DVD writing software. My trial is period over. what to use?

[mike_hill2107]

I use DVD Shrink to get a DVD-9 onto a DVD-5 but the software "copy to DVD" trial period is over and the same with "Pinacle Instant Copy" the trial is over. Is there any freeware out there and what is the best to use just to burn a .IFO file? Preferbly software that has unlimited trial time. DVD Decrypter does not burn a .IFO file or I don't know how. Also is there any freeware that does all the compression and burning in one program.
Thanks,
Mike Hill

[Laddydaddy]

Check out this link: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182561.

[FulciLives]

Make sure you have DVDShrink put your files into a DIR called VIDEO_TS and put that DIR in another DIR called WHATEVER you want to call it. For this example let us call it DVDMOVIE

OK so you have a DIR called DVDMOVIE and in that DIR you have DIR called VIDEO_TS and in the VIDEO_TS DIR you have your DVDShrink output (the VOB and IFO and BUP files etc.)

Now all you need is two FREEWARE programs. ImgTool and DVD Decrypter. Run ImgTool and select the DIR that your VIDEO_TS DIR is in. So in this example you select DVDMOVIE

Now run ImgTool and it will create a single IMAGE file with the name you give it. It will look like this ---> FILENAME.ISO

Now start up DVD Decrypter and put in a blank DVD and select ISO MODE ---> WRITE

Now select your IMAGE ISO file and burn it.

End of story.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
There are at least two different version of ImgTool and you want the one called CLASSIC VERSION. The other version requires that you have NERO installed as it uses the NERO burning engine which is NOT the best DVD burning engine around. So better to stick with the CLASSIC VERSION as it does not need or use NERO at all and works great.

[mike_hill2107]

Thanks guys

[ddlooping]

You could also try the new "AutoShrinkISO".

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182561

[p0rnLiME]

ImgTool give you best playback compitability (<- right spelled? you know what I mean).

[mike_hill2107]

I installed autoshrinkISO along with the new DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter. Everything works fine until I get an error in DVD decrypter whne it tries to burn the DVD.
This is what it says:



I 01:46:54 DVD Decrypter Version 3.1.6.0 started!
I 01:46:54 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 1)
W 01:46:54 Drive F:\ (FAT32) does not support files > 4 GB
I 01:46:55 Initialising SPTI...
I 01:46:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 01:46:55 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD-RAM/RW!
I 01:47:00 Operation Started!
I 01:47:00 Source File: C:\TEMPISO\IMAGE.ISO
I 01:47:00 Source File Sectors: 2,299,305 (MODE1/2048)
I 01:47:00 Source File Size: 4,708,976,640 bytes
I 01:47:00 Destination Device: [0:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-D521 A109 (D
I 01:47:00 Destination Media Type: DVD-RW
I 01:47:00 Write Mode: DVD
I 01:47:00 Write Speed: MAX
I 01:47:00 Test Mode: No
I 01:47:00 BURN-Proof: Enabled
E 08:10:50 Failed to Reserve Track! - Invalid Field in CDB
E 08:11:56 Operation Failed! - Duration: 06:24:55
I 08:11:56 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A

[mike_hill2107]

And this is the actual error