dvdshrink

[natty]

can anyone here tell me whats latest dvdshrink as i have seen versions 4 and 5

[Richard_G]

I don't know what you think you have seen but the latest (and last) version of DVDShrink is 3.2.0.15.

[guns1inger]

The author of Shrink went to work for Ahead - Nero Recode is basically Shrink in new clothes. If you want to continue with an updated Shrink, Recode is it.

Personally, I'm happy with Shrink the way it is. I only really use it to reauthor and strip down backups, or to dotranscoding where the % change is small. In these things it excels. For anything bigger, there id DVD Rebuilder.

[SoCalMK]

So would you say the quality of Recode is up to par with Shrink, or even better perhaps?

[guns1inger]

I haven't used recode in quite a while. The last time I saw recode it did not have the AEC facilities that Shrink has, so at that stage at least, Shrink produced much better output. I would assume recode has caught up by now, but transcoding is transcoding, and will never be as good as a full encode for quality. That's why I'm happy to transcode for a small change, but always encode for a larger one.

The other consideration is; even if the current version of Recode is slightly better than Shrink (you will have to test this to find out), is the difference enough to warrant paying for it ? Shrink is free, Recode is not. Is the quality difference worth the price ?