Issues getting DVD Shrink to work under Win7-64bit

[Djinn987]

Yes, I'm aware that DVD-Shrink is long-since abandoned, and not useful for removing any modern DVD protection schemes. But I would still like to use it to compress unprotected data that I've managed to rip via other means.

Why? Because DVD-Shrink gives me precise control over what gets compressed/ignored, and what doesn't. I can copy a whole DVD, uncompressed to my hard drive, and then use DVD-Shrink to "nullify" the bloody previews, increase the compression on the extras, and decrease the compression on the main movie.

However, since I got my new system (i7-920, Win7 64-bit), DVD-Shrink won't run at all. And I mean that literally... no interface, no error messages. I double-click the icon, I see the Win7 "loading wheel" icon for a moment, and that's it. It's gone. I've played around with compatibility settings with no success.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? And more to the point, resolved it? Thanks much.

[Baldrick]

It runs fine on my similar system, i7 and win7 64bit english. No compatibility settings.

Where did you download it? I used http://download3.videohelp.com/dvdshrink32setup.zip

[Djinn987]

I uninstalled and re-installed using the source you provided, and it had no effect on the problem. The Windows 7 Event Viewer shows the crash, but I'm not convinced that the information is useful:

Faulting application name: DVD Shrink 3.2.exe, version: 3.2.0.15, time stamp: 0x4103f8b5
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00723b18
Faulting process id: 0x1418
Faulting application start time: 0x01cace883b77e72f
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 792c7116-3a7b-11df-9301-0025648ceeba

[Baldrick]

Running it as administrator? Right click and run as administrator.

[Djinn987]

Running it as administrator? Right click and run as administrator.

Yes... When I experimented with various compatibility modes, I checked the "Run as Administrator" box.

[MisterXindeed]

Try installing Windows XP Compatability mode.
Details and software are here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

[MisterXindeed]

I found that if I copy the entire DVD to my HD (I use AnyDVD) then use the the ripped DVD as the source in DVDShrink it works fine.

[sheltot]

I'm having the same problem. However, if install it and run it from the installer - it's okay. If I exit and try to run it again from the Start menu, it crashes. Here's what it's showing:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DVD Shrink 3.2.exe
Application Version: 3.2.0.15
Application Timestamp: 4103f8b5
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I've tried all sorts of compatibility settings. I have successfully run it within a VirtualBox virtual machine running XP SP2.

[handyguy]

Thing is there are several dozen versions of DVDS. Why not compare what versions that you are using?

[jsains]

I have tryed all including the Windows downloads ( Windows XP Mode for Win7) and Vertual machine Still Shrink wont open
It seens to install OK just wont load even from the original file. I instaled it about 3 months ago worked fine tell a week ago
Decripter works fine. What gives? seems to be as a result of a Win7 update. Anyone find a solution I would like to know what it is.

[Hoser Rob]

It worked fine until a week ago? Do you remember any changes you made to your system then other than a windows update?

You could always try a system restore to the previous update.

I've used dvdshrink under windows 7 many times ... in fact I only used dvdfab hd decrypter as a front end for it if I wanted to encode to dvd ... and never had any problems whatsoever.

[nic2k4]

I used Shrink and Nero Recode, both never had issues starting, but if I had preview enabled while loading/shrinking the DVD files the PC would freeze. Sometimes, it would still freeze while rendering the compressed files, but most times it worked. Just a note, I run Shrink with no compatibility or administrative changes (my user has admin privileges) and I use Nero 10.

I've had lots of problems with Windows 7 doing anything with video files. It was worse after I installed a CODEC pack; I couldn't play any video files without the PC freezing. I ran Microsoft Fix-it and it disabled all the CODECs and re-initialized Media Center/Player. Things improved I was able to play video files, but the PC would still freeze after a while (just took longer).

I figured it was a display driver issue, the card I was using was only DirectX 9 (ATI, but I can't say if that would also apply to Nvidia or Intel DX9 card, though I wouldn't be surprised). I replaced the card with an ATI HD4650 DX10 and everything is working fine.