Imaging DVD to Hard Disk (1 Viewer)

[yogiman_uk]

Yes DVDshrink does keep it in original fully quality format. I personally remove all the menus and extras like additional languages and documentaries because they take up too much space and don't get watched that often. But you could extract them if you wanted as separate films.

Cheers

Yogiman!

 

[sxt173]

Hi Guys,

Is a .iso image in actual DVD quality compared to using something like DVDFab? The reason I am asking is that DVDFab actually decrypts and converts to .vob files.

For the sake of quality and if space were not an issue (have 1TB ), I should use images, no? And you guys said best tool is DVDDecrypter?

 

[yogiman_uk]

Thanks for the responses everyone.
Does DVDShrink keep the movie in the original format (VOB?) from the disc?

Yep. But know that DVDShrink is trying to get your dual layer DVD's under 4.2 gigs. So there might be some compression.

Klept

No there is no compression done using DVDShrink. The program does not compress anything at all. Files are kept in the original .VOB format. All DVDShink does is remove the menus and the extras from the extracted data, thus it fits on a smaller disc or takes less space on your hard disk. It also has the feature to remove aditional audio and subtitle data.

Yogiman!

 

[yogiman_uk]

Hi Guys,

Is a .iso image in actual DVD quality compared to using something like DVDFab? The reason I am asking is that DVDFab actually decrypts and converts to .vob files.

For the sake of quality and if space were not an issue (have 1TB ), I should use images, no? And you guys said best tool is DVDDecrypter?

Hi

An ISO is an exact bit copy of a disc, so therefore yes it should be exactly the same as the original disk.

Buy the way, I have 1.4 TB's of space and I have used all of it. So if you have a lot of movies it doesn't last as long as you think.

Cheers

Yogiman!

 

[Klept]

Thanks for the responses everyone.
Does DVDShrink keep the movie in the original format (VOB?) from the disc?

Yep. But know that DVDShrink is trying to get your dual layer DVD's under 4.2 gigs. So there might be some compression.

Klept

No there is no compression done using DVDShrink. The program does not compress anything at all. Files are kept in the original .VOB format. All DVDShink does is remove the menus and the extras from the extracted data, thus it fits on a smaller disc or takes less space on your hard disk. It also has the feature to remove aditional audio and subtitle data.

Yogiman!

hmm.. Weird that the name,DvdSHRINK inplies that. Lets not morph things though. You CAN have it compress, or you can do FULL backup. By Default if you feed DVDShrink a Dual layer 8gig DVD, it will set compression to "Automatic". The purpose of DVD shrink in my experience is so I can take a DUAL-LAYER Dvd, 8+Gigs and make it fit on a 4.2 gig dvd. It does not do this simply by removing menus etc. Most new action movies etc are dual layer. 8 Gigs. If you use DVD shink on a DVD like this, and use the default "Automatic" for DVD copression, it will make that 8gig "Main Movie" 4.somthing gigs. Yes you will see some Pixelation in dark scenes on the movie if it was originally an 8 gig title.

OP, As it relates to you, I would suggest a FULL rip of the movie to the HDD. That way if you decide to burn them off, you have eveything DVDShrink needs to make a DVD Disc for you. (You can do this w/o a full movie rip, but for ease-of-use, I just suggest a full rip.)

Also - if you get a Dual Layer DVD burner in the future, you'll be set to burn the larger 8gig movies w/o any compression loss.

 

[yogiman_uk]

Klept

As I said it removes extras (like the documentary footage, interviews, menus, audio streams) etc. that actually does reduce the final size to below 4.3 gig in most cases unless it's a very long film.

However I don't know what version of DVD shrink you use, but the version I am using I can find no reference to "Automatic Compression". I can find a reference to compression quality?

Never the less I have done a couple of tests to see the difference in size between the original movie file and the same file after dvdshrink has supposidly shrunk it and there is no difference in the file size. So thats kinda strange.. I really would like to know however what it's doing? other than what I have stated.

However I will take your word for it. I would say this, I have noticed no reduction in video or audio quality on any dark screen area's.

Cheers


Yogiman!

 

[Klept]

Klept

As I said it removes extras (like the documentary footage, interviews, menus, audio streams) etc. that actually does reduce the final size to below 4.3 gig in most cases unless it's a very long film.

However I don't know what version of DVD shrink you use, but the version I am using I can find no reference to "Automatic Compression".

However I will take your word for it. I would say this, I have noticed no reduction in video or audio quality on any dark screen area's.

Cheers


Yogiman!

Heres a screeny of the area i'm talking about.

True Some extras are very big. Seems to me, most movies I do are ~8gigs. You may have not noticed reduction in video quality because you haven't HAD to use compression. On average hardware a DVD rip that is NOT being compressed will take about 4-7mins. If it is compressing, it will take 15-25mins.

As I implied earlier, We are both correct in our statments. It's just a matter of the original DVD size. We just rip different movies.

 

[yogiman_uk]

klept...

I am not attempting to win an argument with you.. So I won't continue to post at this point. Thanks for your opinion though!

Cheers

Yogiman!

Addition added: By the way I must be going blind, never did notice that compression bar!

 

[Klept]

klept...

I am not attempting to win an argument with you.. So I won't continue to post at this point. Thanks for your opinion though!

Cheers

Yogiman!

Addition added: By the way I must be going blind, never did notice that compression bar!

Ah man.. I'm sorry - Didn't mean to come across like that. I don't want an argument. I guess it's my personality. :sorry: Some times things come across differently online.

Cheers to you..

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Yes, i believe compression is neccessary when you get 200 - 300 DVD's

I use DVDshrink or decrypter (prefer first) and the encode to mp4 with Nero at file size 1.4gb.

tried both xvid and divx and on a large screen with action, neither were as good.