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I'll echo that the ripping time is probably about right for your system, which is a little behind the times. My slowest system is a 1.8ghz Celeron w/ 256meg Ram. Normally @ 15 - 20 minutes to decrypt a typical movie CD. Normally about 15 minutes to encode a main movie with Shrink.
Encoding takes a lot of power. If Shrink locked up, did it give you an error code? If not, something was interfering with the process. Make sure that all other programs are turned off, especially other ripping/burning programs. Don't multitask, like surfing the net, while the process is occuring (go have a sandwich).
As to "eliminating uneccesary files", actually what you do is select the ones you want. When Shrink finishes analyzing, hit the Reauthor button. The various files will be on the right. If all you want is the main movie, click and drag it over the left side, then hit Back-up. Shrink will do it's thing.
If you're not sure which of the extras you want, just highlight one then move your mouse over to the black screen on the lower left side and hit the play button ">". It will play the highlighted selection for you. You can do that with all the titles. The ones you want to keep, just drag over to the left side and Back-up. I never back up the extras - they just take up space and force the main movie to be compressed to a point where it affects playback on a single layer blank disc. Besides, if I ever really want to see the extras, I just play the orignal DVD.
I've never used ICOPY, but it advertises as making a complete backup. Must use a tremendous amount of compression. I wonder how well the copy plays?
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