"DVD Shrink" Question

[lugesm]

I decided to try "DVD Shrink" and found that it successfully read and compressed a 6.4GB movie to a set of 9 files with a total of 4.22GB so that it will fit on one disc.

Question: My DVD burn program, Veritas, which came with my Sony DRU-500ax will only allow me to create a "Data DVD" while the "DVD Shrink" instrctions advise one to burn only a "Video DVD." Can someone please point me to a program which will do that? Would prefer to try a shareware/freeware version first to see if this all works with my system.

Thanks,
LGS

[gh0sth@cker]

Nero, CopytoDVD, Stomp Recordnow Max

They probably all offer trial versions.
I use CopytoDVD (all you have to do is drag and drop the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders into it and it basically takes it from there)

[lugesm]

gh0sth@cker -

This afternoon I used the following:

DVDShrink 1.03
CopyToDVD 2.0

Applied DVDShrink to LEGENDS OF THE FALL, movie only, which compressed the movie portion from 5.78GB to 4.22GB in 9 files.
The program suggesed this was 38% compression, but by my calculation this is a 27% compression of the original 5.78GB.

Then I launched CopyToDVD, dragged all the 9 files to the program window, and the system automatically burned a single Ritek DVD with the compressed movie.

I played it back on a Sony 715 DVD player, and it worked quite well. The video quality was not full DVD quality, but it was much, much better than SVHS tape and probably close to the quality of received signal from DirecTV. Comparisons here get pretty mushy, but it was more than "good enough."

The CopyToDVD program was downloaded from the Internet, and there was no mention of a "trial" period, nor was there a mention of a limited number of uses before it expired. My guess is that there is some limit, at which time I have to pay the piper.

Thanks for your advice.

LGS

[gh0sth@cker]

Good feedback for other users.