably the movie your doing - my quess is that you receive this error when trying to back up a movie? If that's the case and w/o the complete error message or movie - I'd say try ripping w/ dvdfab decrypter 1st then process the files thru shrink. The are quite a few movies now that shrink can't handle on it own. Here's a link for dvfab decrypter: http://dvdidle.com/free.htm
thanks for replieng,i already have used the defabdecryptor,workd fine.I also am using anydvd.The same error comes up every time no matter how i try it.im confused says invalind location.?
@dion What movie are your doing? Since you said dvdfab worked fine my quess is that you ripped it to your hard drive w/ that and receive the error in shrink trying to process those files? Make sure you have the latest dvdfab decrypter (2.9.7.2) or AnyDVD (5.941). But if ripping w/ dvdfab decrypter turn off anydvd - not needed.
I tried a few movies,40 yr old virgin,trading places,mr mrs smith and none want to ananyze the whole thing,the farthest it got was 40% Its giving me the same message everytime,invalid acces to memory,driveg, g is my dvd burner.i am lost.
@dion Try this guide by alkohol: http://my.afterdawn.com/alkohol/blog_entry.cfm/234 You can replace recode with shrink. Let us know how that turns out.
You could try the VOB Blanker method as it will take care of that invalid memory location thing. Rip to HD without anydvd and run the files thru VOB blanker, then open files as normal with shrink or recode. VOB blanker looks difficult, but it is easy to use. Here is a thread where we show how to use it. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/293666
thank you guys for your help.I am going to try these ways in a few minutes,i'll post a reply on this thread to let ya''ll know whats going on..again thank you for your help.
@Dion Go to "my computet", rightclick on C: drive/HDD, go to properties and tell us how much "available" space is in your C: drive/HDD.
O.K, I've got a 80 gig hd. I have 30 of it partioned off.I used 50 to play with. Out of the 50 i have 24 left.
Ok,I used the dvddefabulator,anydvd,shrinkdvd,and nothing works!,,im lost,i just downloaded clonedvd that copyed the movie but it wont do anything else when i go to play the movie it wont.
@ Dion You seem to have plenty of space for the files. Do you have all your DVD ripping tools on the same partition? If you do, and getting errors, Im sorry but I dont know whats up. I have never had any problems. If they are on different partitions try reinstalling them in the same partition, although that may not matter. Im just trying to give options. I have a tip for you though once you get up and running again. Use DVD43 or AnyDVD and Shrink only and your favorite recording program (Nero, DVD Decrypter...) Insert protected DVD. Make sure DVD43 or AnyDVD detected the protection then open shrink and tell shrink to open the protected DVD, compress as normally, and burn. Saves a 15-20 minute step. No need to decrypt files 1st. DVD43 and AnyDVD decrypts then burns all in the same step. Or something like that. Anyways I can back up the average size DVD from beginning to end in about 45 mins. with 2.70 GHz processor
@dion How exactly did you copy with clone? AnyDVD running in the background w/ original dvd in drive? Or did you open the files in clone ripped by fab decrypter? What blank dvd's are you using and what was your burn speed in clonedvd? Last question I think - Does it playback in your pc?
Thanks guys..Everything for dvd stuff is all on one HD.I have a pentium 4 processor,About the clone thing.I just put the original dvd in and it copyed it to my HD.Then when i wanted to go and play it back there was no audio?.....About what kind of media i am using they are Memorex DVD+R's i havent even got to try them yet beacuse i cannot get that far.My brother in-law came over and he opened up DVD shrink and it ran thru completly until it got to the end to transfer it or whatever,i checked all the boxes and all that and then i got the redundency check error,i appreciate all your guy's help.Much luv
@dion Using the guides - step by step - posted above your should be able to to rip and burn these movies. But then your said it still gives you errors - what part gave you errors and what was the error? I'm having a hard time following. Also try cleaning off the discs and make sure you are not multi tasking - shut down any unnecessary programs. Throw in a system defrag too.
I used the DVDdefab and it gave me two files Video_TS and Audio_ts i then tried to back-up the two files onto a dvd,using nero it starts to copy and stops ?....i let it run for 11 hrs.and it stayed at 15%????... i have tried all the ways posted above i just cant seem to get it right,thanks
@dion AH-HA. Finally some useful info. You can only use the VIDEO_TS folder not the AUDIO_TS. Tell DVD Shrink to load the VIDEO_TS folder, then compress as normal and back up.
