I have aquestion.... I am about to start using dvd shrink & dvd decrypter. dvd decrypter says files larger than 4.3g, special handeling is needed. Can someone give a headsup as to the usage on these progs. I have seen the guides. What I am looking for is the quick and dirty... such as, what happens when the files are larger than 4.3g? does dvd decrypter connect with shrink? I understand that shrink connecs with nero. get the picture ????? thx norm
I would rip with File mode, also make sure you have the latest version of DVDDecrypter (3.2.3.0), to answer your question, almost all DVDs are larger then 4.3GB (the amount a +/-R(W) disk can hold), sense the DVD you are backing up is bigger then 4.3GB, you have to compress the files in order for them to fit on a DVD+/-R(W) disk. Second, as far as i know, no Decrypter does not connect to shrink, how i do things is: 1st, Decrypt the DVD to a premade folder that is named the same name as the movie. 2nd, open Shrink and select "Open Files" then browse to the folder and select it (if you get a "there is no DVD media in this folder" error, make sure you selected the EXACT folder that you copied the files to. Third, uncheck DTS (you can keep what you want but, if you can go without DTS then do, it frees up a lot of space) I also prefer to remove all subtitles. Keep the compression set to "Automatic" because Shrink will then only compress the DVD as much as it needs to. I would do "Deep Analysis" this makes it so the DVD is filled and that shrink does not under (or over) compress. If you want to click and walk away, put an EMPTY disk in the drive (or check "erase a non-empty RW without prompting") before you start deep analysis. If all goes according to plan, Shirnk should do the analysis, reencode the video, compress it and burn the final product with Nero all without your intervention. P.S.Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB, if you get this error and have no other drive then I would make sure file splitting is set to 1GB (under "Settings", IFO Mode. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]My Comp: Dell Dimension 8100 Pentium 4 1.3 GHZ 640 MB RAM 40 GB HDD 120 GB HDD Nvidia GeForce 2 64MB Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card NEC 2500-A Windows XP Home[/small]
If the dvd is larger than 4.36gig just start the rip session with Shrink. It is a very good decrypter itself and can do all the process except burn back. It will rip, decrypt, and compress in one step. You can then burn back automatically with your choice of Nero or Decrypter depending on what you select in the shrink settings. Using Decrypter as your first step is only needed on the few dvd's Shrink has problems decrypting. Probably less than 5%. Jerry
Well sorry it took me so long to get back.... thx for all of your help... everything worked just like u said it would... I am sorry I wasted good money on trash software when the shareware software really deserved the money. These people really did a good job...... Kudo to them and their staff!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you got everything going. We all probably got taken on software when we first started out. I have DVD X COPY Express sitting on my desktop. Nice pretty green icon, too bad I never use it anymore. Shrink and Decrypter both being free can't be beat. I did purchase CloneDVD2 and work it with AnyDVD. This is my first choice for dvd burning but the cost is about $40. each. I still think it money well spent. Jerry
