Re-encode DVDs??

[macming]

I have a few DVDs that have a combined birate of over 9800kb/s. Therefore, none of them would play properly in my DVD player.

Is there a way to re-encode the DVDs at a lower bit rate? I do not want to encode to mpegs, and then back to DVDs.

THanks

Ming

[waheed]

Try DVD Shrink.

[guns1inger]

DVD Rebuilder with CCE

[macming]

Try DVD Shrink.

DVD Shrink doesn't seem to really re-encode the DVD for me. No Matter what setting I put it onto, it finishes in 5 minutes. Also, the bit rate is still too high after using DVDShrink.

[macming]

DVD Rebuilder with CCE

I didn't try CCE because it requires money, but I did use QUenc and the finished files have an acceptable bit rate. However, when I burn the movie with my BENQ 1610 at 4x onto a Sony DVD-R and a Benq DVD+R using Nero and TMPGENC DVD Author 1.6's DVD writing software, the video still freezes randomly.

It should not be a problem with the burner or the media because I have plenty of Benq DVD backups, and they play fine in my KOSS dvd player.

Do you know anything that could be causing this weird problem??

THanks

Ming

PS...Transfer speed test shows a PERFECTLY smooth speed curve, so the burn quality is good. The discs work fine in my computer.

[macming]

Tried again today with a Verbtaim DVD-R, same problem.

I'm sick and tired of dealing with all this, I may just use my laptop as my playback tool. Or I may even build a HTPC