A few quick questions on DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink...

[IAmNotAPirate]

I don't have a DVD burner yet (will get it next week), in the meantime, I've been ripping and encoding my DVDs using the DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink method:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=676&howtoselect=6;30#676

So far so good, considering my old computer (Celeron 700mhz, 192mb RAM, Windows ME). It takes about 1.5 hrs to rip and encode (compress).

I've read about the "deep analysis" on this board, and many of you say its not necessary if the compression is less than 80%. So far, the highest compression I've had is 96% (movie only).

So I am inclined to think deep analysis is not really needed? Am I correct, if I'm not too picky about PQ. Because I tried it once, and it took 2 hours to analyze, and 5 hours to encode.

So my second question is, that when I'm done ripping and encoding using the method above, I get movie.001, movie.002 and so on files along with a movie.mds file. Once I get these files, is it safe to delete my video_ts folder? (even if I haven't burned it onto DVD yet) I'm assuming the .001 and .mds files are the compressed files. Is the .mds file only used for DVD Decrypter? Is it a replacement of the ISO file?

And lastly, if a movie did not need any compressing, when I rip it via DVD Decrypter and get the Video_TS files. A Nero burn of the Video_TS is all I need for the DVD to be playable on a stand alone DVD player right?

Sorry for the many questions, but I'm slowing getting the idea and different ways to backup my DVDs.

Thanks

[louv68]

I always do a Deep Analysis on anything that requires compression. I'm also running an antiquated system. I have an Athlon 900mhz w/ 256mb. It doesn't take me anywhere near 5 hrs to encode. At the worst, it'll take just over 2hrs. usually it's closer to 45 - 90 mins. I'm a quality freak, so I'll always do a Deep Analysis. Yes to your question if you can just burn the VIDEO_TS folder if it does not require any compression. I usually also create a AUDIO_TS folder which will not have any files in it and burn that as well. I've heard that it helps with compatibility on older DVD players. I rip my files in File Mode so I cannot help you with your other question. I'm sure someone else here can help you with it.