Apps - Windows - DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15.rar.torrent

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DVD Shrink is a freeware DVD transcoder focused on ease of use. The application is contained within
a single executable file that is a mere 1 megabyte in size. The program features a decryption
algorithm and a VBR encoder, and the user is also able to choose how the compression is to be
distributed across the DVD. DVD Shrink can automatically re-compress video, to as little as 39  of
its original size, depending on the aspect ratio of the original DVD  with a corresponding loss in
quality  to allow it to fit on a standard DVD    R W , a Dual-Layer DVD R, or any user-defined
custom size. When  Deep Analysis  and  Adaptive Error Compensation  options are selected, the
quality of the resulting DVD is increased. These options are time-consuming because DVD Shrink runs
through the DVD once doing the analysis, and then again doing the encoding. During the encoding it
decodes, decompresses, re-compresses and recodes the video.
DVD Shrink operates in two main modes,  Reauthor  and  Full Disk .
In  Reauthor  mode, the interface allows the user to choose specifically which DVD elements  Main
Title, audio tracks and subtitles, and Special Features  to retain on the  shrunken  DVD; Menus are
not selectable. The compression is Automatic if the Main Title only is selected, to fit it onto the
selected size of DVD. If Special Features are also selected, their compression may be manually
selected at the minimum possible using the Custom Ratio option, to give disk space to the Main
Title.
In  Full Disk  mode, DVD Shrink allows the user to make a functionally identical backup copy without
changes. Sections of the DVD, such as unwanted messages or logos/titles, can be replaced with still
images, saving disk space for the Main Title. The compression can be Automatic or Manual, which
allows selection of greatest compression for Menus or Special Features, saving disc space for the
Main Title.
In either mode, the program has options to facilitate the stripping of the CSS copy protection, User
operation prohibition  prohibiting skipping over previews or  FBI Warnings  and so on , and also
allows the copy to be either made region-free,  the default setting  or set for any region code.
Extra software  such as AnyDVD, RipIt4me, or DVD Decrypter  may be required to remove more recent
forms of copy protection such as Macrovision Ripguard. DVD Shrink can also shrink hard disk files
already ripped by programs that can overcome more recent copy protection systems, but that do not
offer the 2-layer to 1-layer compression.
Once the DVD has been downsized, the resulting output is an ISO file or a DVD VIDEO TS folder. It
should be noted that the program cannot burn these images itself, as it does not contain a built-in
burning engine[1]. It can however pass the burning job to either Nero  version 7 or lower , ImgBurn 
version 2.3.2.0 or lower , or DVD Decrypter as long as these programs are installed. This process
appears transparent to the end user. Alternatively, the resulting ISO file may be burned with any
software capable of writing ISO files.
Although DVD Shrink gives the user free rein over compression settings for individual tracks on the
DVD, removing content altogether is not allowed as there is a risk of upsetting the DVD s menu
software. Audio tracks and subtitles can, however, be removed. DVD Shrink also gives the alternative
option of transferring selected sections as a series of stills, which acts as a high-compression 
placeholder  for the original.
Recent events  increase in processor speed, lower cost terrabyte disk storage, RAID drive
functionality, etc.  have made it easier to store the ISO files directly to hard drive, in effect
creating large scale DVD media servers. Playback of these ISO files can be done directly on a
network connected computer running a virtual DVD ROM emulator  like Daemon Tools Lite , or even
through open source media systems  like XBMC .
DVD Shrink has other, less controversial uses. In particular, the 8-cm discs produced by the new
DVD-based video camcorders are not fully compatible with all computers and DVD players;  ripping 
them with DVD Shrink  or a similar program  and re-recording them to standard-sized DVDs is a quick
and very effective solution to this problem. It also allows the recorded footage to be used with
drives that do not support 8-cm discs, such as slot-loading drives  often used in Apple Macintosh
computers .