Arghhh!! What am I missing?

[timmyp]

Why can't I set compression ratios lower than the default in DVD Shrink 3.1?

For example, I want to compress certain tracks to 50%, but DVD Shrink has it set at 60%. Using Custom Ratio and sliding the bar all the way to the left, I can't seem to get it to go any lower.

Is there a way to override this "feature" in DVD Shrink?

Thanks.

[DarkHate]

To compress the video more you can

shrink the files of the video you want, as far as you can and then save it

open it again in dvd shrink and shrink the files again

[ddlooping]

Hi.

This is a DVD Shrink known limitation, due to its compression algorithm.

[timmyp]

Good info, thank you!!

[andyp1]

Another option is to use DVD Decrypter .

[ddlooping]

andyp1, how would you set the size of the output with DVD Decrypter?

[andyp1]

well done ddlooping I wondered when someone would spot that !

But seriously I do apologise for that , I generally use DVD shrink but one time the shrink was too large to fit on a dvd-r and I used a prog where I could set the output size , I am going to have to check out all my software now to find out which I used I was sure it was decrypter but I just checked it out and it obviously wasn't .

[ddlooping]

Could it be DVD2One?

[timmyp]

Well, interestingly enough, that's exactly what happened....

Both DVD Shrink and DVD2ONE could not/would not compress enough to fit onto 1 DVDR, nor could I manually set the compression any lower.

This is a music video DVD and I suspect it's the LPCM audio that may ultimately be causing my issues. I'm thinking that, because it really can't be compressed and is takes so much space, there's not much room left for the video to be compressed and still fit on a DVDR. Would that be a logical conclusion here?

[andyp1]

I did mean DVD2one .
It says this now

With this tool you can make movie-only and full disk copies for personal use on a single DVD-Recordable. You can also copy double sided or several DVD-Videos two one DVDr(new in version 1.3.0).

Don't know if this helps.

[ddlooping]

...I suspect it's the LPCM audio that may ultimately be causing my issues. I'm thinking that, because it really can't be compressed and is takes so much space, there's not much room left for the video to be compressed and still fit on a DVDR. Would that be a logical conclusion here?

It does sound very logical to me.

[Supreme2k]

I once had to run a disc through DVDShrink twice to get it to fit on a DVDR. Actually had good results from it too.

From the topic of this thread, I was expecting something with pirates.

[jjbodean1970]

agreed, run it through dvdshrink twice, quality afters 2 shrinks should still be fine

[AarontheRipper]

When you open it in Shrink, does it say what the size of the audio files are? If you're not that keen on the video, go ahead and shrink it twice. However, I disagree that shrinking something down to 60% and then shrinking it again is going to produce acceptable video quality. DVD Shrink is a great program, but it's not magic. I guess everyone has a different opinion of what "acceptable quality" means.

[jjbodean1970]

i've never done dvd shrink on anything twice, but basing my opinion on other posts i've read. read this current forum post:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=210761

i found it very interesting