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31st January 2005, 22:20 | #1 | Link |
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DVD Decrypter vs DVD Shrink Questions
I recently used DVD Shrink 3.2 to make a backup of a DVD. It worked flawlessly at decrypting and burning the 100 minute backup (with Nero)
My question is what is the function of DVD Decrypter. Is there a function it can be used for which DVD shrinkcannot do. Several years ago, I remember having to first use DVD Decrypter and then use DVD Shrink with the decrypted file. Thanks for your help.
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1st February 2005, 00:36 | #2 | Link |
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Occasionally, you'll run across a title on which Shrink semingly fails to decrypt properly. In a case such as this, DVDDecrypter is your best fallback point. Many Shrink users, myself included, simply decrypt first with DVDDecryper; this move gives you the added advantage of having a copy of the unscrambled files on your hard drive should you encounter any scenario in which this is convenient. And as you spoke of, there was a time when we had no alternative but to decrypt all of our discs manually, no matter what the destination format.
Just set up a folder for your "DVDDecrypter'd" files and a separate folder for your "Shrinked" files; it's very easy to get your filesystem scrambled. ammck55 |
1st February 2005, 00:41 | #3 | Link |
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Some (most) DVDs are encrypted or "scrambled" with copy protection systems (known as "CSS", "RCE" etc), and they also have region coding which is compared to a region in your drive/software. It's an anti-piracy measure, but it also interferes with lots of reasonable use like making backups in case you scratch the original. DVD Shrink would refuse to process discs like this.
DVD Decrypter gets around all that and gives you an "all regions" rip with no scrambling, that you can feed into other programs like DVD Shrink. A few discs don't have this protection, so you can run them straight into DVD Shrink. You've probably got one of those. [There is another approach, which is to buy software like DeCSS, which removes the region/copy protection "on the fly" as you read the disc along with letting you skip FBI warnings etc. But I found that approach slower than using DVD Decrypter if you want to rip a whole disc.] |
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