DVD-9 to DVD-5 using DVDShrink

[CrisCr0ss]

thanks great guide, but i just used DVDShrink to backup my copy of Godfather and i didnt require the use of DVDDecrypter... is something wrong or was i just lucky? I am uisng the Special 5 disk edition.

[dvdx_925]

CrisCr0ss, well dvdshrink can copy "copy-protected dvd's" which is why you didn't need to use dvddecrypter.(except maybe in the future when newer one's come out, since as you know, as well as dvddecrypter stopped being updated)

The only reason I used dvd decrypter as the guide was making use of voblanker, which needed you to create the dvd files on the h.drive.. I guessed you just processed the whole dvd or removed the features so didn't retain menu preservation?

[EAO]

Just came accross your guide.

Exactly what I wanted and it works great.

I want you to kow that I don't need to use DVDDecrypter. I take my DVD backup and save it to the Hard drive using DVD Shrink. Then I just import it into VOBBlanker and hack away.

Haven't messed it up once.

Thanks for posting this.

[j123vt_99]

Ok.. Been using this guide and I really like it, but have run into a problem.. The past 3 movies I have followed the instructions..I use dvd decrypter, vobblanker and dvd shrink... during each step, I load the VIDEO_TS into a dvd app and view it and looks great. I then burn the DVD, put the DVD back into the comp and view it like any other movie and everything is ok... The problem is when I take that DVD and put in my dvd player.. It plays for like 30 sec and then says there is a problem with the disc.. I don't think it is the media because I'm using the same kind alot

[Trident5]

Not nockin the info as looks good. But to get rid of features etc you can juse use Shrink select re-author grab the movie and away you go no muss no fuss.

[Seeker47]

Please feel free to post any comments, opinions or suggestions in this thread.

vdk_au

Enjoyed the guide, but I have one question. What is the advantage of saving the DVD Shrink output to ISO and burn with DVD Decrpter rather than burning with Nero?

Thanks,

JW

I'm wondering if there may be any other advantages than those mentioned here so far. In my use of Shrink, I try to go for as close to a 1:1 result as possible on the main content = minimal compression, or none if it can be done. Even when there is NO compression, I find that many of the resulting DVDs will freeze somewhere on many standalone players, causing a loss of anywhere from 1 to 8 minutes of viewable running time. Further disc navigation is not really possible at that point. Starting over from the root, I can select a later chapter and bypass the "freeze" section that way.

Discs are finalized. The media is good quality. The Shrink-made DVDs seem to play fine on the burner that made them, so I suppose individual standalone players could be at fault. OR, maybe this has something to do with Nero doing the burning ? (I have not seen any stutter or jitter mentioned by others in regard to Nero.)

It would have been nice if Shrink had an optional, alternate, direct hook into Decrypter or other programs for burning, instead of just one that turns the job over to Nero. But Shrink is set in stone now, and there we are.

[jimmalenko]

It would have been nice if Shrink had an optional, alternate, direct hook into Decrypter or other programs for burning, instead of just one that turns the job over to Nero. But Shrink is set in stone now, and there we are.

Uhhh ..... it already has a link to DVDDecrypter automatically:





It can go to CopyToDVD as well

Not nockin the info as looks good. But to get rid of features etc you can juse use Shrink select re-author grab the movie and away you go no muss no fuss.

You are right, but you gotta remember the context of this guide. If you want main movie only, your way is fine, but what if you want to keep menus ? what if you just want to get rid of an annoying 1 minute long FBI warning at the start, leaving everything else intact ? What if you have an episodic disc with 6 eps on it, and want eps 1-3 and all menus on Disc 1, and then eps 4-6 and all menus on disc 2 ?

That's what this guide's all about

[dvdx_925]

Even when there is NO compression, I find that many of the resulting DVDs will freeze somewhere on many standalone players, causing a loss of anywhere from 1 to 8 minutes of viewable running time.

Nothing to do with compression. It either has to do with your media or your standalone player is picky. Try scanning your burnt dvd with something like nero's quality scan program. Tip: if you are using dvd-r, and this is happening, try switching to dvd+r and if do have bitsetting support, bitset the disc to dvd-rom. I found that my player had problems with dvd-r, but switching to this it worked perfectly.

[Seeker47]

It would have been nice if Shrink had an optional, alternate, direct hook into Decrypter or other programs for burning, instead of just one that turns the job over to Nero. But Shrink is set in stone now, and there we are.

Uhhh ..... it already has a link to DVDDecrypter automatically:





It can go to CopyToDVD as well

Thanks. That's the second time I failed to go deep enough into the Shrink menus. The program looks so straightforward that a guide would not be necessary. Deceptive ease, you might call it. But I have gotten lost in this program a few times, trying to do certain things. In fact, the menu you pictured in your reply -- I've seen it a couple times, but haven't managed to find my way back to it since.

[jimmalenko]

In fact, the menu you pictured in your reply -- I've seen it a couple times, but haven't managed to find my way back to it since.

It comes up when you press the Backup button, so as I see it, there should really be no way you could miss it

Basically you have to go past it in order for DVDShrink to do its thing.

[Seeker47]

In fact, the menu you pictured in your reply -- I've seen it a couple times, but haven't managed to find my way back to it since.

It comes up when you press the Backup button, so as I see it, there should really be no way you could miss it

Basically you have to go past it in order for DVDShrink to do its thing.

It should be hard to miss, for those with a better idea of what they're doing than I bring to the party. First, you have to come in through Re-Author mode, or for sure you'll never see this menu. Then, you have to not go right past Source (which normally shows your DVD burner), somehow thinking this item is hard-wired and unchangeable. Believe me, I've made plenty of wrong turns much worse than this one.

In the meantime, I've redone my first clip experiment, choosing UPCM (? -- because I recalled reading something here about AC3 audio possibly being a problem), also unchecking any secondary audio stream, and choosing a Decrypter ISO for the burn, rather than Nero. Still not a satisfactory result. This time, there _is_ audio, but it's kind of jumbled in places, not in perfect sync, and it breaks up momentarily in places alsong with the video. There are places where the whole thing gets jerky, or jumps forward slightly. Clearly, something needs to go back to the drawing board in how I'm doing this.

[jimmalenko]

It should be hard to miss, for those with a better idea of what they're doing than I bring to the party. First, you have to come in through Re-Author mode, or for sure you'll never see this menu.

No. You have to press "Backup" no matter which way you use DVDShrink.

[Seeker47]

Even when there is NO compression, I find that many of the resulting DVDs will freeze somewhere on many standalone players, causing a loss of anywhere from 1 to 8 minutes of viewable running time.

Nothing to do with compression. It either has to do with your media or your standalone player is picky. Try scanning your burnt dvd with something like nero's quality scan program. Tip: if you are using dvd-r, and this is happening, try switching to dvd+r and if do have bitsetting support, bitset the disc to dvd-rom. I found that my player had problems with dvd-r, but switching to this it worked perfectly.

That first quote was from me, in August. The media being used was either Memorex DL or Verbatim DL, so I don't think the media was at fault. The burner was a Pioneer 108. This problem was most likely to occur on a JVC XV-S500, a player I sometimes have access to at another location. I now believe that it was choking on the layer breaks of these discs. Can't try your 2nd. suggestion, since I've never even seen any -R DLs. But next time I come across one of those discs, I will run the diagnostics on it.

Possibly a screw-up in my use of Shrink for the burn, but probably a quirk of this player.

[dvdx_925]

That first quote was from me, in August. The media being used was either Memorex DL or Verbatim DL, so I don't think the media was at fault. The burner was a Pioneer 108. This problem was most likely to occur on a JVC XV-S500, a player I sometimes have access to at another location. I now believe that it was choking on the layer breaks of these discs. Can't try your 2nd. suggestion, since I've never even seen any -R DLs. But next time I come across one of those discs, I will run the diagnostics on it.

LOL....juz because it's a gud media, doesn't mean anything...sometime's it could be a bad burn, but yea..be a good idea to run a dignostics on it...yea..and u said u DL media, maybe that could also be a result...try burning a DVD+R SL and see if the same thing happens....

[TomBrooklyn]

Hi vdk,
Thanks for making this guide.

I had a problem previewing the PGCs with VobBlanker though.

I have one PGC that VobBlanker shows is 6 minutes long, but it just shows up as a black screen. The Play button under Playback Control doesn't make it run either, although I can use the slider to go through it.

I have another which seems to be the main movie. It is 1:54 hrs long. When I use Preview/Cut on it though, it shows only the production studios intro which lasts about 10 seconds. I don't want to blank this of course, but it seems like Preview/Cut is not working like it's supposed to.

[jimbop14]

EDIT **Wrong topic, sorry!**

[lingla]

Many thanks for an excellent tut m8 Really useful.

Part IV: Burning the ISO File.

Now for the final part, burning the ISO file you have just created, or should I say DVDShrink has created. Go to DVD Decrypter -> Mode -> ISO write. Click the browse icon and locate your file.

I followed your step but I can't find the ISO file but rather BUP, IFO, VOB files only. What did I do wrong? Is there a setting in DVD Shrink that tell you what kind of output files you want?

[jimmalenko]

I followed your step but I can't find the ISO file but rather BUP, IFO, VOB files only. What did I do wrong? Is there a setting in DVD Shrink that tell you what kind of output files you want?

You must have chosen "Hard Disk Folder" instead of "ISO Image file"

[lingla]

I really appreciate your fast response. Indeed, I overlooked that section and chose Hard Disk instead. Million of thanks!

[ignius.sako.kalbam]

hmmmmm very interesting.....