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Shrink question for TV series DVDs
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Corribus
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21. August 2006 @ 20:52 |
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This has probably been answered somewhere before, but I was unable to find a specific reference by searching. Apologies in advance.
My question is this:
Say I want to make a backup of my DVDs for a TV series. Each original disk contains three 1-hour episodes. Putting all three episodes of, say, disc 1 onto a single backup requires a lot of compression. 2 episodes on a single backup does not. However, it seems stupid to split up the three episodes onto two backups, with one backup having only a single 1 hour episode.
Now, if I take two original discs, that's 6 total 1 hour episodes. Is it possible to do the following:
backup one: Episodes 1 and 2 from Original Disc 1
backup two: Episode 3 from Original Disc 1 and Episode 4 from Original Disc 2.
backup three: Episodes 5 and 6 from Original Disc 2
Obviously, it's backup two that I'm stumped on. I have plenty of room on my HD to rip multiple DVDs (I only have one drive, though). But DVD Shrink doesn't appear to allow me to open up two different VIDEO_TS folders simultaneously. If there's a simple way to do this, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks in advance!
C.
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21. August 2006 @ 23:15 |
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22. August 2006 @ 05:40 |
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Thank you surfgeo for the link. From reading over the guide quickly, it appears that this method is not compatible with the DVD Decryptor program I usually use for burning, correct?
In any case, I will look into Nero when I get home this evening.
Thanks again,
C.
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22. August 2006 @ 07:44 |
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U can burn it with DVD Decrypter, all u have to do is change the tagert backup, instead of Hard Disk folder,(like it says in the guide) SELECT Create ISO, or create ISO and burn with decrypter
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heres a pic
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22. August 2006 @ 08:21 |
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Wow, thanks. I will try this tonight!
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22. August 2006 @ 08:54 |
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@Corribus
yeah, burning with dvddecrypter should be no problem as per 300bowler's helpful iso-creation-in-shrink post. thanks 300bowler! (by the way, could you tell me what you recommend for an image hosting site for posting images here? thanks.)
i had never done the combination of two different dvds to one using shrink. in looking for an answer to your question i found the guide listed above. it seemed simple and straighforward, so after i posted the link to the guide for you, i went back and tried it out. it's so simple! so we both learned something! you'll just need to make sure you have enough free hard drive space to have at least two of original disks ripped, as well as the new combined disk from shrink. the only other issue i thought of was making sure you select the right episodes for each new disk... usually the are numbered in order. and since menus can't be included in shrink's "re-author" mode, i'm not sure how you would go about putting them back in... though i'm pretty sure you can... don't have time to research that today...
let us know how it works for you.
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22. August 2006 @ 11:07 |
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@Corribus
found another simple guide for you:
http://bbmayo.home.comcast.net/Making%20a%20episode%20DVD%20with%...
this one just includes reminders to look at each title in the compilation under the "compression" mode and remove unwanted audio or subtitles, etc.
also has a reminder that you can navigate the menu-less disk via the "title" button on the dvd remote control...
check it out.
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22. August 2006 @ 11:48 |
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@surfgeo--I'm not 300 bowler but he (and I) uses photobucket.
A little tip, you know how if you right click on a picture you can save it for yourself right? Right click and hit properties instead, you should see the link to the image host. Helpful also when you want to make sure pic sizes conform to the rules.
As far as the original topic, combining 2 discs is easy with shrink, especially with BBmayos guides to go by.
___edit___ had to tell someone I just noticed I was bumped to senior member!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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22. August 2006 @ 11:56 |
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@Deadrum33
thanks for that tip about right clicking "properties" to see the url of the image.
congratulations on becoming a "senior"...
know of any simple guide to adding menus to re-authored shrink compilations? what i've briefly seen through searching looks fairly complex...
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22. August 2006 @ 12:06 |
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Well, what Ive done in the past is use NeroVision Express to manually put my own in. I usually dont care for menus though, I get rid of extra's so it doesnt matter unless its say a concert DVD where the extras are different performances, so on so forth.
point is it can be a pain but it can be done.
If you use photobucket to host pics, make sure you change their capital letter IMG tag to Afterdawns lowercase img tag to host.
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22. August 2006 @ 15:04 |
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It may be more trouble than it's worth trying to split up the TV sets, especially if you lose menu functionality. Most TV DVDs compress to between 60% (Charlies Angels 64%) to 75% (Farscape) with no real distinguishable loss of quailty. Even compression down around 50% (King of the Hill Season 1) turns out pretty good. You'd lose more time breaking it up, rebuilding menus and burning than to just compress the original format. Ultimately it is your choice, but I'm not sure the effort is worth it.
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22. August 2006 @ 18:30 |
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@Pariah
i'm with you on this one. re-authoring and recreating functioning menus sounds like a lot of time and work. i've compressed both movies and tv compilations/series to down around the 60% level, and some into the 50s, and they looked fine to me. i do have only a 27" tv, so if one is planning on watching something on 52" it might look kinda sketchy with that much compression. as long as i can use the remote to access the individual episodes, which is easier/faster saving the original menu by compressing the whole disk, i'm pleased. but i'm not all that particular about picture quality like some videophiles might be. like you say, it's basically personal preference.
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