DVD Shrink

MBobo

Just was wondering.

Been using shrink for bout a year now never messed about wiht the setting son it (dont know wot most do tbh). But wot happens is that on some backups playing in my dvd (have played them in others as well just to check) in my player it sometimes jidders or stops then the movie will restart but not at the place where it stopped but say if it was paused for 10 secs it will start 10 secs later in the movie from the pause, I hope i explaind this good enough.

Anyhow looking through the backup options there a check box (unchecked) "Compress video with high quality adaptive error compensation", Now in this you get various options bascally sharp or smooth. My Question is if i choose smooth does this attempt to make the dvd play smoother or make the actual fotage smoother outlines.

highdef

AFAIK, it makes the video play smoother, to look at that is. Great program though

Rodge

My shrink backups had the jitters for a while until I stopped using cheap DVD's and started using Verbatim DataLife Plus DVD's instead.

Another trick that works for me is when the jitters start, eject the disc, turn off your DVD player. Turn it back on and reinsert the disc, skip straight to the section that had the jitters and it should be fine.

AFAIK the reason for this happening is when you compress the DVD using shrink the index can become a little messed up when burned to lower quality media.

MBobo

Rodge wrote:

Another trick that works for me is when the jitters start, eject the disc, turn off your DVD player. Turn it back on and reinsert the disc, skip straight to the section that had the jitters and it should be fine.

AFAIK the reason for this happening is when you compress the DVD using shrink the index can become a little messed up when burned to lower quality media.

Removing the dvd and reinserting it also works for me its just a pain in the ass.

I use good Ritec g.04 die discs these are good but i will try the smooth option and see the results i will let you know.

Tony H

as rodge said , use the best media and the best media is verbatim and taiyo yuden . and of course a good burner helps as well (NEC , BENQ ,PIONEER )

vibe666

also try burning the discs at a lower speed. you'll get a more accurately burned disc that is easier for your dvd player to read.

Gilgamesh

personally use TDKs, cheaper and just as good as Verbatim.
what helps sometimes is using the Deep Scan option in Shrink improves the pic quality too

Snake Plisken

Depends on your DVD player as well some are more sensitve on the media your using, also any dust finger prints will cause the movie to jump all over the place, I've switched over to using the latest Nero Re-code and as it was developed by the Shrink folks its very easy to use.

Snake