The easiest solution is the one I mentioned earlier. Process the ripped files with FixVTS for the entire ripped DVD folder. The link was posted earlier for the FixVTS. If you want to do it the easiest way, just use the AnyDVD. I just posted the link for the free 3 week trial.
ZebUK- I just don't understand why there is so much hatred directed at people that *gasp* make the outrageous claim that DVD Decrypter will still copy even spanking new movies all by it's lonesome. I haven't done Narnia yet, but my daughter wants it, so I'll have my chance. Now, if indeed I need to use the plugin, so be it. Just as I wouldn't expect something like AnyDVD to stay current without it's constant updates, I don't expect it from Decrypter either. It may need the plugin with a tiny # of discs. So what? One way or the other, Decrypter will get the job done, and for free, and until those "super crackproof double secret" DVDs start coming out, it will continue to do so. Good job BTW.
all non-believers: I went thru all this yesterday, and maybe y'all ought to read how I got Narnia a tuff one as far as it goes LOL. Perhaps if you will step back and read you'll find the simple solution, said it once, aint gonna bother again. Got PERFECT copy in 29.32 mins. I repeat, perfect copy that my family and I have watched a couple times, with or w/o extra's, menu's etc, your choice there, in less than 1/2 hour. What more could you ask for??????????? People are making a big deal out of nothing, perhaps to confuse beginners or show off their infinite knowledge, then I see this.........." " and lose it. taint no such thing, nor will there ever be, ask microsoft LMAO mcmenace
will someone please tell me what i need to do to get dvd shrink to process my decoded version of narnia!
@goodburn easiest way is grab 21 day free trial of anyDVD, as was mentioned somewhere B4 on the thread, oh I think I said it too??!!! and use it. It runs in background, silently but effectively doing it's thing and shrink will get it NP. If you don't wanna do that, read posts above and beyond and you'll see there are other ways, albeit not as EZ, but free, then again, so is trial of anyDVD. So it's really up to you how you wanna get it, but ways and means are given to you here by me, elsewhere by others. mcmenace
Well, I am no expert in these matters, but I tried using DVDShrink 3.2.0.15; with DVD43 running in the background. (Didn't work) Then used DVD Decrypter then I tried to open with DVD Shrink (didn't work) (Invalid data in file...blah blah) Then I tried DVDFab Decrypter, and the files wouldn't load when i triedto use DVD Shrink and DVD ImgTool Burn, so I am out of ideas. Any help? Any luck? Anyone?
@wsmm __________________________________________________________________ Quote: Any help? Any luck? Anyone? __________________________________________________________________ How about AnyDVD seems to me like you tried everything except Anydvd and Clonedvd, which I personally, amongst many others here believe to be the best and pretty much superior products out there. You do have to pay for them, however you shouldn't ever have a problem as they are constantly updated, granted you use good media too. Make sure to update firmware too. Anyway there is the trial versions of the products I mentioned. Download and give a shot. If you don't like and it doesn't work then there was no harm in it. You didn't have to pay. www.slysoft.com make sure you burner also supports your media and that you updated the firmware. from what i read of your problems, (could be other factors as well) if you decide not to go with the above mentioned. Give it a shot and let us know.
Ok, I backed up king kong onto my computer last night. I used DvdDecrypter, and that worked fine. I used DvdShrink 3.2 to compress the movie onto a verbatim dvd+R. The qualty was bad. The movements of the characters were fluid, but blotchy. The compression % was 51. I bought a verbatim DVD+R Dual Layer and burned the movie with no compression. The quality looks exactly the same. Should I delete the old backup, and back it up again with dvddecrypter? Any suggestions on how to improve the quality.
Rip with DVD Decrypter in File mode. Process with FixVTS, transcode with DVD Shrink. Free and processing with FixVTS only takes a few minutes. Completely free. AnyDVD trial, free for 3 weeks, then you gotta buy. Easiest way to do the backup. Works with most software. Noted they may not have all the bugs out of the new AnyDVD version. Tried it with DVDCopy 4 from InterVideo and some of the titles in scene selections weren't available. Ripping to the HD seems to work okay. The hard way is trying to manually edit the problem files, but can be done. If you get a rip, often doing movie only will get rid of problems. @mcmenace Don't laugh too soon. There is new encryption slated for the Vista OS and new HD hardware. Also there is supposedly a new encryption slated for the new high definition DVD releases, whether the HD DVD or Bluray. Hopefully Microsoft won't burden us with the curse of OS encryption along with the hardware and media. MS was dragging their feet, but it's still up in the air as to their going along with the movie industry. That's not just idle rumor, PC World and other reputable sources have been discussing the upcoming technology.
GodWTF You're not going to beat the DL with no compression. You can come close to DL recording using a true encoder with a setup like RB/CCE.
Kink Kong was easy. AnyDVD-NeroExpress DLVerb+R>100% Narnia. AnyDVD and NeroRecode did not play well together , but AnyDVD and Shrink did, then burn with Nero about 59%comp., just movie.
@brobear All that you said may be true or it may not be true it's pure speculation at this stage, but as we've seen over the years, just about anything that can be engineered can be reverse engineered and from that knowledge, there is hope, regardless of what they say and do. It may take time, but I have confidence that there is no panacea that will stop people who want to back up their own property. I backed up a "superbit" DVD, whatever that is - they were touting it as nextgen, with NP the usual way. BTW, graphics didn't look any different to me. If all that stuff you were referring to requires new hardware, especially home dvd players etc, it will be a while, look at HDTV and how long that's taken to implement. Things keep getting pushed back farther and farther as John Q. Public can only take so much at once. mcmenace
Mcmenace Part of what I mentioned is down the road. Part of the hardware encryption as far as hardware usage is already in place. Monitors and other equipment have to be Vista compatible for viewing the new HD content. That isn't speculation. As for the HDDVD and Bluray and their encryption, that is still speculation to some degree, but no doubt it will be more difficult than what we have now. Somebody was pulling your leg on superbit, that's still current copyright protection. About the worst they've got out for DVD release at present is the new Arccoss, ripguard protection that causes compliance errors. As long a a person is aware of it, it's posed no serious problems. Even before AnyDVD incorporated FixVTS, there were a lot of people ripping with AnyDVD + DVD Decrypter and processing with FixVTS or VobBlanker before that. There's always DVD Decrypter with PgcEdit and the PSL2 files, but the novice has to follow a guide the first few times through and it is a bit time consuming. As time passes and more releases have the newer copyright protection, DVD Decrypter will continue to do fewer by itself.
Recode set to burn Narnia: That's from hard drive files, the AnyDVD wouldn't do the job on the fly with Recode. DVDneXtCopy will work with help, but not by itself. It's all in how you handle the copyright protection. Once that's done properly, just about any appropriate software can finish up.
Hey brobear. I'm not really understaning what you're telling me. I'm a pretty big newbie. Could you explain it a little more to me. I'd really appreciate it.
There's no mystery to it. Once you have a source that is both cleaned of copyright protection and DVD compliant (able to be used by the software), most any transcoder or encoder can finish the job or the files can be burned with dual layer media with no compression. Whether one uses an app like AnyDVD by itself as a background (driver)decrypter or in unison with a ripper to get hard drive files the user has to realize those files may not always be compliant for every program. If those files are ripped to the hard drive and processed for compliance with an app such as FixVTS or VobBlanker, then they should be compatible with all apps. The process and how far one goes depends on how difficult the copyright protection is and how well apps play together. AnyDVD normally works well with most apps, but on occasion it works better with the CloneDVD 2 that it is custom tailored to work with. Hope that didn't confuse you more. As I've pointed out and stated before, different software can be used and AnyDVD doesn't have to be in the mix with Narnia. It just makes the job easier if used properly. I've noticed it doesn't work the same when just in the background with different apps, like Recode, DVDCopy 4 and CloneDVD 2. Recode wouldn't do it with AnyDVD alone. DVDCopy 4 did it with errors. CloneDVD 2 worked the way it was supposed to.
