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After using this application for a number of backups for my DVDs, I'm pretty darn satisfied that the quality is fine for this purpose. Most of the DVDs in the under 2 hour range seem to fit with almost no compression; those that do require compression (68% is the lowest setting I've had to use so far) seem to suffer very little. I've read that a good part of the "bulk" is "throw-away" stuff that you don't see anyway. (Of course, your mileage may vary.)
The operation is straightforward but, if you're looking to combine multiple movies you've ripped to your HD and want to play with varying compression settings, there are guides here that are more than adequate for this purpose.
One "problem" I've encountered is that Nero can't seem to burn a usable DVD from either the VIDEO_TS folder (with or without the empty AUDIO_TS folder present) or from a Nero image file (that DVD Shrink will build for you). It's probably my system that's pooched because others here do seem to burn with Nero. I just move the folder over the network to my Mac and burn the VIDEO_TS folder with Toast and get perfect DVDs.
Time to PayPal some $$ to the author. Bye. |
