Topic: ok you tech wizards, step inside :)

[caymanreview]

have nero, and dvd shrink, but how do i use dvd shrink properly? i already made a copy to the HD and i made a copy to an ISO image, now what?

you dont necessarily have to make an .iso either. this is exactly what i do

insert dvd

click open disc, select the disc from the menu it gives you

hit the re-author button at the top

drag whatever is in the section "main movie" onto the left hand margin

hit the backup button

i used to used the option to place hard disc folder as the "select backup target" menu. i now just use .iso's. but with the hard disc folder option you can click the box and make the dvd extract to audio & video_ts folders .

make sure it is set to region free setting on the 2nd tab

backup quality settings tab. check the deep analasis box, and i use the maximum sharpness option on the bottom drop down menu (these 2 options have worked best for me)

alot of the dvd's i rip are dual layer, so re-authoring the movie to only have the main movie strips all previews and bullshit before the movie, and all extras after the movie (you could actually pick and choose if you wanted particular things in the re-author tab), and the end result makes the movie less compressed to fit on a regular dvd

i have done some that i copied the entire dual layer disc and compressed to 4.7gb, and they seem to look ok, but i can tell the difference beetween them, and one i re-author and compress significantly less

i had been having problems ripping a few movies with dvd_shrink, they happened to ALL be movies with Angelina Jolie in them, and i got dvd decrypter to rip those

sorry for the rant, hope this helps ya Beaner

[F.O.Bean]

thanks dustin, i got it working, i just put disc into dvd-rom, hit open disc, then it encodes, and burns to nero automatically

but for some reason i cant check the deep analysis button or the sharpness button for some strange reason