DVD Shrink 3.1.4 Problem, Need Advice Please

[golfnut]

First things first. The DVD is "Open Range", clean & scratch free. Ripping in low priority, deep analysis, full disc, absolutely no programs running in the background during ripping. DVD ROM is Pioneer 105. I have tried to rip this DVD 4 times, twice it stopped analising at 7%, once at 14%, and once at 25%, all during the "analysis mode". When it stopped running, all 4 times it locked up my computer and I had to reboot. I used the same DVD with CloneDVD/AnyDVD with no problem, 33 minutes start to finish. I prefer the DVD Shrink quality but can not figure out what is wrong. Can anyone possible give me some advice or help on this? Thank you very much.

[marclile]

I have ran across a couple of DVDs that did that also with DVD Shrink. The only way I found around it was to rip the movie with DVDDecrypter first and then use Shrink to compress/encode it. That way you can still keep the good quality video that Shrink produces.

[golfnut]

marclile, thank you for the reply, I just couldn't figure out if I had a bad download of DVD Shrink or what, I guess based on what you said it is just a flaw in an otherwise remarkable piece of free software. Thanks.

[marclile]

I agree. DVD Shrink is great. I think it just might have a problem with some weird types of encryption that are on some DVDs. Other than that, it works perfectly every time.

[KTL]

I agree, DVD Decrypter is a great program as well. Just the other day, I had to use it to extract Die Another Day since DVDShrink couldn't read it at first. Luckily, I have a full working backup now.