DVD Shrink is a program which allows you to create backups of your favorite DVD movies in full size or compressed. The compression option can be set to automatic , custom (up to 50%), or still image/picture. The program will perform a disk analysis containing the decryption status, rate, frames/second. Then, backups can be stored on your hard drive.
You can also backup DVD and disk images (ISO, NRG, IMG, MDS format) to disk, as the program may use any burning software you have already installed. Before creating your backup, you can choose a DVD region code or you can select "Region Free" in order to make a disk which will play in all regions. The quality settings allow you to choose to perform a deep analysis for quality improvement or compress video with high quality and adaptive error compression. The backup process can be set to run in low priority mode and you can set the program to close your computer when done. You can also choose to re-author DVDs. 'VOB' files can be split into 1 GB chunks.
Pluses: The program went easy on the system resources, it used only a small amount of physical memory, but the CPU worked at 100% capacity. Still, I was able to run normally other programs such as media players, web browsers, office tools, firewalls without slowing down the operating speed.
>Drawbacks / flaws:
In conclusion: A very good, compact, nicely designed and easy to use program. The output files showed good quality in conditions of a quick backup process.
version reviewed: 3.2.0.15
by Soft32 Editors on 07/07/2008: "DVD Shrink is a software to backup DVD disks."
DVD Shrink Publisher's Description
DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD disks. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disk.
DVD Shrink does not burn DVDs! The output from DVD Shrink is saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn to a DVD-R using separate burning software, such as the software provided with your DVD-R drive.
Why Use DVD Shrink : Most DVD titles are designed to prevent you from making copies.
The first preventative measure is encryption. Most DVD titles are encrypted, which prevents you from either copying them to your hard drive, or if you manage to do so, being able to play the resulting files. DVD Shrink overcomes this problem with built-in decryption algorithms.
The next problem is not so easy. Most DVD video titles are simply too large to fit, without modification, onto a single recordable DVD-R disk. DVD Shrink overcomes this problem by modifying or "shrinking" the data from your original DVD.
DVD Shrink provides two ways of shrinking your DVD disk. These are re-authoring and re-encoding. You can use one, or the other, or for maximum "shrinkage", both combined.
Last but not least, why use DVD Shrink? Because DVD Shrink is FREE!
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Freeware not for sale Why when I try to download, the link takes me to a paid site. DVD Shrink is free, why am I asked to pay then? Is not that site doing something illegal by asking a profit from a free software that does not belong to the site? I feel cheated by this link. The rate of the software is not indicative of its quality, I just had to rate it in order to post this. But I cannot know if the sofwtare is good or not if some one else is trying to profit from a free software. Does anyone know where I can have the real link?
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