DVD Shrink is a free program with which you can backup your DVDs.
It's simple to use and will compress your backup to the size of a DVD-R or DVD+R. The more you compress the movie the more quality you lose. 100% is the best (usually too big to burn to a home DVD), but anything above 60% is of a reasonable quality.

THIS is an excellent tour of the preferences. It's a good idea to look at this first.


Put your DVD into the drive and open DVD Shrink. Click Full disc, then click Open Disc.



Select your DVD drive and click OK.



DVD Shrink will take a few minutes to analyse the DVD and then will set the DVD at a default compression rate, which, can be adjusted if necessary.

If the line is green it will fit onto a burnable DVD



If it has a red part it won't fit onto a burnable DVD



The outlined box shows the compression rate



Click on Backup and a menu will pop up. Click on *create VIDEO_ts and AUDIO_TS subfolders* and browse for the target folder. If you haven't set one up, just click on new folder and make one.





I generally leave the other tabs at default...but if you want to specify a region, they are as follows:

1 United States of America, Canada
2 Europe, including France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa
3 Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia
4 Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America
5 India, Africa, Russia and former USSR countries
6 Peoples Republic of China
9 Expansion (often used as region free)





press OK and DVD Shrink will start encoding.



The time it takes to encode depends on how fast your pc is and also the other programs you are running.


If you have any problems with copyright, use AnyDVD with DVD Shrink. You can then copy any DVD.

AnyDVD
AnyDVD works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive, allowing you to then backup the movie using a DVD backup tool

DVD Shrink Download

Was planning to rip some DVD's and after seeing the good reviews on quality rips around the place here it's nice to know how to do it so that it'll produce a good result.

Thanks for the handy guide :a013:

Anyone had any problems with the final backup being very jittery? I always seem to get this. DVD burnt on 4x.

I lost signal mid-post and had some stuff to add for beginners to DVDShrink. So here it goes:


Jittery meaning artifacts or mpeg squiggles around anything in focus?

If so check the quality percentage and try to stay above 80%, 85 being more preferable. Use the "Re-Author" function and try to eliminate anything you really don't need.

For Example:

Director's Comments
Languages you never intend on using
Angles
If you don't have DTS, then you really don't need it.
2 Channel Audio, if it offers 5 or 6 use it.


You can also use it to pre-process the video and delete the credits or shorten the beginning. Most movies have extended frames of darkness before the movie begins to roll so that will definitely help. Check your credits before you delete them to make sure you aren't missing more of the movie.

Most importantly, experiment. I can never say this enough.

"You gotta break a few eggs before you can make an omelet."

And have fun!



Hope that helps, keep me uptodate.

oh thanks!! chyeahhhh!!

Hi,
DVD Shrink is good but it will not back up the latest DVD's. I tried to back up the film 'The Divinci Code' with mo success. I think that 'Super Clone DVD' might though.

Cheers

Brian

I didn't have a problem with it. My gripe is leaving the hardsubs and so far the only way is to either get all the subs off the DVD at first or just rip the entire DVD, menus and all.

lol i did use ripit4me up until a week ago when hard drive took a dump---lost that prog and cant find it again---oh well im sure some one will post it


woot nvm think i just found it if i did i will post the link

I used to have this program along time ago, was pritty good :)

Thank You for the guide Helped me greatly

I can't help but feel like I'm missing something here. New to the DV scene, my (somewhat limited) understanding consists of some of the following processes:

1. DVD Decryptor (IFO mode) + AutoGK = xvid avi. files ................OK
2. DVD Shrink = Full rips. BUT, many DVDs (in my experience thus far) will not allow you use this prog as they require DECRYPTION............ alright
3. DVD Fab = full DVD backups OR just main movie files (for later encryption to avi w/ autoGK?)

Questions:

1. If DVD Shrink can not decrypt DVDs then what's the point?
2. Can DVD Decryptor (which I like, so far) backup full DVDs and, if so, how? ISO Mode??
3. Is it possible to use autoGK to encrypt xvids from DVD Fab rips and, if so, how?

Obviously, I'm a little green here. I've been going through the tuts but it seems like I've almost got too many options available to me... and some of them make more sense than others...

Ideally, I'd like to be able to make a FULL BACKUP of ANY DVD and encrypt it to Xvid w/ AutoGK at a later time...

If someone would be so kind as to enlighten me, I'd be in your debt.

For now, I'll just keep reading and clicking.

Thanks in advance (especially to those who write the tuts) for all your help and hard work; it's not un-appreciated.

Your's truly,

FB.

[EDIT]

May have just answered my own question...

In theory....:
DVD Fab>Backup full DVD + AutoGK>load main .ifo file = Xvid avi + Full backup for later copy

Does this sound right?

slowly but surely all the jagged little pieces are coming together.

FB.

cheers m8 Keep Up The Good Work!!!

KEEP SMOKING

i use dvdshrink + slysofts anydvd to by pass the protection. then you can do your thing.

I like to use Dvd43 for taking away the copyright, it's similar to anydvd but it's free here is the link if anyone is interested http://www.dvd43.com/

The region of my dvd player/burner in my computer, has not been set. DVD Shrink wants you to set the region, something I am not fond of. Dvds offered in the store or at rentals, are imported from US, so thats region 1. Then, because my country has strong connections with Europe, there are also region 2 dvds. And region 4 is 100 kms next to us. So it's clear I don't want to set a region.

With many thanks to Disturban, and Mazuki for the download, I tried DVD Fab. And guess what ......? Problem solved. It copies the dvd without any problems to a blank medium.

So that's what I would like to share with you guys, for anybody who has similar problems and can't understand simple tutorials.

Thank you
U R THE BEST
grtz

Nice cool guide, thanks!

set it to region free...like it says in the tutorial




You have to set the regions in DVDFab too and it doesn't have a region free setting. It writes the video file in the region it was ripped from the DVD with.

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I have tried the program dvd shrink and sure it works but its not the best for quality. You may want to try CloneDvd its basically the same program but alot simpler to use.

Want to see the outcome, look at my releases.

Khobie,

You probably didn't set it up correctly, Khobie.

Fae does not need any backup here or anywhere, but hey, she gets mine - DVD Shrink was/is way ahead of its time and a cinch to use, especially with anydvd in the background as stated ^^^. No easier prog to master and a multiplicity of uses. Great quality and still free.

Worked great.
Thanks for the guide.
Quick tip. Make sure the source dvd is clean.
Dvd shrink wouldn't work the first time around. Nor Dvdclone, Nero or a host of others.
Tried one of the new DVD's the kids got yesterday.
After hours of getting nowhere, i checked the disk.
Don't know if it was candy cane or cranberry.
Fmylife.

Thanks I had forgot about this prog.

First of all thanks a lot this has been a wonderful guide. Scondly i wuld like to know how to compress a DVD to 1-2GB???Like all the people in darkside like newartriot upload??

this is exactly what ive been looking for,thanks for the info,

thanks for the info faerie!

I use DVD Decryptor, DVD Decrypter, for removing Copyrite Files, Really Easy to Use... Then to Shrink to .avi/DivX/Xvid, Format, I use AVI.net, AVI.net, Which is also Very Easy, and for the fact that Auto GK, Wigs Out, when in My Computer... Why?? I gunno... I use Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and 4 - AMD Phenom Processors... Maybe it don't like that I am in Canada... But AVI.net works Great, for Me... Those are both free programs, Then I use a Store Bought Nero 8 Ultra Edition, for Burning. I think that My Video's, are pretty good quality, and have had No Complaints, from any Friend's, that I've made movies for!!

Good Luck All!!

Peace! S.T.-Rob

P.S. ... My DVD Decrypter, for the 1st time, did not like one of My DVD's, and Would not decrypt, So I tried DVD Fab 8 (Can't remember where I got it from, but here is a Darkside torrent for a Version), DVD Fab and this did DeCrypt that DVD... Good Luck, in All Your UpLoading Adventures!!

S.T.