Hello all...I have been ready posts..still haven't figured out what I need to do. Here is what I have done. I use DVDFAB Express (from www.dvdidle.com) Ran that program everything went well. Then opened Shrink. Hit Re author and chose just the main movie (title 1) Then hit back up Still says its to large. Please some one help....Thanks!
Hi Welcome to AD. In DVDShrinks preferences change the Target Size to Custome 4300 and you're good to go. Cheers. Get there: Edit>Preferences>and on the Preference tab>press down arrow to get to Custom and type in 4300
I used DVDFab Decrypter. Total file was 5.79 GB. When I tried to backup with Shrink, it was too large to include everything. Wound up re-authoring by dragging the movie file and "into the cave" file only; "designing evolution" wouldn't fit unfortunately. When I used DVDFab Express to backup entire disc. Shrink would not work; even VOB blanker could not fix problem. Hope this helps.
Backed up with DVDFAB OK. Have tried to shrink and reshrink with DVD Shrink 9 times. Still too large. Any help appreciated.
ok...here is what i did.....dvdfab.....opened shrink went to edit...preferences...target size custom change value to 4300 3 boxes at bottom....check only the middle one. hit ok....open files....select video ts...re author click on just main movie (title 1) click backup...it will still say its too large. but hit ok. Done!should be around 4,539,344 kb (if you dont change custom it's like 4,653,......) so it does help. i backed up perfectly..ofcourse minus the title menues and extras...but hey ...begger cant be choosers! good luck! and thanks to all who helped me! great site!!
@KEGNFOOL After you go to reauthor and move the title to the left, you can also open your compression tab and delete all audio except for AC3 5.1 and any subtitles you don't need to reduce your compression and make your ISO image smaller.
You can back up the full DVD if you use VOB blanker after you use DVD Fab Decrypter. If you don't use VOB blanker you will see 3533 mb in the unreferenced Material file in DVD Shrink, this is what is making it too large. This 3533 mb is just black screen. VOB blanker will blank this out.
k i am having problems with the cave too. i tried to use the dvd shrink version 3.2.0.15 with the dvd43 in background. when i click on open disc it says: DVD SHRINK ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR AND CANNOT CONTINUE. INVALID DVD NAVIGATION STRUCTION AND HIT OK. can somebody please tell step by step another method to where i can get the movie title only. Apparently, its a sony product. thx
Download the free 21 day trial of AnyDVD. Open it. Let the fox head appear in the task tray. Now insert the DVD into the DVD reader. Wait about 30 seconds for the fox head to flash pale and then dark red. Once this is done, then open DVDShrink and proceed as usual. Too easy.
The answer to "THE CAVE" is here http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/282892 -- I made that mini guide, especially for Newbies or for those that have not made any successful backup yet. Check it out and I GUARANTEE YOU 100% that you'll have a successfully working "full disc" within roughly an hr. Good luck on following the mini guide.
@fargen You're welcome, glad I could help, and now you can enjoy watching your successfully backup dvd. Happy burning!!
Watched my backup I made over the weekend. I used DVDFab and then shrink ..change setting to 4300 on Shrink. It fit on disk fine. Went to watch it...worked great till the last chapter (last 5 mins or so.)...wouldnt play. what happend?
Because you didn't follwed my guide, therefore you're having trouble with the backup. Apparently, DVDFAB Decrypter did not cracked all of the encrypted ARccOS that was put on the original dvd. Even if you get a successfully ripped via using DVDFAB Decrypter and shrink it with DVD Shrink, the chance is you're more than likely to have either a "black screen" or some messed up chapters. Therefore, in order for you to have a successfully working backup, you'll need to process through PgcEdit as stated in the guide using FixVTS. Then you can proceed with DVD Shrink from there. Hope this clear things up for you. Good luck!!
@alkohol what's up buddy? Happy new year to ya... @KEGNFOOL Now we are down to some fine tuning, don't burn at more than 4X and use quality media such as Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden or Sony, Fuji, Maxell(made in Japan). How much compression did you end up with when you burned, at what speed did you burn, and what brand of media are you using? Another run through DVD Shrink using Deep Analysis and the AEC controls could possibly get rid of the stuttering, pausing, and pixellation you are getting towards the end of the movie. And one more question, did you backup the entire disc menus special features and all or just the main movie?
