Getting the BEST picture quality?! Shrink Vs IC8!?!?

[SlyOne]

I've heard that people are using Shrink (deep analysis) to compress their movies and then that they are using IC8 to further the process (compression, burn, ?). I am not too sure what exactly they are doing but it sounded as though they are compressing it twice and then burning it giving them a better quality. My question's this: how can you do a deep analysis with Shrink with the WHOLE DVD and not just the main movie? And what's this process that people are using? Thanks for the help.

[bokkasrealm]

If you compress anything twice you will lose quality. Period. I dont know who is doing this but it is very foolish if they are looking for quality.

[SlyOne]

Okay, thanks for the help. That's all I was wondering. How about encoding w/ CCE. Would you recommend that method?

[johns0]

I would only recommend cce if you want to encode 2 movies at 352x480/576 and put them onto one dvd or for avi capture encoding or re-encoding svcd to dvd compliancy and for svcd encoding,dvdshrink is all you need for one dvd movie backup.

[Faustus]

I would only recommend cce if you want to encode 2 movies at 352x480/576 and put them onto one dvd or for avi capture encoding or re-encoding svcd to dvd compliancy and for svcd encoding,dvdshrink is all you need for one dvd movie backup.

That truely depends on a number of factors. I wouldn't use DVDShrink to encode a 3 hour plus movie onto a DVD. I'd use CCE pay the time and keep all the quality.

Slyone if your interested in trying CCE for DVDs start with dvd2svcd which features options for that now.

[johns0]

That goes without saying of how much you want on a dvd with encoding methods.Some people dont care and will put a 4 hour movie on one dvd with dvdshrink using the reauthor method,to each his own i say.