dvd shrrink -> DVD2One

[muralin]

i posted this in doom9 but got no answers. trying here.

have any of u successfully used the output of dvd shrink into dvd2one? I do this for one & only reason: with dvd2one, u can use the whole 4.38GB of disc space. dvd shrink is fast and can crop the movie (get rid of credits and opening titles).

DDVD2One 1.1.2 doesnt like to process the output of DVDShrink 1.02.

i used dvddecrypter file mode to rip a movie and used dvdshrink to crop titles & credits. Shrunk the movie from 6.1GB to 5.8GB.

i then tried to feed the output of dvd shrink to dvd2one to compress it to 4.37GB.

after about 5 seconds, i get the "enecrypted" data error.

i am now using the output of dvd decrypter to process in dvd2one and it is working fine.

[ghoster]

why are you using both dvd shrink and dvd2one. just use dvd2one.

[DVD Master]

@ghoster:

why are you using both dvd shrink and dvd2one. just use dvd2one.

Are you joking!!!

You must be one of the DVD2one team!!!
DVD2one is really behind all the other programs (IC,DVD95Copy, and DVD Shrink). Its development has been extremely slow. At the beginning it was a success, but they don't continue its improvement as fast as they should. Sorry but buying it had been a lost. We had been CHEATED!!!

DVD Master

[thxkid]

well used both programs and still like DVD2ONE better cause I have tried DVD at around 6.5 to 7 gigs and DVD shrink give you a horrible picture compared to DVD2ONE. DVD shrink needs some improvement also like slider for compression ratio this crap of 4 compression ratios not any goos when one is 3.95 gigs and the next is 4.47gigs need a slider to be able to fit it exactly at 4.38gigs like DVD2ONE does.

[ghoster]

i never bought dvd2one nor ic or dvd95copy. personally i like dvd2one the best of the three. course i only care about the movie i could care less about the menu and extras. so it fits my needs great. i was just asking why is he using both programs.

[muralin]

why am I using both DVD Shrink and DVD2One. Here is the rationale:

I do only movies with NO menu. i dont care about extras. I want to use the 4.37GB for movie only.

DVD2One: uses all the available disk space (4.37GB). with DVD Shrink, u either get 200-400 MB less or more than that. Not an optimum solution (may be it is better in version 1.03 - have not checked latest version).

Shrink DVD: can cut out/crop titles and credits. I dont care for them either (except James Bond movie titles).

so i use dvd shrink to crop and to remove unwanted streams. after it does itsjob, if the file size is over 4.37GB, i planned to use DVD2One to bring it down to fit on a DVD-R.

I paid for DVD2One and so I dont plan to buy DVD95Copy.

Now, can someone answer my simple question: have u successfully processed the output of DVD Shrink on DVD2One?

Thanks.

[Bob W]

I understand the new version of DVDshrink has added more levels of compression so you can get closer to the 4.38GB limit. I will be giving it a try tonight to see if it's better.

[ghoster]

you can remove the extra audio tacks and subs in dvd2one if all you want is the movie only. so why bother with dvd shrink?

[Bob W]

you can remove the extra audio tacks and subs in dvd2one if all you want is the movie only. so why bother with dvd shrink?

Some would say because it's free.

[ghoster]

you can remove the extra audio tacks and subs in dvd2one if all you want is the movie only. so why bother with dvd shrink?

Some would say because it's free.

ya but he has both

[DVD Master]

@muralin:

I paid for DVD2One and so I dont plan to buy DVD95Copy.

Sorry my friend, but you (as I ) made a wrong decision!!!
DVD2one is crap! I made the same mistake, but later I became a DVD95COPY beta tester, and frankly speaking there is no comparison. DVD95Copy has a better encoding engine and more features to stream and allocate the bits in a more efficiently way. Looking at the "revision history" of DVD2one, they will reach this development in about 1 year from now (maybe to late). So with my vast experience with both programs, I will conclude that there is not comparison between them...

DVD Master

[kevlar69]

M8, I hear your question, but haven't tried it yet. I was thinking of doing exactly the same, using shrink to remove end credits and start up title screens, but haven't got around to trying it yet. Some of the more intelligent posters here will probably turn around and say you can remove credits in ifo edit or vob edit anyway ( I'm guessing here! )

Kevlar

[muralin]

ghoster/bob w:

plz read my last post carefully.

I use dvd shrink for 1 and only reason: to cut out titles and credits.

I have done about 75 conversions with dvd2one. worked perfectly. i dont understand statements by some that they say it is crap. I luv it.

by the way, with the new version of dvd shrink, all ok. i use dvd shrink to crop the movie and use dvd2one to remove unneeded streams and STILL GET a 4.37GB worth of movie.

[GaryW]

I too was trying to use DVDShrink to remove extra audio and only compress the menus; then using DVD2One to compress the entire package.

The rationale is that by just using DVD2One EVERYTHING is compressed equally. By maximizing the compression of the Menus and eliminating audio with DVDShrink there would be more room for the actual movie when using DVD2One. I too receive the "encryped data" error.

Just using straight DVDShrink I have not been happy with the end product whereas the end product with straight DVD2One has been perfect.

[dc91gt]

DVD2One works.

All I use now. I ditched Instant Copy and the rest of them.

-d

[Godding]

Hey Guys,

Can you stop this none discussion, we are lucky, we can choose.

[dun4cheap]

Choices, isn't it great to have choices. I have all three tools yet I find myself using dvd2one all the time. Reason? Simplicity and decent quality, but there is no doubt that we have all kinds of choices. I do believe DVDXCOPY is garbage and don't even consider this a solution. Plus I still can't get the bad taste out of my mouth from the first commercial release 321 studios did of free software.

If I wanted perfect quality I would just buy the dvd. I remember copying beta to beta, vhs to beta, vhs to vhs. This is by far better quality than that. Copying movies is not a new art, just the methods we use to do it have changed. Don't forget, macrovision has not been around forever.


Good News for MAC USERS: DVD2ONE will work. All you have to do is run down to frys and pickup an emachine for $249... Remember if you have the propper tools it easier to get the job done.

[tgpo]

Good News for MAC USERS: DVD2ONE will work. All you have to do is run down to frys and pickup an emachine for $249... Remember if you have the propper tools it easier to get the job done.

Emachines? That's not even a computer! Besides, there is a mac version coming out soon.

[dun4cheap]

Just got to feel the SARCASM

[tgpo]

Just got to feel the SARCASM

Sarcasm is the only thing I'm good at.

[MackemX]

one word, one winner

DVDInstant95Copy

[dun4cheap]

Technically that is 3 words and a number. Now if you had said one name then that would be more exact. JFYI

[Mr Zippy]

I use InstantCopy as I want quailty if I'm using DVD, I used to use the CCE backup method, which is quite fast but very hands on.

DVD2one (and I imagine DVD Shrink and DVD95copy) only compresses the existing video, even the author admitted that the quality will never match CCE.

InstantCopy Transcodes the video and creates similar to CCE quality, and works at around real time for transcoding.

I use IFOedit to re-author the main movie only, to feed this to InstantCopy (as even with reg hack, InstantCopy does not correctly update DVD navigation for removed features)

InstantCopy may be slightly slower, but it maintains the detail for my high end DVD player and TV.

[jdizzy40]

I just spent the last 10 minutes reading all of this and learned the following. DVD2One is the best and DVDr95Copy or however it is spelled is crap! One word is not always spelled out as one one and oh DVDXCopy sucks. And yes I was stupid enough to pay for it. Then a found this web site. And lastly who started this thread that went no where?

[muralin]

as usual, the post got hijacked.

i got my problem solved with dvd2one 1.1.2 and dvd shrink 1.03.