Compress VIDEO_TS

[jarod1005]

Does anyone know of free software that will compress a VIDEO_TS file? I do not want to convert the file to mp4, etc. I want it to remain a VIDEO_TS.

Thanks.

[DB83]

DVDShrink can/could do that with ease.

[Cornucopia]

Yes, but...

It works by smartly recompressing the whole DVD image, asset by asset, using dct-domain requantization. Any one particular asset may or may not be shrinkable to your target size (certainly not without some quality loss).
Also, since it works on ALL the VOB elements of the DVD, it also REQUIRES those elements to be present in their original structure. Am pretty sure it doesn't work on individual lone VOBs. And, btw, there is no VIDEO_TS filetype, there is just the VIDEO_TS folder and VIDEO_TS.VOB, .IFO, & .BUP files, and similar VTS_#_# files.
And note: all the ifo & bup files are small, deal only with navigation/commands, and are not recompressable/shrinkable.
And the VIDEO_TS.VOB file is only the root menu, so is smallish, and bearly shrinkable.


Scott

[pandy]

This is very wide question - depends on your source, sometimes removing PID 0x1FFF may reduce significantly size of your stream.

[jarod1005]

DVS Shrink does not complete the compression. It tells me that it has encountered a problem. Yes, and I meant VIDEO_TS folder not “file.”

[DB83]

IIRC DVDShrink will only compress up to a point. That is to say it restricts itself to a 'playable' size. And that is going to depend on your source.

I assume you already have the folder on your HDD since IIRC it can not work direct from disk. (Been a long time since I used it)

[Cornucopia]

What does it say the problem was?


Scott

[jarod1005]

It says that DVD Shrink has encountered a problem. It does not specify what the problem is.

[davexnet]

It says that DVD Shrink has encountered a problem. It does not specify what the problem is.

Is it a commercial disk?
Are you reading it directly or from a ripped copy?