Which DVD Shrink Version is the best?

[jeddah_superstar]

Please choose the best version that you think is the best

[rcb]

best answer might be "any of the above"...

saw in news forum that the developer may be soon hanging it up while only indicating he would try to get a help file out for the latest vers.

[noki]

Question for all:
is the transcoding engine in v3.12 the same as in 3.0b5 actually my question is is there any increase in video quality from 3.12.
big thank you and good luck to Mr. DVD Shrink

[mrbass]

1.03 had the best decrypting built-in...I'm reverting back. As they say the older the better.

[MOVIEGEEK]

3.1.1 works the best on my system.
I like 3.0b5 for it's ease of use but when I re-author the main movie the secondary audio and subtitles are the default when played on DVD players,also 3.0b5 had a problem reading my Lite-On 165.
I couldn't get 2.3 to work on my PC.

[noki]

mrbass

1.03 had the best decrypting built-in...I'm reverting back. As they say the older the better.

HUH? really??? what about Deep Analysis. Okay, ha-ha....

[jeddah_superstar]

Looks like 3.0 Beta 5 has less problems!

[DoubleShadowIce]

@jeddah_superstar

Why don't you try them out yourself instead of letting us do your homework? There's a posssiblity that we have all eye problems and we'll tell you that each one is great! It's hard to trust in other people's opinions as we all don't have the same vision, DVD player, TV, sound setup, etc. ike you do. For all I know, you could be holding us liable for bad backups since we gave you our opinions. Besides, if you want more specific inquiries, it doesn't hurt to state what area concerns you the most like speed, video quality, bugs, etc. Saying "best" is too general and broad.

[jeddah_superstar]

@jeddah_superstar

Why don't you try them out yourself instead of letting us do your homework? There's a posssiblity that we have all eye problems and we'll tell you that each one is great! It's hard to trust in other people's opinions as we all don't have the same vision, DVD player, TV, sound setup, etc. ike you do. For all I know, you could be holding us liable for bad backups since we gave you our opinions. Besides, if you want more specific inquiries, it doesn't hurt to state what area concerns you the most like speed, video quality, bugs, etc. Saying "best" is too general and broad.

DoubleShadowIce:
I already tried all these versions. and i got my own opnion, the reason i post this pool so we can share some opnions here ,and we can get to know and learn some new stuff .

[Gazorgan]

I like 3.1.2, but the burning seems not quite there yet. I actualy prefer the 3.0.5b style, as I don't mind multiple windows. I'm still torn, I like the insert...few clicks, come back in 1/2 hour and you have your backup(2 drives required).

Moot point anymore, as I'm pretty much done backing up my DVD's. Now it's converting my captures, and that doesn't need shrink (unless I screw up a bit and need to shrink it a few % points).

[handyguy]

Hmm, haven't tried the new one yet. But Beta5 was okay on XP home, but weird on N2000 which had to use 2.3. I guess it would depend which computer its used on.

[Faustus]

Voted the latest. Its quite nice... also for those who thing is slower when you hit backup you should check the options because I know that 3.1 at least has a priority setting and its low by default.

[noki]

handyguy

But Beta5 was okay on XP home, but weird on N2000 which had to use 2.3.

no problem using 3.0b5 on my system with Win2k . I also use 2.3 too cuz 3.0b5 fails to read a very, very small percentage of my files. the uncompressed output from 2.3 is then opened in 3.0b5 for its DA...no problem.

[SaSi]

3b5 was good and stable, but it annoyed me that I couldn't get it to write to my H: drive, which was disk6 in my system.
3.1 worked fine for me. I can now write to the H: drive again. Upgraded to 3.1.2 just beacuse it was there.

Qualitywise, 2.3 was a huge improvement over 1. I think v.3 is perhaps better, but can't really see much difference. When transcoding fails, it shows.

Also, I had fun with the low priority mode. Loaded two DVDShrink instances alongside and they sorta fought each other as to which one will get less resources. It took each copy more than 90 minutes to finish. (a single copy takes like 20~25 minutes).

[noki]

Also, I had fun with the low priority mode. Loaded two DVDShrink instances alongside and they sorta fought each other as to which one will get less resources. It took each copy more than 90 minutes to finish. (a single copy takes like 20~25 minutes).

Hey , now that's a good reason to upgrade to v3.1.2 I always wanted to be able to load more than one session of Shrink (using DA) but noticed that 100% of my CPU was used for just one. now with the low priority mode i can load up 2 or more, and go to sleep. Just hope my system don't crash in the process Thanks for the post, SaSi.


Can i use 3.1.2 alongside 3.0b5 (and 2.3 too) Or will 3.0b5 get overwritten/uninstalled first? Thanks. want to definitely keep 3.0b5 on my system

[AdamRA4]

Also, I had fun with the low priority mode. Loaded two DVDShrink instances alongside and they sorta fought each other as to which one will get less resources. It took each copy more than 90 minutes to finish. (a single copy takes like 20~25 minutes).

Hey , now that's a good reason to upgrade to v3.1.2 I always wanted to be able to load more than one session of Shrink (using DA) but noticed that 100% of my CPU was used for just one. now with the low priority mode i can load up 2 or more, and go to sleep. Just hope my system don't crash in the process Thanks for the post, SaSi.


Can i use 3.1.2 alongside 3.0b5 (and 2.3 too) Or will 3.0b5 get overwritten/uninstalled first? Thanks. want to definitely keep 3.0b5 on my system

Got enough smiles??

[jeddah_superstar]

i think 3.0 Beta 5 is a lot simple to use than 3.1.2 . Also you do not need to install 3.0 Beta in the windows programes file like what 3.1.2 requires. I felt 3.1.2 is slower when you hit "Backup" , it stays hanging for a while, then it starts to backup the movie.

[AdamRA4]

i think 3.0 Beta 5 is a lot simple to use than 3.1.2 . Also you do not need to install 3.0 Beta in the windows programes file like what 3.1.2 requires. I felt 3.1.2 is slower when you hit "Backup" , it stays hanging for a while, then it starts to backup the movie.

I agree with the simplicity of 3.0b5 over 3.1-2

[noki]

jeddah_superstar

Also you do not need to install 3.0 Beta in the windows programes file like what 3.1.2 requires.

can you elaborate? I already have 3.0b5 and 2.3 installed and running fine. are you saying the installer for 3.1.2 wants to place its files in a certain location which you can't change? Thanks in advance.

Got enough smiles??

sorry, got carried away...was looking for the next version of Shrink to have a batching function, even submitted a request to the developer months ago as he was asking (thru ddlooping(?)) for desired features in his next release (before Ahead snagged him I guess)...and here it is in the disguise of the low priority mode ...there it goes again.

[redwudz]

I was happy with 3.0.5, using AutoshrinkISO and DVDdecrypter to burn. Automated everything and I could just set up shrink and let it run. I'm using 3.1.2 now and It's a pain to drag files over to Nero to burn. I thought that would work automatically, but apparently not with my version of Nero 5.5.10. Not going to Nero 6. Going back to Shrink 3.0.5.

[somebodeez]

I'm still using 2.2
Never saw any reason to change because it works so well for me.

[Brave Heart]

I must say 3 beta 5 has better compression.. I compared 3.1.2 and 3b5 with "The Medallion" red and blue colors on the video show the dirt on compression quality.

[Redeye07]

I've only used 2.3 and 3.1.2 so I voted 2.3.

3.1.2 didn't work as well for me; it wouldn't let me preview the files.

Anyway, I NEVER had one single problem of any kind with 2.3 so I went back. So there. :P

[jeddah_superstar]

[quote="noki"]jeddah_superstar
[ are you saying the installer for 3.1.2 wants to place its files in a certain location which you can't change?
noki
Yeah . You must install it in one place . when you want to remove it you have to go the control panal under add and remove programs in order to uninstall it . unlike the 3 beta 5 that you can unzip it any where .

[ddlooping]

"You must install it in one place"

You can install it wherever you want.

[intelliQ]

I'm undecided:
I like the interface of this new 3.1.2, but the burn failed when it reached 70%. Never had that happen before, and have backed up and authored over 200 discs so far since I got my NEC ND 1300A (using Primes from Meritline).
Perhaps the screen saver caused this, since I dont have buffer underrun on this drive, but it hasnt been a problem before using Shrink beta version 3.05, Imgtool Classis, in conjunction with DVDDecryptor all while launching apps or listening to music.

[ddlooping]

Perhaps the screen saver caused this, since I dont have buffer underrun on this drive...

I'd suggest you try on a DVD-RW with your screen saver turned off.

[energy80s]

"You must install it in one place"

You can install it wherever you want.

Yes, but it still has to be installed. Whereas 3b5 was a self running exe file.

[jcook5000]

Shrink 3.0 beta 5 is the best for me. I tried backing up American Pie 2 with Shrink 3.1, got a CRC error everytime. Tried again with 3.0 beta 5, read through the dvd like a champ. Who cares about the burning function in 3.1 if you can't even get the dvd ripped.

[shelbyGT]

current version is 3.1.3