DVD Software comparison?

[The-One]

I've seen this comparison at http://dvd.box.sk/articles8.php and it's quite good, I really like being able to zoom in and see the the side by side comparison but these were all very old softwares. Is there a comparison like this anywhere with newer versions?

I have been using DVD Shrink 3.2 and CloneDVD2 and I'm satisfied with the results, but I was impressed with the quality from Intervideo DVD Copy. On most images it was the same as original quality even with this old version. I usually do movie only backups, but I certainly want the best possible quality. I now have Intervideo DVD Copy 3 Platinum v3.0 B016.43C00. It seems to work great and the speed is very good. One option I like which DVD Shrink does not have is the option to do a movie only backup but keep the menu.

Another excellent program is PgcEdit which now has a functional menu editor in version 0.5.1

[Rockas]

Yes.. I knew that test but as far as I'm concern it is a fraud (I don't use any of the programs included so I can tell this )... why?
If you pay attention... you'll see that the displayed images aren't from the same frame... anyone who knows a little about this knows that there can be a big difference of (capture) quality of one frame to the next

[guns1inger]

It's also very much out of date, and dubious to begin with. If you want higher quality than Shrink can provide, try DVD Rebuilder with either CCE or HC encoders (HC is free and installed as part of the DVD Rebuilder bundle now)

[The-One]

I have tried DVD Rebuilder but it just took too long. I guess I want the best of both, speed and quality.

[nelson133]

I tried intervideo based on that original comparison, in real life, DVDShrink is better. Nyah Levi

[Gurm]

Recode is probably a LITTLE bit better than Shrink right now, just because it's a bit newer (same author) in the latest version. Otherwise, Shrink really is at the top right now. Some people still swear that DVD2One gives them superior results, but we don't take them very seriously. LOL.

[dvdguy4]

Why not take them seriously? Ive used DVD2one since its been out and have had nothing but great things come out of it. Im not taking anything away from DVDshrink so I think there both great encoders. I wish DVD2one had better options though but who knows if that will ever happen and when dvdshrink will be updated.

[guns1inger]

And that is the difference between Shrink/Recode and Rebuilder with CCE/HC/Procoder. Shrink and it's ilk are transcoders. They scan the original encoding and try to remove unneeded data. This is much faster than encoding, but workd best when the reductions are small, or the original has a lot of surplus bitrate. DVDRB uses Encoders to do it's work. They reencode every frame. A slower and larger task, but the quality is comparatively much higher the more you have to compress.

[The-One]

I used DVD2one since it was first available too until about version 1.3.0 or so. Then I started have problems with the video freezing at various points for no reason. Now I only use DVD2one to join a 2 part movie.

[Zisguy1]

I've gotten *decent* results with DVD Shrink v3.2 right down to 54% or so (with deep analysis and 'smooth' AEC), despite people saying it's only good at about 85% or above. OK, at 54% the picture is sometimes a bit fuzzy, but generally much less than you'd think (even viewing on a PC monitor). I've compared against the original many times and am always surprised how good the results are... often what I thought were compression artifacts were also there in the original.

I may come to regret it if I ever get a huge widescreen TV, but I figure it'll always be possible to just make another backup. Re-encoding with an MPEG2 encoder is just too time consuming and a big pain in the tail remuxing everything & putting it all back together... no thanks.

[The-One]

I have a 51" widescreen and DVD Shrink movies look good up to about a 2.75hr movie. The last one I tried that was unacceptable quality was Troy. It was only 2:40, but the quality even with movie only was pretty bad. It did seem better with DVD Copy 3 but I didn't look at it side by side either so maybe it was the same.

[Cinemagic]

I just burned Lawrence of Arabia on a DVD+R DL - no compression, and a DVD-R using both DVDShrink and Recode. Since the movie is long, compression ran 56.1% for both SHrink & Recode. Both produced very enjoyable picture quality when viewed on a 53" Hitachi. There was a noticable difference between the DL burn and the compressed burns, but I wouldn't really say Recode was better or worse than Shrink. They both were about the same, IMO. They both had very sharp and clear picture quality at medium and close up shots and produced noticable pixelation surrounding objects at a long shot. Personally, I still prefer DVDShrink. I like the interface better, but then I've been using shrink for some time and have just tried Recode for the first time with this movie. All-in-all, I think it's a matter of preference, but for sure - try to compress as little as possible for the best picture.