DVD Shrink 3.1 Major Bug?

[quickfire]

Holy Crap......sorry just checked the version of DVD Shrink ......IT'S 3.0

[MackemX]

Does anybody have ME installed on their PC where DVDShrink works?
@quickfire, let us know when you try 3.1

I can definately say that XP is the worst OS around and constantly crashes with most of my software.

sounds like you have real issues if it's with most of your software . Yeah I've had issues too as I've installed 100's of software on my PC in the last few years on XP and I still have the same OS. I'm not reinstalling every fortnight like some do. Though I may have had one or two that didn't work at all, mostly due to software conflicts, I cannot recall any software not working. I wouldn't dare reinstall now as it would be impossible to setup my PC again to get everything working again in perfect harmony without a struggle

I understand completely why the program author would not want to be tied to a 6 year old operating system, especially so since he's not being paid for it. You can pay $99 for DVDXCOPY and it will probably work fine on ME; or you can pay the same or less for XP and use DVDShrink for nothing.
My two cents.

that's 2 cents well spent. Nice to see someone else agrees with my point above

My feeling is that if it works for someone else then it's my OS setup that's to blame not the OS itself so I fix it . Maybe not in this case but I reckon a small percentage of 'bugs' are true 'bugs' that affect everyone

p.s. ahh, nice to see fellow Speccy & Commodore owners . Bring back Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg

[ddlooping]

Hello again.

dvdshrink is working hard on v3.2.
It will be released tomorrow, and hopefully fix the WinME issue.

[MackemX]

Hello again.

dvdshrink is working hard on v3.2.
It will be released tomorrow, and hopefully fix the WinME issue.

tomorrow!, what's wrong with tonight?, has he got a hote date with some sexy chick?

thanks for news anyway dd

[bigjimmpls]

I havent been able to get the new version to work yet. I keep getting an error message that says: DVD shrink encountered an error and cannot continue. Programming error. What does that mean? I switched back to the 3.0 beta and that seems to work ok

[SaSi]

Hello again.

dvdshrink is working hard on v3.2.
It will be released tomorrow, and hopefully fix the WinME issue.

From the course this discussion has taken, I think you are a big ... off topic here... 8) .

[bigjimmpls]

I havent been able to get the new version to work yet. I keep getting an error message that says: DVD shrink encountered an error and cannot continue. Programming error. What does that mean? I have not been able to get any of the DVD shrinks to work. I used to be able to make the 2.3 version to work but I went back to that today to try copying a movie and at 59% I get an error message on 2.3 that says invalid_pck:nv_vobu_ea. I am about ready to give up on this. Not sure what any of the error messages mean. Would sure appreciate any help.

[dukefame]

When I first installed dvd shrink a week ago I had no problems. About 4 copies later the program crashes the entire computer while shrink is in it's analyzing mode. This crash causes the audio card to omit a loud pulsing tone??!!

I have removed and re-installed shrink, to no avail.
any ideas?

OS/ XP Pro
Shrink ver. 3.1.7.6

[ddlooping]

When I first installed dvd shrink a week ago I had no problems. About 4 copies later the program crashes the entire computer while shrink is in it's analyzing mode.

dukefame, DVD Shrink is exactly the same as it was a week and four backups ago, unless you changed some of its settings.
Did you?
If not, I'd think the problem is due to something you might have added/changed in your system since (hardware, drivers update, MS update, updated/new software,...).

[budz]

WTF is "WIN98ME"? If having problems with DVD SHRINK latest version use a older version from Mr.Bass website:
http://mrbass.org/dvdshrink/dvdshrinkold/

Using the 3.0 version of DVD SHRINK works great.

[dryfly]

I never saw any post on this so I will post it. I have downloaded DVD Shrink 3.1.7 and am having the same error, copy protectin I/O that others have talked about but I am running XP.
Any comments.

[dryfly]

Sorry to post twice in a row but not I am really confused. I have multiple questions on DVD shrink and some of the above posts. First off I am running XP. Now I have downloaded most of the versions of DVD shrink from 3.1.7b5 back to 3.1.4, 3.1.1, 3.0.0, 2.2, 2.0 you get the picture. Now 3.0 works great except it only gives me space for 3,766 M.B. (this sucks) All the newer versions give me something like 4450 M.B. (this is great) but all the newer version give me the above mentioned error (DVD shrink encountered an error and cannot continue, copy protection error, The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. The old version 2.2 or 2.0 give me the above mentioned 4450 M.B. but don't offer the deep analysis. So the question is what version can I use to get the larger file size? And do the older versions 2.0, 2.2 etc. do deep analysis automatically (I am thinking not)? And how important is deep analysis for bringing my quality back up?

Anybody that really gets this please respond I am new to this game and trying hard to understand!!!!!!!!!!

[budz]

I never saw any post on this so I will post it. I have downloaded DVD Shrink 3.1.7 and am having the same error, copy protectin I/O that others have talked about but I am running XP.
Any comments.

Use a older version of DVD SHRINK like version 3.0 BETA5. RIP WITH DVD DECRYPTER IN FILE MODE, THEN USE DVD SHRINK 3.0 BETA5

So many people posting problems with the latest version of DVD SHRINK it's getting tiring of seeing the same problem being posted by different people. A sticky should be done with this DVD SHRINK prob.

[budz]

Sorry to post twice in a row but not I am really confused. I have multiple questions on DVD shrink and some of the above posts. First off I am running XP. Now I have downloaded most of the versions of DVD shrink from 3.1.7b5 back to 3.1.4, 3.1.1, 3.0.0, 2.2, 2.0 you get the picture. Now 3.0 works great except it only gives me space for 3,766 M.B. (this sucks) All the newer versions give me something like 4450 M.B. (this is great) but all the newer version give me the above mentioned error (DVD shrink encountered an error and cannot continue, copy protection error, The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. The old version 2.2 or 2.0 give me the above mentioned 4450 M.B. but don't offer the deep analysis. So the question is what version can I use to get the larger file size? And do the older versions 2.0, 2.2 etc. do deep analysis automatically (I am thinking not)? And how important is deep analysis for bringing my quality back up?

Anybody that really gets this please respond I am new to this game and trying hard to understand!!!!!!!!!!

Now 3.0 works great except it only gives me space for 3,766 M.B. (this sucks)

in VERSION 3.0 BETA5 go to EDIT, PREFERENCES to change the TARGET SIZE OF DVD. I would highly suggest you USE DVD DECRYPTER TO RIP IN FILE MODE, then use DVD SHRINKK to shrink it. then you can use whatever burning program you want to burn. as for deep analysis in my opinion i can't tell the difference so i don't use that option. people in this forum will say it using it makes a difference and others will say it don't. try doing test with using deep analysis on 1 dvd+rw or -rw then do another one without it and see if you can tell the difference.

[yoda21000]

I got AnyDVD which is a great piece of software to decrypt DVDs and music protected CD's on the fly. Works like DVD Decryptor.

Sure I've had some progs on XP slow my computer at times or freeze. But XP has never crashed on me in the two years I've had it.

DVD Shink 3.1.7 has worked fine for me without any problems on XP.

[presto]

I think I've had the same thing happen to me. It doesn't happen on every try. Strangely I found that when I hit back up If I was quick enough I could hit one of the buttons on the next window and it would keep DVD shrink from vanishing. I forget exactly what button I hit but it was basically the next button I wanted to hit anyway. Just had to be real quick. Then everything worked just fine. Strange. I have windows ME on one computer and Windows XP on the other two. They are all sitting next to each other sharing a keyboard/monitor/mouse so I can't remember which OS I was using.

[dryfly]

in VERSION 3.0 BETA5 go to EDIT, PREFERENCES to change the TARGET SIZE OF DVD. I would highly suggest you USE DVD DECRYPTER TO RIP IN FILE MODE, then use DVD SHRINKK to shrink it. then you can use whatever burning program you want to burn.

Budz your knowledge seems good. So here is another question for you. Why use DVD decrypter then DVD Shrink and then burning software? Doesn't DVD Shrink take care of the first two steps for you? I am not questioning you, I believe I read this same thing from Fulcilives who also seems to be quite knowledgeable, I was just curious as to the reason. Sorry for all the questions I am the type of person that likes to understand everything so I am trying build my knowledge. Plus this is kind of addicting like other computer "stuff" I am getting into.
Thanks Budz.

[budz]

Budz your knowledge seems good. So here is another question for you. Why use DVD decrypter then DVD Shrink and then burning software? Doesn't DVD Shrink take care of the first two steps for you? I am not questioning you, I believe I read this same thing from Fulcilives who also seems to be quite knowledgeable, I was just curious as to the reason. Sorry for all the questions I am the type of person that likes to understand everything so I am trying build my knowledge. Plus this is kind of addicting like other computer "stuff" I am getting into.
Thanks Budz.

you're right about DVD SHRINK doing the first 2 steps but if you have problems with error messages using the latest DVD SHRINK or a error message telling you it can't rip some of the files (encryption problems). Then this is where DVD DECRYPTER comes in handy. As i have mentioned i don't use the latest DVD SHRINK. the latest DVD SHRINK has the capability of burning straight from the program only if you have NERO burn installed on your pc. that's the only advantage over the older versions of DVD SHRINK. it may seem like a pain in the ass to have to rip with DVD DECRYPTER and then use DVD SHRINK but the end result will be you'll be able to backup your dvds. everyone backs up their dvds in different ways. find what will work for you. lots of variables in backing up, authoring and burning dvds.

i learn something everyday from this forum site. lots of trial and errors in learning about backing up dvds and video stuff. hope this answers your questions.

[dryfly]

it may seem like a pain in the ass to have to rip with DVD DECRYPTER and then use DVD SHRINK but the end result will be you'll be able to backup your dvds.

For clarification purposes this is not necessary if DVD shrink is not having a problem with the encryption (I went back to 3.05B version)?
Even if the above stated is true (that is DVD Shrink has no problem with the encryption) is there an advantage to using DVD Decrypter compared to DVD shrink for the decryption part of the process, or is it either or?
My discs are coming out good I just want to get a better understanding of the process. I am buring with Nero now. But next I am going to try DVD Decrypter, just had a few too many beers to get DVD Decrypter to cooperate. Mostly because the instructions on Afonic are written poorly, I just found the one's on Mr. Bass and those are much more clear.
Budz thanks for the tip on increasing the M.B.'s on DVD Shrink 3.0.5, that helps alot. 8)
Thanks to everyone for their input on various posts, I have learned a lot during my first week of this. Just wait till finals are over next week and I can really put some time into this.