How to rip a 2 1/2 hour dvd to 1 dvd

[darkcyber]

Ok, I've got a dvd that is 2 hours and 31 minutes long and I'm trying to rip it to one dvd using DVDShrink 3.2 and it says that the resulting file will be to large to burn...try removing some audio tracks.

My question...how can I get this on one dvd? Compression is on auto and is showing 58.1 %. I don't know which audio tracks or what to remove show I don't miss any of the movie.

Thanks!

[Baldrick]

Shrink twice or split it two dvds or shrink with something else like dvd rebuilder.

[MovieDud]

@darkcyber, I ususally do not use anything except Dvd Rebuilder Pro/CCE Basic as the Encoder when dealing with Compression that gets below 80%...Like a 2 1/2 hour movie. I took and used Dvd2one to join the Ext. Edition of Lord of The Rings...then used Rebuidler to Compress it down to a single layer (4 hours to 2 hours)...it actually looked real good on my 55 inch 16X9 HDTV. I would suggest going to www.dvd-rb.com and download the free edition (I believe it is Rebuilder 95 and use the free encoders (HC by Hanks or QuEnc...these do a much higher quality backup than any 1 click transcoder out there and they are free). The installer will have everything you need...download, install and then follow directions. Once you set this up it is as simple as Decrypting the Dvd to HD and then use Rebuilder to do it's job. If you have any questions just let me know.
MovieDud


1. Rebuidler Pro/CCE Basic or HC by Hanks (CCE Basic cost $60.00)
2. Intercopy 3 (by Intervideo..there is Copy 4 that is new!)
3. Recode 2 by Nero
4. CloneDvd 2 (get that at slysoft)

[darkcyber]

Ok, thanks will give this a try.

[ghoster]

ae you doing full back up or main movie? listen to your dvd in your dvd player to figure out what audio tracks you don't need.

[darkcyber]

I think I was using Full Backup.

[darkcyber]

@darkcyber, I ususally do not use anything except Dvd Rebuilder Pro/CCE Basic as the Encoder when dealing with Compression that gets below 80%...Like a 2 1/2 hour movie. I took and used Dvd2one to join the Ext. Edition of Lord of The Rings...then used Rebuidler to Compress it down to a single layer (4 hours to 2 hours)...it actually looked real good on my 55 inch 16X9 HDTV. I would suggest going to www.dvd-rb.com and download the free edition (I believe it is Rebuilder 95 and use the free encoders (HC by Hanks or QuEnc...these do a much higher quality backup than any 1 click transcoder out there and they are free). The installer will have everything you need...download, install and then follow directions. Once you set this up it is as simple as Decrypting the Dvd to HD and then use Rebuilder to do it's job. If you have any questions just let me know.
MovieDud


1. Rebuidler Pro/CCE Basic or HC by Hanks (CCE Basic cost $60.00)
2. Intercopy 3 (by Intervideo..there is Copy 4 that is new!)
3. Recode 2 by Nero
4. CloneDvd 2 (get that at slysoft)

Ok, I downloaded and ran Rebuilder 95, but looks like it wants files that are already on the pc. When you say Decrypt the dvd to hd...what are you using to get it to that point?

[guns1inger]

DVD Decrypter or DVD Fab Decrypter (the former is more feature rich, but no longer supported so newer copy protection may beat it, the latter doesn't have the features, but it seems to include the newer protection).

As a general rule, when re-authoring just a movie only disk (no menus, no extras), the main movie will be called just that, and be much larger than anything else on the disk. Most commercial disks also correctly name their languages, so the language and audio format will be obvious. If you have any doubts, just backup to the HDD and do a test play with a software DVD player like powerDVD. If you got it wrong, or missed a language, it hasn't cost you anything but a little time.

Ultimately, you will find that even when using dvd rebuilder you are better off running it through Shrink in re-author mode first to clear it of the crap you don't need, writing it back to the hard drive with compression set to 'No Compression', then using rebuilder to re-encode down to size.