AnyDvD can tell you if you have a single layer or dual layer Disc and much more.
Start AnyDvD Right click fox head in lower left on tool bar.
Left click settings.
Left side) Left click on program settings.
Right side) Left click on box in front of (show information window for new media)
You will have a check mark in the box.
Left side) Left click on STATUS at top.
Click OK.
Now when AnyDvD scans a Disc, when it`s done, a window will pop up.
Will have info on the Disc. Single layer, Dual layer and all the junk AnyDvD has fixed.
When done reading about all the BULL, click OK, window will close.
Originally posted by summitboy: I have been backing up DVDs since 1999 mostly with DVDshrink and then the addition of ANYDVD. very few problems ensued however, now that I have a windows 7 32 bit computer, I am starting to experience problems. True Grit and Just Go with IT, will not back up using Shrink and the the most recent update of ANYDVD. I get an error message that it can't read the disc. I have successfully backed up quite a few of my collection of titles prior to 2011 with this machine configuration so this leads me to believe that there is more sophisticated encryption that is not being broken by the configuration of Shrink/ANYDVD. I am not a techno-wiz so do not know how to do these procedures manually. Do I have any options that work as easily as Shrink/ANYDVD?
Why doesn't anyone answer his question?
I have noticed the same thing on quite a few new releases. What I have had to do is simply restart my PC before I start the process. I put in the new release, let AnyDVD read it and then use my favorite software (Clone or Shrink in my case).
I just saw this post. Don't know if you're still looking for the answer to this or not?? In my years of using DVD Shrink both 3.2 and now the DVD Shrink 2011, it has always been my experience that there are some titles that Shrink just won't read. It IS the encryption on the dvd itself. I backup up my entire 1000+ DVD collection over the course of about a year and a half. I was NEVER able to copy Disney movies and there are a few of the newer titles (and becoming more all time) that DVD Shrink will NOT read. Just a fact of life. I wish I had better news that that, friend.
There is other software out there. For example, I recently purchased a copy of WinX DVD Ripper. I purchased the combo pack (download) which also included WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe for blu-rays. I still like DVD Shrink tho!
Again, I just saw this thread and didn't know if you still were looking for an answer!
Lab1965, The original post was not about Shrink which has not been updated since 2004. There is no Shrink 2011. What my concern was is that I have purchased and use ANYDVD and was running it in the background and that scenario has not worked on several occasions lately. However once a couple of folks pointed out that ANYDVD will rip the movie on it's own, I have tried that and it works wonderfully. Then I just use Shrink to make the file small enough for a single DVD.
