DVDshrink major file size prediction error

[poopyhead]

hrm....."backing up" captain corelli's mandolin with DVDshrink....

filesize prediction went very wrong...only happened this time...500+ MB off...waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off...

estimate around 4461 MB....ended up over 5000 MB...any1 else ever have this problem??

other than that..i've only had dvdshrink underestimate by around 50-90 MB at the most....

[vric]

I have never had a problem of file being too big.

With IC 7.1.1, I usualy select 4.43gb and get a file of 4.25 to 4.37gb

[DaMutha]

That's what happens when you try to back up (rather than throw out) one of the worst movies ever made.

[Gurm]

Usually I have the OPPOSITE problem. It estimates 4.25GB and the file ends up being 3.75-4.0 GB instead.

- Gurm

[mkelley]

Obviously a prediction is just that -- it can vary widely depending upon a wide range of factors. I've never had it go that far over (as other posters have noted, it's usually conservative by about 30 to 50 mb) but perhaps it was just Nick Cage's face that couldn't be compressed much <g>.

This, by the way, is a good argument for ripping to hard drive first (with, say, DVDDecrypter) because then you can easily try a range of compressions to see what works best -- much faster and much less wear and tear on your DVD reader.

[poopyhead]

That's what happens when you try to back up (rather than throw out) one of the worst movies ever made.

eh...it was either this or master of disguise and ballistic: ecks vs. sever

This, by the way, is a good argument for ripping to hard drive first (with, say, DVDDecrypter) because then you can easily try a range of compressions to see what works best -- much faster and much less wear and tear on your DVD reader.

i've always tried to get ppl to rip to the hdd first....i believe there was an all-in-one proggie (maybe DVDx) that ripped on-the-fly....horrible for the DVD-ROM, as it spins (maybe not continously) for a long time. i'm sure both the DVD and the drive will heat up considerably and will have their lives shortened as a result..

also, i never trusted the built-in rippers...don't think they can ever compare to smartripper and dvddecryptor