Comments on: How to use DVDShrink… The right way! https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Hartsock https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-37399 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:46:11 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-37399 In reply to Aaran.

Aaran,
There are tons of software to accomplish this, but my favorite is DVDFab. Simple to use and effective. http://www.dvdfab.cn/

]]> By: Aaran https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-37395 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:22:20 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-37395 Hi Dave,

Just wondering if there’s any software that, like the people above have suggested, can convert the original movie file (plus the subtitle track) to a single AVI file (or XVID/DIVX/MP4) etc without so I can keep the DVD at a high quality (but remove the ‘bumf’ – The intro and trailers etc!)

Thanks for the great guides!

Aaran

]]> By: Jim https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-32592 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:59:22 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-32592 In reply to Esha.

If you are playing the files back on your computer, some players like VLC display the title for a few seconds at the beginning of playback. This can be turned off in the player’s preferences.

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-17923 Tue, 27 May 2014 11:02:22 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-17923 In reply to Esha.

I’m not sure what’s going on Esha. DVDShrink does not write anything extra to the files, it only copies what’s already there.

It sounds like some kind of menu has been added, perhaps by the authoring software that was originally used to burn the home video to DVD.

When the DVD loads into DVDShrink, is there any mention of a menu in the right hand pane?

]]> By: Esha https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-17913 Tue, 27 May 2014 07:57:54 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-17913 Great Guide! Thank you!. I have a question I was not able to find any answers online. I did a backup of a home video dvd and worked great. The problem, is that the output files VTS_01_1.VOB when I play them back, the file name “VTS_01_1.VOB” appears as a text overlay at the beginning of the video and I don’t want that. I looked at the “preferences” but did not find any reference to why this text overlay is added and how to turn it Off! Can you please help with some instructions. Is it a setup that I have to change or is there no way to remove the overlay file name from the output video?

Thank you
Esha

]]> By: Dave https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-17777 Sun, 25 May 2014 10:18:51 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-17777 Hi
I have been using Dvd Shrink for years, my only problem is if I use Re-author to remove adverts in a film I have recorded, in playback on a dvd player it freeze frames at that point.
And more recently I had a problem where it cut off the end of the films, not putting all chapters to disc even though there was plenty of disc space. (In the temporary files on hard drive whole film was there ?)
Note this only happens when using a laptop PC. Any idea’s

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-15802 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:51:54 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-15802 In reply to Rich.

Rich,

If you have two ROM (optical) drives it is relatively simple. Load the first DVD into the first drive, re-author and select the main movie only. Then load the second DVD into the second drive and repeat the same procedure. *Do NOT remove the first DVD from the first drive.

If you have only one optical drive; load the first DVD, re-author so the main movie only is selected and then save (backup) the files to a Video_TS folder. Next, load the second DVD, re-author and select the main movie. Leave the DVD in the drive and use DVD Shrink’s “Open Files” menu to browse to the saved folder and load that.

HTH,
Cheers… Jim

]]> By: Rich https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-15721 Thu, 01 May 2014 18:25:28 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-15721 Jim,

How can I use DVD Shrink on a movie that is spread over 2 DVD’s (ie Titanic) to combine the entire movie on those 2 DVD’s into one file?

]]> By: Shagui https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-15400 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:16:25 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-15400 How do i do to put subtitles on the movies?

]]> By: Jon Hamilton https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-15282 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:32:52 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-15282 Hey Jim, I have nero 2014 ( installed first) and DVD shrink is not recognizing it also DVD shrink is converting the files to iso files all I want to do is copy to external hard drive to store them and watch on the road ect .

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-13176 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:56:48 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-13176 In reply to Hannah.

Hannah, the output is supposed to be broken into a number of VOB files, that’s quite normal. Suggest you read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB

Hope that helps,
Cheers… Jim

]]> By: Hannah https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-13171 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:55:29 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-13171 Hi
Wondering if you can help me! When using Dvd shrink the files are saving on my hard drive as several different segments instead of one whole movie even though it’s showing as one large file before the shrink begins

Any ideas?

]]> By: Garth https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-13170 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:43:50 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-13170 In reply to dv.

To cut audio using DVDShrink, use the beginning and ending frame editing feature to select the part of the video that you want to silence, click on OK, then click on the tab called “Compression Settings” and you will see all the audio streams. Uncheck all of the audio streams. Then go back into the beginning and ending frame editing feature and move the start slider bar back to the beginning of the movie and the end slider bar to the end of the movie. Then click on OK. Proceed with authoring your ISO or VOB files. When you play the newly authored video file, you will notice that the movie will be missing audio in only that 1 spot. Please note that you can create as many of these audio cuts as you want as little as 1 second each cut. One other note, when playing the authored video, there is a slight A/V re-synch that takes place when the audio come back on. The video speeds up a little but it’s not too noticeable. Good Luck

]]> By: RAllen https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12893 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:49:08 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12893 In reply to Jim Hillier.

Jim, I wanted to thank you for providing me info on where to get the DVD Shrink freeware that I needed.

]]> By: brett https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12610 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:07:11 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12610 AHHHH. Right!! I will try that at some stage.

Many thanks mate!!

brett.

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12607 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:51:13 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12607 In reply to brett.

If I remember rightly Brett this has something to do with the order in which Nero and DVDShrink are installed… it has to be Nero first and then DVDShrink after. Apparently, DVDShrink identifies Nero during the install process. So, if you’ve installed the other way round, DVDShrink first followed by Nero, you’ll need to uninstall DVDShrink and then re-install it… that should fix it.

Cheers… Jim

]]> By: brett https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12606 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:14:42 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12606 Hi Jim thanks for your reply. I checked my enable setting and its actually checked so I will test this again soon but think maybe it still might not work. I will get back to you.

Thanks brett.

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12597 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:41:16 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12597 Brett, try this:

*Open DVDShrink and click on Edit (in the top menu between File and View) and then click on Preferences.
*Now click on File I/O to open that tab.
*You should now see an option to Enable burning with Nero… make sure that option is enabled (ticked).

That should do it for you,
Cheers… Jim

]]> By: brett https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12596 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:17:37 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12596 Ok I managed to burn the dvd with dvd decrypter but id like to know why nero wont sink? Any ideas?

Thanks brett.

]]> By: brett https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-use-dvdshrink-the-right-way/#comment-12595 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:38:30 +0000 http://The%20terrific%20DVD%20ripper/backup%20freeware%20DVDShrink%20has%20been%20around%20for%20ages.%20I've%20been%20using%20it%20now%20through%204%20versions%20of%20Windows%20and%20it%20has%20worked%20flawlessly%20on%20all%20operating%20systems%20right%20through%20to%20and%20including%20Windows%207.%20That%20alone,%20considering%20it%20has#comment-12595 Hi Jim I have nero but it wont auto sink with dvd shrink but I do have dvd decryptor but I am having problems burning discs. I have just done a disc and will check this. Why doesn’t nero work for me?

Thanks brett

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