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Shrink DVD to 2GB or Less
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pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:30 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Does anyone know of a good tool to shrink a DVD to 2GB or less while keeping the extras? I don't care about subtitles.

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:34 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:37 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I've tried both and they won't go that low.

jman98
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The free version of DVD Rebuilder doesn't have an option for custom sizes as far as I know, so you can't use that. I don't know if the paid version support that or not. DVD Shrink can do this, but you do understand that you will be massively compressing the DVD, don't you? You can expect the final output to be lower quality for sure. You can throw away the subtitles if you wish with DVD Rebuilder and DVD Shrink, but they take up such little space it's kind of like saving 1 cent on a 100 dollar purchase.

pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Yes I know of the quality. DVD Shrink only allows foe so much compression. At 100% it still only shrinks down to around at least 3.2 GB

pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I meant 67.5%, sorry.

wulf109
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 08:51 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
You could run it through DVD Shrink twice.

hech54
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 11:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Why do people come here for advice then argue that we are wrong?
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manono
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 11:29 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
hech54 wrote:
Why do people come here for advice then argue that we are wrong?

Yep, why ask if you already know the answer? For example:
pandemonium wrote:
I've tried both and they won't go that low.

You've already been told how to get DVD Shrink to transcode it to a size that small. For DVD-RB it involves only adding a TargetSectors line in the INI file. Then you can lower the quality size as much as you like. But shrinking a full DVD with menus and extras to below 2 GB is a pretty dumb idea, with DVD5 blanks being as cheap as they are. And if the idea is to fit 2 full DVDs onto one DVD5, I wonder how you plan on linking the 2 DVDs so you can actually choose and play them both? Do you have DVDRemake Pro?

lordsmurf
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 11:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
DVD Rebuilder, reduce to Half D1. It might work.
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pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 15:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
hech54, relax, no one is arguing. Grow a skin. My main goal is to put these on a portable hardrive. I wanted to make them small enough to fit quite a bit on the drive. I guess the best answer id to make in an .avi. I was trying to keep the integrity of the disk intact. If it isn't feesable that's fine. I was just looking for some friendly advice.

pandemonium
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 15:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I found the tool. Thanks for you wonderful advice!

SanderMan
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Post Posted: Nov 04, 2009 16:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
You could also try RatDVD.

hech54
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Post Posted: Nov 05, 2009 00:19 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
pandemonium wrote:
hech54, relax, no one is arguing.

Yes. Yes you are.
pandemonium wrote:
I've tried both and they won't go that low.

...and you are arguing with the creator of Videohelp.com himself(Baldrick).
You can do exactly what you wanted with DVDShrink...as Baldrick suggested.
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kramboa
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Post Posted: Nov 06, 2009 13:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Why not just rip to xvid or x264?

Lawbringer
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Post Posted: Nov 06, 2009 17:26 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
kramboa wrote:
Why not just rip to xvid or x264?

To "keep the integrity of the disc intact" of course. biggrin.gif

DarrellS
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Post Posted: Nov 06, 2009 17:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Lawbringer wrote:
kramboa wrote:
Why not just rip to xvid or x264?

To "keep the integrity of the disc intact" of course. biggrin.gif


By shtinking it, you've killed the integrity of the disc. Just decrypt as a single VOB and convert to MPEG without recoding or create an ISO.

Lawbringer
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Post Posted: Nov 06, 2009 19:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
DarrellS wrote:
Lawbringer wrote:
kramboa wrote:
Why not just rip to xvid or x264?

To "keep the integrity of the disc intact" of course. biggrin.gif


By shtinking it, you've killed the integrity of the disc. Just decrypt as a single VOB and convert to MPEG without recoding or create an ISO.

You do realize I'm not the original poster, right?

DarrellS
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Post Posted: Nov 07, 2009 00:34 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Lawbringer wrote:
DarrellS wrote:
Lawbringer wrote:
kramboa wrote:
Why not just rip to xvid or x264?

To "keep the integrity of the disc intact" of course. biggrin.gif


By shtinking it, you've killed the integrity of the disc. Just decrypt as a single VOB and convert to MPEG without recoding or create an ISO.

You do realize I'm not the original poster, right?


Nope. I started to reply the first time he said that. When I saw it again, I assumed it was him and had to respond.

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