for my vote the best and easyiest is recode 2, made by the same person who made shrink, i find clonedvd2 tends to blow out the highlights
Everybody has their own personal favorite way of backing up and software used. Since I want the best video quality possible and am not concerned with time required, I use dvd decrypter w/ anydvd running in the background to rip, dvd remake pro to edit, dvd-rb pro/cce to encode and nero to burn. I've used the other proggys mentioned above and the method I described produces the best quality without any doubt. They cost a little more money ( anydvd $39 dvd-rb pro $10, cce $58, dvd remake pro $50 nero 6 oem suite 3 $8) but well worth it IMO. Mort
Why I use DVD Decrypter + Nero Recode 2 and Nero Burning Rom? Because DVD Decrypter is still the King of Ripper - it still decrypts all encrypted protection codes flawlessly. Nero Recode 2 produced better quality and it's much faster than DVD Shrink. Here's why I prefer Nero Recode 2 because it's from the same author/creator, not only that but Nero Recode 2 is more advanced. Why I use Nero Burning Rom? As far as I know, Nero Burning Rom is one of the best burning engine. You can control the burning speeds to your desire. In addition, it will "automatically" change the "book type" from a DVD+R disc into a DVD-ROM format flawlessly. Thus, my backup is guarantee to play smoothly in all functional stand alone dvd players regardless. Why don't I use DVD Shrink? It's simple, DVD Shrink is out dated, and it can't bypass/decrypt/cracked and or it can't handle any of the latest encrypted protection codes now-a-days. However, the choice is yours.
Oh and I forgot to say this, no disrespect to DVD Shrink or anything, but I find DVD Shrink to be a little slower than Nero Recode 2 even if they're both from the same author. Plus Recode 2 is what I primarily use and prefer.
Nero is a fine burning engine indeed but there are two others that folks would do well to try. CopyToDVD is the leanest, meanest burning app I've ever used and Prassi ONES is an amazingly simple app that uses no drivers and employs 'fuzzy logic' to help you choose the best settings for your particular burning chore. Boths apps have yet to throw a bad disc and I've used them quite a bit CopyToDVD, http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_applications/copytodvd.cfm Prassi ONES, http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_applications/prassi_ones.cfm
Alkohol-----I always use nero to burn averything, it just the time, I let DVD Shrink to do all the work because the program only take you from 25 to 41 minutes depends on the length of the movie. And other thing I just recive Nero 7 Ultra Edition-Premium Edition(same) it came with Nero Digital(recode2.2.7.2,vision4.0.0.1 etc...)and let me tell you it works super mega better than the last nero 6. I got it now because of my company, later this year you can go to the store and buy it, and like you said recode is best than the one in dvd shrink but I still do a better time using all de dvd shrink tools. later--reply
@Lord26, So how is Nero 7 Premium afterall? I went to Nero site and look for it, but it's not available until the 26 of October for download. Anyways, back to the subject - if you like (prefer) DVD Shrink, then it's all good. I know that people are entitled to their own judgment and preferences, so go with what's best that you deem it fits you. And believe me DVD Shrink is a very useful tool (especially it's "free" with the combination of DVD Decrypter). I used to love DVD Shrink as well, but since Nero Recode 2 was introduced by Nero, I was hooked right at the moment I tried it. Honestly, I can encode a movie with Nero Recode 2 in just about 15 - 25 mins at the max, whereas DVD Shrink would take anywhere from 25 - 40 minutes to complete the job. And YES... I have Nero burned almost or nearly 95% of my DVD movies backups. The fact that I prefer Nero the most is it "automatically" book type my DVD+R discs into DVD-ROM flawlessly.
