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DVDXCopy Plat vs. DVD Shrink? Opinions?
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Floydio
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23. January 2004 @ 20:16 |
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Hey there. Just looking for anyone who has experience with both progs. I have just started using DVDShrink and find it quite good so far. Wondering if there is any reason to PAY for XCopy Platinum if DVDShrink does the same things!!! ?
Can't believe the $130 price tag of Xcopy Plat vs. the freeware of DVDShrink! Wondered what other people thought.
-Floyd
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26. January 2004 @ 14:35 |
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Hey Floydio. STAY with DVD Shrink. DVD XCopy isn't that great. If you still wanna try it, I would download it and crack it. Save yourself the 130 bucks. Because you'll just want to uninstall it after you use it. On the movie it puts a 321 Studios thing on there or about 10 sec. I guess its not that annoying but if you want a true 1:1 copy stay with DVD Shrink and/or DVD Decrypter and burn with Nero 6. Look at my signature and thats what I use. The end product is great and region free.
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al92lt1
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26. January 2004 @ 15:02 |
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I have both and DVD Xcopy gets worse with each upgrade. DVD Shrink is pretty good, but the best I have found so far is Nero RECODE, no coasters at all.
Alan E Scher
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29. January 2004 @ 20:46 |
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Shrink is by far better than dvdxcopy, xpress and platinum. I made so many coasters it was'nt funny. I have not made a single coaster with snrink yet. Another program which is'nt too bad is CloneDVD but like dvdxcopy it is,nt free and you need dvddecrypter to rip the files from disk. All in all I rate shrink 9.5/10.
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rick5446
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1. February 2004 @ 14:00 |
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Any body had problems making copies of your copies with DVDxCopy.I get down to the last few million bytes & it stops writing & I've got a ruined Disk
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al92lt1
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1. February 2004 @ 14:56 |
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Hi Rick,
I had that same problem. As I said each upgrade is worse and worse. DVD X COPY stinks now. I have been having great results with DVD Shrink and then burning with Nero, but the ultimate is to use NERO's RECODE II-it is the best! If anybody want DVD X COPY Platinum, just let me know and I'll sell you my registration code.
Alan E Scher
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rick5446
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1. February 2004 @ 16:34 |
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My problem is I have a friend who has a lot of movies made with DVD Xcopy. & I can't copy the movies
I've tried 3 movies & they all do the same,copy down to the last few mega-byte.Then shows some kind of error,so the disk is ruined.I'm not interested in DVD X Copy,I don't like it.I would just like to have some of his movies.
By the By he now uses DVD Shrink
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al92lt1
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1. February 2004 @ 16:37 |
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That's right, you can't copy a DVD made with DVD X Copy.
Alan E Scher
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rick5446
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1. February 2004 @ 16:41 |
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No way to crack ???
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al92lt1
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1. February 2004 @ 16:43 |
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Alan E Scher
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rick5446
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1. February 2004 @ 21:41 |
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Ya I read it! Now all i got to do is get some DVD's from my friend & try.In the mean time I installed AnyDVD man o man it really works took out all the spooks.Don't really know if it helps W/DVD Shrink cause it does the same.tried Nero recode went to 88% & Disk failure.used DVD Shrink TheVerySameDisk.Worked just fine 100%.Oh YA it was a R/W Disk Took 42 Min. Decode & Burn. Can't watch the movie that short of time
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al92lt1
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2. February 2004 @ 04:10 |
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Rick,
Make sure you are using the latest version of Nero Recode, they made a lot of improvements and there is a new upgrade almost monthly.
Alan E Scher
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driizzt
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2. February 2004 @ 05:57 |
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Hey all........Y E S it is possible to burn additional copies from burned dvdxcopy movies.....from ur burned movie ,explore disc, copy the sound and video files only to somewhere in my docs or wherever, then use ANY burning software to make ur additional copy ....and the plus side is once u have made that copy dvdxcopy sees it as an origonal.......
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XP1
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14. February 2004 @ 12:39 |
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Run and use both these programs. Anyone telling you that shrink is better is crazy!! Shrink is ok but definately not better than Xcopy they are saying this because they most likely have junk burners or bad DVDR disc. You will get to the finalize and get an error if your burner is a cheap HiVal you sometimes will be making coasters or you have replaced burners Xcopy will not work have to reload it so it can see the new one. Want to burn use a real burner like Sony they been in the business long enough to make a good product. I am stating all this from personal trial and error with both burners and both Xcopy and Shrink. Now if you really just cant stand the 321 screen for the 10 seconds its there then use Xcopy to decrypt and know where the temp files go meaning the TS folders go in there move the folders to another folder delete the Text file that Xcopy places in there shut Xcopy down and have DVD Shrink backup and burn the copy. Now that solves the 321 text screen issue and you have wasted all of 15 seconds transferring to a folder and have a reproduct with no pop up.DVD Decrypter good for a full format of a RW bout all I use it for was not inpressed with it because Xcopy decrypts just fine. Only coasters I have made with Xcopy were my own fault for not reloading the Xcopy after a DVD Burner change.
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taclark
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14. February 2004 @ 13:22 |
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The only advantage that I've had with DVD X Copy platinum is with the included disk rescue program that can amazingly copy damaged disks. Other than that, I prefer decrypter and shrink.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Help! Please educate me.
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rick5446
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14. February 2004 @ 13:47 |
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Got news for u pal HiVal is just a Generic Lite-On,which is a very good burner.
A H%ll of a lot of trouble cause u state &then use Shrink.If u gonna use shrink why use DVDx
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chicowrx
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14. February 2004 @ 15:53 |
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Hey I'm new to this forum and am looking for an alternative to x copy platinum because its not working that great for me right now.. one question that I had for anyone who can help is ... will it be a problem to write a movie to a dvd+r in Nero.. everything that I read here talks about dvd-r... Thanks for any help on this.
Tim
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ddlooping
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14. February 2004 @ 16:21 |
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Hi all. :)
chicowrx, I'd suggest you view some of the guides at http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php to get you started.
They are animated, interactive and very user-friendly.
You should not have any problem writting to DVD+R with Nero, as long as your drive is supported (99% chance it is). ;)
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chicowrx
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14. February 2004 @ 16:24 |
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Thanks for the quick help, I really appreciate it! I'll read through it all and see how it goes. Does it matter what Nero 6 I'm using? like express or not?
Thanks
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ddlooping
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14. February 2004 @ 16:32 |
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No, it shouldn't matter as long as you use the latest version. ;)
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chicowrx
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14. February 2004 @ 16:57 |
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so the link on your reply that links to a download page for Nero 6.03 (I think thats what it says) will be ok as far as having a version that supports the dvd writing .. I just got done on the other link you gave me for the dvdshrink info.. I went through the tutorials and they are awesome.. I'm familiar with Nero anyway but they were great thanks a lot.. I think I have Nero ver 5.9.xxx and I think I just got 6.0 express with the burner that I bought so that should be ok right?
Thanks
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ddlooping
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15. February 2004 @ 08:56 |
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Yep, they should be ok. ;)
I'd suggest you update your Nero Burning Rom to the latest v5.10.x though, as it was said to create more compatible backups.
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pcshateme
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16. February 2004 @ 09:00 |
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ive made about 100 copies with DVD Shrink- stick with it- its free, it doesnt put its own lable on the disc, and the compression is good quality and very fast, you can even cut out certain chapters that have bad content or cut off the credits to save compression. cut off unwanted audio tracks and subtitles- also movies that are on 2 discs like gangs of new york can be put together on only 1 dvd. (also good for short movies like animes and stuff) AND ITS SOOOOO EASY TO USE!!!! my cousins husbands got x copy- why blow $130 on a program when a free version does it better? he says its crap and that it has to reconfigure your system to work!
if your thinking about getting it for the dvd rescue program DONT theres a freeware program called cdcheck that does the same thing ^_^
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chicowrx
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16. February 2004 @ 09:35 |
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Hey everyone... I downloaded DVD Shrink and I copied my first movie last night.. 40 days & 40 nights.. I tried every way possible to burn it with X Copy Platinum and had no luck I even tried X rescue with no luck. So needless to say I'm happy with shrink so far especially because its free. I'm a little confused though.. I opened shrink and selected "open disk" it then showed me 40days/nights on my dvd drive and I hit OK it reads the disc and brings up the next screen that shows the folders for main menu and the movie etc.. I notice the top right has a slide bar for compression and its set to auto when I move the slide bar the colored bar at the top goes into the red does this mean that I'm compressing it more which will compromise the quality or does it mean that it won't fit on one disc because its not compressed enough? and lastly I hit Backup it then reads the movie and says encoding or analysing after it completes that process it wants me to insert a blank and then it copies it and the copy turned out great.. I thought that it would encode the movie and store it on my hard drive (which it did) and then I would have to open Nero to copy it.. I didn't think shrink would do it all? am I confused on how this process worked or did I miss a step? After the backup was complete all of the movie files were left in a folder and I opened Nero, tried to drag all the files to the "video" foler (I selected mini dvd in Nero and the layout had a audio and video folder) then selected burn and the end product wouldn't play maybe I did something wrong.. anyway this is a lot of garble and questions so if I posted it all in the wrong forum sorry but any info or feedback on this story would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for any help in advance.
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pcshateme
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16. February 2004 @ 09:41 |
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the bar on top tells you how much you can fit- if a part of the bar is red- that means its too much for a disck to hold
when you hit backup there are little tabs on top of the window that comes with it. - mess with those- there should also be a pulldown box that lets you select burning with Nero, or making a hard disc folder.
i hope i helped
note- if you dont want extras, just the movie in best quality, go to "reauthor" and just drag the file underneath "movie" and it will copy just the movie in the highest quality.
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