compression setting in DVD shrink

[skinflint]

hi,

When using DVD Shrink, after I use it to open the ripped DVD files on my harddisk, I have a problem lowering the movie compression. It will not let me put it lower than, say for arguments sake, 68%. I try to use the slider bar to lower it but it is already at the lowest position. Even when I type a lower percentage compression figure in the box next to it it still will not adjust the movie size !

I want to know why and or how to lower movie compression below DVD Shrink's default settings. Is it possible ? I want to do this since after it analyses some movies, it can not compress them enough to fit on a dvd-r, even with most of the audio and extras removed. Anybody got any suggestions ?
I have tried using the dvd-rebuilder suite (cce, avisynth etc..) but it keeps crashing on me when I start to encode..

Any help here would be greatly appreciated,
Thanx!

[Lagoon]

You have to save the oversized dvd to your HDD and shrink that one again, there is no other solution.

[Kedirekin]

Ouch! Sounds like you've got a DVD where the original is already compressed nearly as much as it can be. Funny you mention ReBuilder, as they've been discussing Saving Private Ryan in the DRB forum, and what you're describing sounds a lot like SPR; apparently SPR is challenging even for ReBuilder.

You may be able to put your DVD(s) thru Shrink twice, but I doubt the quality of the first shrink at 68% will be very good (oversized though it may be). I might suggest splitting your DVD to two DVDRs.