Am I stupid?

[Dredd]

Hi!
I have read and read about DVD editing and backup.
There are soo much software to use and I get rather confused by this.
I have been using the following software for my DVD backups.
DVD decrypter (Rippin!)
Ifo edit (For removing the "bad stuff")
Instant copy 7.1.1 (For compressing and writing)
Is this a good combination?
It feels like the quality gets bad when the movie gets bigger than 5.6 Gb.It's like it compress it too much.
I'am a beginner and have been using all the default settings in all the programs.
It works, I have made about 50 dvd:s with it now.And I feel it's time for me too try something else.
I read about Instant copy and what u really can do with it.Since I have a version that is not described in the "Guides" it makes it a bit more tricky.
My magiq goal is too get rid of as many steps as possible.
Is Instant copy the answer?
Can I use it instead of Ifo Edit,and do everything with this single program?
Or is it better too keep it the way I have it and try too make some adjustments in them instead?

Regards Andreas

"I'm sorry about my poor english,I'm Swedish":p

[Pyscrow]

Me,
I like to keep it simple, DVDshrink for stuff upto about 6gig, anything over I use DVDfab to stick it on 2 DVD's

Both very easy processes, copy process is finished in about an hour either way.

[Kedirekin]

Same, except I'm much more circumstantial on using Shrink. For example, if the disk is 7.5 GB but has 3 big audio tracks I don't need (DTS and two foreign), I'll often Shrink it.

Also, I often use Shrink to do two-disk backups - disk 1 movie only, disk 2 movie shrunk to still frames. When possible, I prefer to watch the movie without swapping disks.

DVDFab is great for episodic disks though; I'm surprised how often it cuts right at the end of an episode.