hi... before i start, if this has been covered elsewhere then i appologise.... i did an uncompressed copy of a dvd... i used shrink and burned it with nero 6... i expected it to be perfect, however it is slightly blocky...its not bad, but not perfect... please can any one help me to get perfect clear copies... cheers ...lee
What was the original size of the disc? Can you right click on your DVD drive and select properties to get the size? If it is still the same as the final copy, it could be a media problem. Keep in mind that even factory DVD's use MPEG compression; which makes the video about 1/10 the size that it should be. If your stand alone is having trouble reading it; the image will end up distorted.
thanks... the media is packard bell...dvd+r the dvd drive im burning from is hp stand alone usb dvd 300 e does this help???? whats the best media to use that is cheapish.. lee
(Still waiting on the size questions I asked....) To answer your media question; what country do you live in?
One of the regulars on this board shops here: http://www.dvd-and-media.com/ and he buy Ritek's. Swears by them in fact. That level of compression shouldn't have produced blocks, but I'm not as fond of DVD Shrink as I am my other method; Rip with DVD Decrypter Compress With DVD2one The rest is the same as your method. As I said, going from 5.04 GB to 4.37 GB (actual size of a DVD+R) should not produce any noticable artifacts (blocks.) If my method gives you the same results then I would say it's a media issue. Just to cover all the bases, you are taking the files from DVD Shrink and putting it in a folder called VIDEO_TS (caps and underscore are important here.)
HI KEN... THANKS, ILL TRY THE ALTERNATIVE... AND SEE HOW DVD2ONE GOES, IF IT DOESNT WORK THEN ILL TRY SOME NEW MEDIA.. DONT YOU RATE SHRINK MUCH YOUR SELF.. LEE
(I'm hoping that you realize I meant caps were important in VIDEO_TS, not in your post, lol) I found for myself that the compression within DVD Shrink produced too many artifacts for my liking. Now one of the other regulars (Oriphus) uses it religeously, and he has an even larger TV than I do. I suppose it's like Coke and Pepsi; both are fine products but most people prefer one over the other.
