Does DVDshrink still hold out....

.....when compaired to Nero re-encode 2.272. I was just wondering. I'm new to this DVD9 to DVD5 thing. I've been transfering to Divx/Xvid for years but I've only just started the DVD backup bit 'till now. Last time I tried to shrink a DVD was years ago and I was dissapointed with the results. Its not until I recently made a CCE encoded DVD from a Divx source and tried out Nero re-encode that I realized things had improved somewhat. From reading other posts these 2 transncoders seem to be the pick of the bunch, although i noticed DVDshrink is a bit old now. Any comments would be welcome.

Similar output, similar roots ;>}

DVDshrink is relatively new. My first dvd player was bought in 1997 over 9 years ago and remember seeing them in 1995 in Japan. So yes DVDs are an old technology.

I like DVD Shrink, but suddenly ran into a problem with the burning after the encoding. It encodes and then doesn't finsh backup with the movie. The dvd is blank, maybe I should change to another program.

Hi! DVD Shrink itself does NOT do any burning - When setup for automatic burning, you are actually using it to CALL either NERO, DVD Decrypter, or IMGBurn to do the burning. So, if you're having a problem with the burning aspect of your backing up process, it's not the fault of DVD Shrink...

Shrink can also autoburn with CopytoDVD if you want to try something different.

Search the forums booji and you will find some tests that show DVD Shrink to be a very good product. Ner0 Recode does seem to be faster though. Regards

for video quality, DvdShrink,when using deep analysis,cant be beat by any other one click backup program. it is probably only equaled by recode,I dont see any difference.

It's single pass encoding is not the best though. Easily beaten on that score.

No need for one program. If you use several you can use what suits you best. Rip with AnyDVD or similar and then shrink to your liking.