Need a DVD Shrink Alternative

[FulciLives]

I use DVD Shrink to shrink all my dvds, then use CloneDVD2 to take out crap i don't want and then burn with Nero. That sound good?

Makes more sense to use CloneDVD first to get the crap out and then use DVD Shrink ... much better results and bitrate

I use CloneDVD first ... to take out the crap and then I use DVDshrink to do the shrinking.

... if I'm in a hurry ... I use CloneDVD to also do the shrinking.

But if I'm not in a hurry ... I use CloneDVD to take out the crap and then I use DVD Rebuilder Pro with CinemaCraft Encoder SP 2.5 and do 9 Passes ... takes around 500 minutes to process with DVD-RB.

Just a quick note ... according to statistical mathmatics you are just wasting time on CCE when you do more than a 5 pass. Yes there are differences past the 5th pass but nothing you would ever notice with the naked eye.

Save yourself some time and stop at 5 passes. This is not subjective. This is mathmatics.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[bmiller]

When using cce and dvdrb,any more than 3 passes is a waste of time.You won't see any difference from 3 passes.Dvdrb is the best at reencoding. Anything less than 95%,that's what i use if i'm going to shrink a disc.Most of the time,i'll just burn to dual layer.They are getting cheap enough now.

[lacywest]

When using cce and dvdrb,any more than 3 passes is a waste of time.You won't see any difference from 3 passes.Dvdrb is the best at reencoding. Anything less than 95%,that's what i use if i'm going to shrink a disc.Most of the time,i'll just burn to dual layer.They are getting cheap enough now.

I just bought 4 ... 10 packs of Verbatim DVD+R DL at Best Buy ... each pack is $20 ... total cost for 40 DL disks ... $86 bucks ... on Jan 8th ... last Sunday

[lacywest]

John "FulciLives" Coleman ... Says

Just a quick note ... according to statistical mathmatics you are just wasting time on CCE when you do more than a 5 pass. Yes there are differences past the 5th pass but nothing you would ever notice with the naked eye.

Save yourself some time and stop at 5 passes. This is not subjective. This is mathmatics.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman


LacyWest ... says ...

thank you ... I shall keep this in mind ... 5 Passes huh ?? ... definitely will speed up things ... I usually do my processing at night while sleepiing