Greetings;

    DVD Decrypter takes a copy protected movie and places it on your hard
drive with all protection stripped. DVD Shrink will take the movie and
reduce its overall size to allow it to fit onto one 4.7 Gig (if you wish)
DVD. DVD Shrink gives you various options as to video quality, etc. DVD
Shrink, once it is finished reauthoring the movie, will then start another
program to burn the DVD. DVD Decrypter and Nero are the two built-in
choices.

    The big deal with DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink is that they are free and
updated as the authors see fit. There are numerous programs with various
costs that will do the same job, usually with a far simpler interface and a
one-step process for the user.

    As for quality problems, DVD media is definitely not all equal and you
most often get what you pay for. Slowing down the burn speed is often enough
to allow poorer or slower media to work, but not always. However, I bought
some old 1X Sony discs on a Walmart clearance table and have been pleasantly
surprised at how well they work. I've bought other brands and have been
disappointed.

    The quality of the burned disc can be related to almost everything in
the process of copying, other than the original disc itself (assuming it was
an original in good shape, etc.)

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] decrpyter/skrink


> Some times i use decrypter and then go to shrink and then back to
> decrypter
> in order to  backup a dvd that i just purchased and other times i use
> skrink
> first then decrypter.
>       Is one way better than another, would i see a difference when i
> played
> that backup copy, would i have less skipping, freezes one way over the
> other
> etc ?
>       Lastly the dvds i use at rated at 8 x, would it be better to burn at
> 6x or  4x to get a smoother playing dvd or what?   Or is the only problem
> bad
> DVDs and other help sites claim and pot luck, seeing how dvds movies are
> all
> made differently ?
>       Any ideas ?   thanks
>
>       [log in to unmask] (Robert Jones)
>
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