DVD Shrink.... still will not fit to DVD-5

[Kernal]

I am trying to back-up Final Destination 2 using DVD Shrink 3 Beta, I have first used DVD Decrypter.

I cannot get DVD Shrink to compress this movie enough to fit onto a DVD-R, I am wanting to keep all the language and extras.

Can I force DVD Shrink to compress even more?

Automatic compresion gets the movie down to 4,648 MB
Ratio will only allow me to go as low as 54%

Thanks in advance.

Kernal

[tompika]

1. Shrink twice
or
2. Use other tool (DVD2one,...)
or
3. Loose some extras

[lafrede]

Hey I did shrink Final Destination 2 it was hard to figure out but finally did it with dvd shrink 2.3 in order to controll compression a little more but dvd shrink is all that I use now.

[Kernal]

1. Shrink twice
or
2. Use other tool (DVD2one,...)
or
3. Loose some extras

Thanks, the shrink twice option worked fine.

[Vejita-sama]

I've had this problem with DVD Shrink 3.0 beta 5 too (not sure about 2.3). Where I can not lower the percent shrink bar below a certain minimum (normally the automatic value) and as a result I still can't compress my DVD9 to fit on a single DVDR.

I think/hope it's a bug in the program (still beta). For 2.3 you can always drop the levels.

[dabwee]

Always use DVD Shrink v. 2.3 as DVD Shrink 3.0 beta 5 is useless?

I compressed Lord of the Rings 2 onto 1 dvd-r. If I can compress that size movie, then you can compress that smaller movie you have

[overloaded_ide]

DVD Shrink 3 beta5 had NO problem doing Fellowship of the ring and Two Towers for me. Both are 3hr movies!

It is NOT useless! I also have 2.3, but have only ever used it once or twice, then I was told about beta 5 and used it for all the rest. Both are great!

I have done several other movies with it also, none have had any problems not working, or any quality problems.

I compressed Lord of the Rings 2 onto 1 dvd-r. If I can compress that size movie, then you can compress that smaller movie you have

Exactly my thoughts also for beta5

I even did one DVD9 I that had over 8gigs for sure, it had both widescreen and full screen versions on the same disk. Beta 5 had no problems with that one either.

The only thing I normally change is that I will remove extra langauges I have no use for, like french or spanish. I don't speak them or understand them, so why take up space with them? I often remove them, but not always.