What's better? DVDShrink or DVDXCopy Platinum?

 ... A $3 whore ... hmmmmm ... Sounds like it'd cost more to rid ones-self of the after effects ...

 ... Once again, a ScubaPete induced smile ...

 

Yep, manestle,

That sounds like 80% of the pple here. We all went through the same thing. There are a ton of XCopy's gathering dust all over. Me, I keep it on my PC and every 150th backup or so, iffin I remember, I'll do an XCopy (with the patch of course so I don't get that warning screen, I'll fire off a DVD-5 copy using DVD XCopy just so's I keep feeling that I got my money's worth.

Cheers,

 

catfreak,

Heh, heh - anything that I can do to brighten your day my friend, I'm glad I could do it

Cheers,

Pete

 

Great info as usual gang. I think I will pick up Nero this weekend. From now on I am going to investigate more before impulse buying (i.e. Roxio and DVD X Copy). I really appreciate the walkthroughs and links.

Thanks again!

Andy

 

Yes I am a noob here. I just wanna share my story..

I have a Sony Vaio. For about 4 months, I was looking for sofware to burn dvd's. Someone recommended DVDSHRINK. I have used it 20 times in a week, and I am very pleased. I use DVDCOPY to burn them, and have not had any problems yet.

 

Howdy zippin,

Besides wishing you welcome, all I have to say to you is -

BURN on BABY, BURN ON ! ! !

 

I think both dvdxcopy and shrink has their pro and con..
dvdxcopy has their own built in burning engine ie gear burning engine if I was not wrong while shrink does not have it own burning engine and always rely on dvd decry or nero as a burning engine.
One thing dvdxcopy has and shrink does not have is dvdxcopy only store dvd data on a tempfile and it need not have to save the whole load of dvd movie in the harddisk which occupied alot of your hd space.
It is adviseable to use xcopy if you do not have a big harddisk space.
I use both the dvdxopy and shrink and I found both are at par no doubt that dvdxcopy had gone.
I have 120gb harddisk so there is no problem whether I use dvdxcopy or shrink.
I certainly agree with some of you out there saying that shrink is a very good software and furthermore it is free of charge.
But I think the dvd encry is a stand alone software bcos it can read and write to your dvd disc without the use of shrink.

 

I think both dvdxcopy and shrink has their pro and con..
dvdxcopy has their own built in burning engine ie gear burning engine if I was not wrong while shrink does not have it own burning engine and always rely on dvd decry or nero as a burning engine.
One thing dvdxcopy has and shrink does not have is dvdxcopy only store dvd data on a tempfile and it need not have to save the whole load of dvd movie in the harddisk which occupied alot of your hd space.
It is adviseable to use xcopy if you do not have a big harddisk space.
I use both the dvdxopy and shrink and I found both are at par no doubt that dvdxcopy had gone.
I have 120gb harddisk so there is no problem whether I use dvdxcopy or shrink.
I certainly agree with some of you out there saying that shrink is a very good software and furthermore it is free of charge.
But I think the dvd encry is a stand alone software bcos it can read and write to your dvd disc without the use of shrink.

 

Hey henryting,
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by DVDXCopy storing small temp files on your hard drive. It always stored normal DVD files in the directory of my choice and then burned them. In fact I had problems with DVDXCopy's burn engine so I use to let the program decrypt and shrink the movie and left a real burning engine Nero take over the burning role. The files left on my hard drive by DVDXCopy were the same size as any other ripper program. I must say my version of DVDXCopy is old so maybe things have changed since then.

 

Hi manestle
I am using dvdxcopy xpress or plat. All my dvd files were stored into the temp dir in the RAM while dvdxcopy is doing it work. After all the process ie the reading and writing to dvd the files were not written into my harddisk instead they are all gone when the process was over. What I meant was the dvdxcopy software does it's job by storing all the file in the RAM ie. Radam Access Memory without writing the whole damn movie into the harddisk. Sorry dont mean to be rude.
By doing this, the dvdxcopy software save me a lot of harddisk space and worries by forgetting to erase the whole chulk of movie files.

 

some people are just dangerous with computers,they are better off using xcopy!

 

Hey henryting, do you have 5 GB of RAM? The XCOPY proggy deletes the files after burning them to disc, but they are on your harddrive. If you want to save them, just rename the file, or copy it and rename the file before you start the burning process. You can set up a new folder to be the TEMP work folder if that is easier. The only part of XCOPY in your RAM is the program itself. Hope this helps.

 

dks142, You're absolutely right. I didn't want to argue about it but DVDXCopy is no different than any of the other ripping programs out there. You have to store the decrypted and compressed files somewhere on your hard drive until they are burned. You can have them automatically delete after the burn process or allow them to stay in case you would like to burn another copy. The only thing used up in RAM is the program itself like you said. A lot of DVD media players actually allow you to play the files that were stored on your hard drive. I prefer creating a ISO Image myself just because it's only one file and about all your popular burning programs will burn the standard (which is what ISO means) ISO Image. It takes up the same amount of space as if you used the individual file process. I've been burning discs since the beginning and gained a lot of knowledge through trial and error. I can remmember burning CD-R's when the things costed me $5.99 a piece and technology wasn't there yet. May I say lots of expensive coasters!

 

Is this a new proggy that I don't know about ?

Tossing my 2 cents in on the DVD XCopy matter - at one time (before the birth of DVD Shrink 3.2) DVD XCopy and DVD Shrink put out the same quality backups BUT since the Deep Analysis and the Quality Enhancements, there is no competition. DVD Shrink makes a better backup than XCopy, PERIOD !

DVD Shrink can be setup to delete the files of the previous DVD leaving just one DVD on your HD after the burn. Those leaning on DVD XCopy are depending on the past and one day will have a rude awaking -

and life will go on . . . .

cheers,

Pete

 

ScubaPete sees all, ScubaPete knows all.
Much respect.

 

Heh, heh, I might be outside your house ~ ~>

 

Please assist if you can.

When I backup a movie I only want the main movie (no extras and no annoying trailers before the movie) but I also want the main menu screen too.

I have searched these forums and have not found a method of burning the main movie only and keeping the main menu screen and loosing all other extras and unwanted audio.

In dvd shrink (latest version) a message appears that states a menu system can only be done in full backup not re-authoring mode.

Is there a simple method out there of just having the main movie with the main menu on????? if there is I would really appreciate the advice.

 

Just thought I would add my 2 cents worth for the record.
I use both xcopy platinum and shrink. I bought Platinum in Jan 04, and despite searching the web at that time. wasn't aware of shrink. I think there is a place for both programmes.
I think platinum is an excellent programme, it is faster than shrink,you don't need spare disk space and in some cases where shrink produced an error, platinum worked.
Shrink is a bit more difficult ot use if you want to get the best out of it. On a standard tv i can't see any difference in picture quality.
However, with episodic dvd's such as frasier, fawlty towers etc, if they are large disks, platinum pixellates in spots, whereas shrink performs much better copying these dvd's. No question shrink is safer with episodic dvd's. I have had no luck trying to split dvd's with platinum, i can't get that function to work properly.
For straight movie copying, if you are in a hurry i prefer platinum although that red screen is annoying.
i just discovered here 321gone so i will try that.
Finally, if i had have found shrink prior to buying platinum, i doubt i would have bought platinum.

 

Jamo9000, dvdxcopy express will copy just the movie, no extras, no menus. Quick and easy to use.
DVD XCopy Platinum allows you to keep the menus and copy the movie only witohut extras.
DVD Shrink also allows you to delete the extras. It's free too!

 

..........and so does shrink