how do i compress a DVD to fit?

roger 2006 yeah

i'm trying make a copy of a dvd which is 6+ gig in size to a 4.7gig DVD-r how can i do this, i have heard nero is good? can i use that?

thanks

Laguna

There's a program that does exactly what you want and it's called DVDShrink, google for it and you'll find a download for it.

roger 2006 yeah

thanks Laguna, found a copy having a go of it now, thanks

roger 2006 yeah

thanks Laguna, i got the DVD done and made a copy of it and it works grand on the DVD player in the front room.

1 question, should it take 2 hours+ to shrink it down?

MarkR

Depends on the options you choose. You don't need to do it in low priority mode, and no need to perform in depth analysis (can't remember exact setting name). Mine takes about 30 min.

roger 2006 yeah

thanks Mark i'll mess around with it a bit more.

Laguna

roger 2006 yeah wrote:

thanks Laguna, i got the DVD done and made a copy of it and it works grand on the DVD player in the front room.

1 question, should it take 2 hours+ to shrink it down?

It depends on the kind of processor you have really as what the program is basically doing is re encoding the video files of the film to slightly lesser quality as to enable them to fit on a smaller storage space (a 4.7gb DVD). You can speed it up slightly as MarkR said, by changing some of the options available to you.

thesteve

Plus if you're using Shrink to rip the DVD aswell onto the HD before re-encoding it, this will add more time. It's a necessary step but usually I'd use DVD Decrypter to rip it and Shrink to re-encode it....