HI, COULD ANYONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO. ALSO IF I WANT TO BACK-UP MY ORIGINAL DVD FILMS ONTO A DVD-RW DISC WHICH ONE IS BETTER, OR DO I NEED BOTH. SORRY FOR THE STUPID QUESTION, BUT I AM NEW TO THIS. THANKS.
no i did not read the rules, sorry. please could someone explain the difference between DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter and which one is best if i want to back-up my original dvd films onto a DVD-RW disc. thanks
DVD Shrink is a transcoder with the ability to rip discs. IT can make a movie fit on a DVD5 when it is too large by compressing it. You can also remove additional languages and such.
DVD Decrypter is a DVD ripper. It can rip to an ISO (disc image/ISO Read Mode) or DVD Folder (File Mode). You can also choose to parse the IFOs and rip by PGCs, cells, etc... (IFO Mode).
It can also demux (separate audio, video, subs).
Both are no longer updated. DVD Shrink is still one of the best transcoders. It gives very good quality and it is free!!! DVD Decrytper was last updated in about June of 2005, so it cannot rip some Sony ARccOS movies without some help. You can either manually update via a PSL (this is only temporary update and has to be applied each time the movie is ripped) or follow the manual ARccOS guide that I wrote:
The first is a guide to Shrink, Decrypter and ImgBurn and the second is a guide to VobBlanker. It has been a while since I updated the guides, but they will get you through 99% of the movies out there.
