DVD Shrink 3.1 Major Bug?

[wulf109]

Wether done from disk or HD files the program shouts down as soon as I click the Backup button. I'm running Windows 98ME.
3.0 works fine everytime so I asssume there's something wrong in 3.1

[mrbass]

hmmm well dvdshrink said he couldn't get it to crash in win98 for the life of him. Not sure if WinME any beta tester was using that or not.

What version of Nero? If 5.5.10.x something try the latest 5.5.10.54 and see if it doesn't fix this.
http://www.nero.com/us/631933457317970.html

[wulf109]

I tried it on second computer running 98ME,same thing it crashes as soon as I click backup. I tried it on a third computer running Windows First edition and it seems to work. The movie is transcodeing now. The problem seems to be in 98ME!
Any chance Dr.Shrink will fix this ??
The windows 98 First Edition computer worked so the problem is in 98ME.

[gmatov]

Just what IS Win98ME?

Do you mean ME or 98SE? They're 2 different things.

I've just dl'd 3.1, going to try it on this machine, 98SE, will see if it crashes for me. Also on the W2k machine. See how it works there.

Have to read the change log, see what he could have done to improve on a damn near perfect, for me, so far, program.

Cheers,

George

[wulf109]

Windows ME was the last version of 98 Microsoft issued,known as Millenium Edition.

[handyguy]

Only works for me when I DO NOT have nero open. BTW, nero 6 needs lots of patches.

[wulf109]

Nero is not running. Are you running ME?

[xzarkad]

Hi there,

first: Win ME is not Win 98. Just as Win 98 is not Win95. The versions are 95, 98, 98SE and ME for the 9x Win's.
(According to that logic I am running WIN NT-2000-XP)

I have read a post that at the digital digest forum that version 3 beta 5 was not written for the Win 9x series, but for XP. I assume this is also applicable for the new 3.1 version.

[wulf109]

Apparently you don't read,I'm using 3.0 on my Windows 98ME comuter now. It's 3.1 that dosen't work.
Windows 3.0-3.1-95-98-98SE-98ME-XP,of course ME is a version of windows 98,it was the last version or 98 that Microsoft released.
NT and 2000 are professional versions having commonality primarily with XP.

[ddlooping]

Hi all.

I have read a post that at the digital digest forum that version 3 beta 5 was not written for the Win 9x series, but for XP. I assume this is also applicable for the new 3.1 version.

dvdshrink has personally tested v3.1 on a Win98 machine.
I don't think any tests have been done with WinME, as a lot of beta testers didn't turn up.

[hobmob]

Hi All,
Windows 98,Windows98 SE (Second Edition) is not ME.
Windows ME is exactly what it is,ME.
Show me anywhere or anything that says WINDOWS ME is a 98 and/or one of the same as 98.
As far as I am concerned it was a B.Gates lets see if I can make one more BILLION before the end of the century.

Meanwhile DVD SHRINK works well.

Bye

[stiltman]

Apparently you don't read,I'm using 3.0 on my Windows 98ME comuter now. It's 3.1 that dosen't work.
Windows 3.0-3.1-95-98-98SE-98ME-XP,of course ME is a version of windows 98,it was the last version or 98 that Microsoft released.
NT and 2000 are professional versions having commonality primarily with XP.

Win 3.0, 3.1, 95a based totally on top of MSDOS (FAT16)
Win 95b, 98, 98SE, ME are not based on top of MSDOS, but still us command.com (introduction of FAT32)
Win 3.51, NT, 2K, XP are based on the NT kernel (but each version is different along with the HAL versions)

XP has very little commonality with Win3.51 except they are both based on a "similar" kernel design. Win NT(no service packs) and XP are about the same as 3.51 vs XP.
Win2K and XP do have a "similar" code base.

However, there was never a product called Windows 98ME. Even though the code base for Windows Millenium Edition was based on Windows 98, they never marketed it or called it Windows98ME

[hobmob]

lolololololololololololol

everybody p l e a s e CATCH UP

[johns0]

lolololololololololololol

everybody p l e a s e CATCH UP

Looking at your specs maybe you should catch up.

[lordsmurf]

Catch up to what? A bogged down CPU from a bloated OS? No thanks, I'll keep WinME as long as I can.

Have XP on the second system ONLY because of Adobe Encore. What a bust that was.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

there is NO '98ME', good damn god. Enough said...once some people get some crazy shit in there mind...theres no gettin it out.

[Thunder In Paradise]

Sometimes I just don't understand why people refuse to upgrade and get with improving technology? I mean, come on, the OS is 6 years old, time to get with the times. For those who have the wonderful DVD Shrink crashing, did you ever stop to think that it was because you have an inferior OS, and that was the sole reason? Maybe it'll force all you to finally upgrade! :P JK

[gmatov]

ME was a bastard release that MS was too embarassed to continue supporting.

It was supposed to be next gen, but was crap. Go back to 98, or forward to W2k, if you don't want to go to XP.

Who said that MS was not supporting 2k anymore? The thing I heard was they quit supporting 98 after 1/16/04.

Cheers,

George

[hudsonf]

As long as your system does what you want why upgrade? I usually only upgrade when I want to improve performance or my system won't do what I want it to do. I did upgrade from WIN98SE to XP just to see what it was like and I was surprised at how much I liked it over 98. I don't know if I will be upgrading to the Longhorn version when it comes out but time will tell.

[MackemX]

this is a question but not just here but everywhere is general as you see quite a lot of it on forums. Why is it people cannot accept someone uses another software and not the one they use?

what did flamers do before the internet?

I think software should work on the latest Os and older OS's are a bonus. This wil then prolong the life of the app and the vast majoirty will have very little issues

which reaction would you prefer as a developer? A few happy 98 users and a lot of unhappy XP users or loads of happy XP users and a few unhappy 98 users?

[GKar]

I got DVDShrink to work on my Commodore 64.

[bbulldog]

works on my 48k Spectrum too..... what a machine

the latest DVDShrink works on my XP too


one other thing
Win 3.51 is an NT version the same as Win NT 4.0!!
so if we are nit picking then lets do it properly it is called Win NT 3.51
there was also a Win NT 3.1 and Win NT 3.50

good list here
http://www.phm.lu/Documentation/Windows/Versions.asp

[tmelo36]

Wether done from disk or HD files the program shouts down as soon as I click the Backup button. I'm running Windows 98ME.
3.0 works fine everytime so I asssume there's something wrong in 3.1

I too have a problem with the new version of DVDShrink.
It reads the dvd in the drive, but when I hit "BACKUP", the following message apperars:

"DVDShrink encountered an error and cannot continue. Copy protection error. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."

I have check marked the "Region Free" box.
Seems this version does not disable copy protected dvd's. I say this because I tried this new version with both an original dvd and a copied dvd, it worked fine with the copy but not with the original, that's when that message comes up.
I never had this problem with the previous version.
I have to use DVDDecrypter first in order to use DVDShrink 3.1.

Has anyone had this or similar problems and if there is a way around it, what can I do?

Thanks

[Jayhawk]

This seems to have turned into an operating system debate so I'll offer a few thoughts based on my experience.

Regardless of what you call it, Millenium Edition was/is a real dog. I've owned every "home" MS OS since Windows 3.1 and used NT 4.0 and W2K extensively in my work environment. Other than lack of funds, I can't understand why anyone would put up with 98, 98SE, or ME. The memory leaks (well documented) alone not to mention failing driver support would certainly force me to change. Especially so if you're into video-type applications.

After reading through the revision history on www.dvdshrink.org it's obvious that the code is being restructured to be compliant with current operating system and programming technology. That would be W2K and XP. I understand completely why the program author would not want to be tied to a 6 year old operating system, especially so since he's not being paid for it. You can pay $99 for DVDXCOPY and it will probably work fine on ME; or you can pay the same or less for XP and use DVDShrink for nothing.

My two cents.

[FOO]

I use CP/M
Works good.

[OldeMan]

I use Win98SE and don't want to move to XP for many reasons....

Shrink 3.1 works fgreat on my system as did Shrink 3 beta 5....

King Shrink....youuuurrrreeeeeee the MAN.............

Many thanks... Great job.

[MOVIEGEEK]

On topic:You might install ForceASPI drivers and uninstall any Region Free or DeCSS software.

Off topic:I've used Windows 3.1-XP through work/home use and I found WinMe more stable than 98SE.Microsoft will not be supporting 98 after 1/16 so you better d/l all the patches now and save them to disc.WinMe probably has another 18 months of support until Longhorn(code name) hits the streets.I now use XP SP1 and turn off all the eye candy,IMO XP is more stable than 98SE/WinMe but 98SE/WinMe is faster for multimedia/gaming.

[handyguy]

try new one it just came out 3.2 dvdshrink.org NOT COM....

ME doesn't support large files so get XP.

[energy80s]

I use a mixture of 98, 2000 and XP, although I can definately say that XP is the worst OS around and constantly crashes with most of my software. 98SE WITHOUT UPDATES, was the most stable of the 9x releases. Win2000 with SP3 (not 4) is the best of the NT releases. ME & XP were just sops to the home market.

[quickfire]

I use ME with dvd shrink and it DVD Shrink3.1 works flawlessly........