can't seem to encode!

[pheonix]

hi, i'm a newbie and I am very sorry if I annoy anyone one with what's probably a basic question. I have read just about everything on this website and i think i understand most things but my problem is i can't seem to encode one of my dvd files with dvdshrink! it say's that there's not enough room on my c;drive but i thought that this programe put the files in your hard drive! if anyone could help me i would be very appreciative! thanx

[housepig]

okay, first of all, DVD Shrink is a transcoder, not an encoder. check the Glossary.

second, how much free space do you have on your drive? if you have an 8Gb movie, and you want to transcode it to a 4.38Gb size for a dvdr, you will need 12.38Gb free space (unless DVD Shrink can transcode from a dvd on the fly, instead of ripping the original dvd to a hard drive).

third, describe how you are doing this, step by step. maybe if we see what you are doing, we can figure out what the problem is.

[pheonix]

hi thankyou for your reply, Using dvd shrik i opened disc it loaded my film i clicked on main movie in the structure menu then i clicked on automatic compression then i clicked on back up and chose the file c:mydocuments it analyised the film then it started encoding and thats when i run out of space! I have 6 gb of space on my drive so that's what must be wrong.
Could you explain the from a dvd on the fly Please!!!!

[housepig]

Could you explain the from a dvd on the fly Please!!!!

"on the fly" would mean that DVD Shrink would be reading the data from the disc itself and transcoding, not from the hard drive.

This would allow you to not have to rip 8Gb of dvd files to your hard disc, but I don't know if DVD Shrink can do this or not.

if you can free up more hard disc space, I would try that next.

[Gazorgan]

You can't, don't try.

Your running 98se, and your stuck with a 4 GB file limit(which should hold the MV2 if one is created). I believe you have enough space for the finished project, but not for the temp files it uses in the middle. When I make an SVCD I have 2.4 GB at the end. In the middle I can hit 10 GB additionalof temp files.

Temp files can include the audio tracks, the encoded MV2, and the final VOB's. You will want at least 9 GB of free space to even try. More than likely you should have 20 GB free, I'm not 100% familiar with the temp files for your app.

[pheonix]

thankyou very much for your help i did initially think it was something to do with win98se i think im gonna upgrade to windowsxp do you think that will help me with space?

[pheonix]

or is there another programe you could reccomend that alows you to do on the fly?

[ddlooping]

Hi all.

pheonix, DVD Shrink does work "on the fly" when you use "Open Disk".
Also, it doesn't create any temp files (as far as I know).

So before you upgrade to XP (which would be a good idea anyway), try defragmenting your hard-drive.
When done, reboot your machine to clear any system temp files.
With a bit of luck you might now have enough space to "Backup!".

Let us know if that works.

[Gurm]

And truth be told, it's not likely to make a 4.37 GB file anyway - most of the time you see a series of 1GB VOBS on the DVD anyhow.

- Gurm

[ddlooping]

Good point, Gurm, I forgot this one.

[macleod]

are you doing the deep analysis when you attempt the backup?

[jdizzy40]

No XP will not help with space. It is a much larger OS than WIN 98. You need a bigger/seperate hard drive to do this kind of work on. It will get fragmented real quick. WIN XP and a new hard drive, then you can do something.

[housepig]

No XP will not help with space. It is a much larger OS than WIN 98.

it will help in that it will allow individual file sizes of >4Gb - if his program is generating an ISO or some large temp file, and choking due to the 4Gb limit in 98, XP could help him quite a bit.

[jdizzy40]

My reply was in regards to him thinking that XP would free up useable space that he has now. Fully aware of different ways to copy, write-to, etc. You have to keep things real simple when you read a newbees post. Read his post again and you can pretty much tell what he is thinking, just not communicating in the write terminology.

[pheonix]

thank you all kindly for your help i think i'll try defragmenting my hard drive and let you's know how that goes and yes i was doing deep analysis so i not be?

[ddlooping]

pheonix, don't worry about Deep Analysis.

You were right to use it as the size estimate will be very precise, and the quality of the backup better.
It also only creates a small file about 300kb (or thereabout).