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Morlock
1st October 2003, 15:13
Hello, I'm trying to back up my copy of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but I'm having problems. It's a problem that I have had with other disks. I didn't know whether to put the post here or in the authoring area or the ripping area or the burning area, as I don't know which is the problem.

I rip using DVD Decrypter. I let DVD Decrypter select the main movie files. As always, DVD Decrypter doesn't select the video_ts.ifo file, which I find to be a necessity, so I rip that as well (actually, I ripped the entire disk, but I dropped the files in question into a new folder, so the effect is the same).

The files add up to 4.27 gigs (4,586,881,024 bytes), and when I drop the folder into Instant CD/DVD to burn it, the bar is green so Instant CD/DVD seems to agree with me that the movie is small enough to fit onto a DVD-R.

edit: DUH, forgot the last part! When I hit the write button in Instant CD/DVD, I get an error that says "please insert a disc with XXXXXXXX bytes of space." In other words, it's saying the files are too big.

I tried using DVDFab to make it fit but as usual I got an error, and that's the only other tool (besides DVDShrink 3 beta) I have. Can someone help me with this? Like I said it's happened before and it's quite frustrating since I don't want to run DVDShrink on a movie this close to fitting unless I absolutely have to. DVDShrink makes you include all the extras and whatnot which can seriously bloat a DVD, even if you convert the unnecessary bits to still images.

Oh yeah, I'm running Win2k (with SP 5 I think).

Morlock
1st October 2003, 16:22
bump. Maybe my post will make more sense NOW THAT I BLOODY WELL INCLUDED THE ACTUAL PROBLEM! (doh!).

killingspree
1st October 2003, 19:07
1) your behaviour is inapropriate... please use the forum rules... a bump after just around an hour is definitely not necessary....

2) DVDShrink makes you include all the extras and whatnot which can seriously bloat a DVD, even if you convert the unnecessary bits to still images. simply wrong... DVDshrink CAN do movie only backups... see www.doom9.org for details!

3) pls reread the forum rules...

4) lurking and searching the forum wouldn't be a bad idea either...

steVe

Buddy
1st October 2003, 22:27
Did you do the get vts sector thingy in IfoEdit? There are burning programs that won't burn when the ifo's aren't right.

Morlock
2nd October 2003, 01:28
Did you do the get vts sector thingy in IfoEdit? There are burning programs that won't burn when the ifo's aren't right.

I'm not using IfoEdit, I don't have it.

1) your behaviour is inapropriate... please use the forum rules... a bump after just around an hour is definitely not necessary....
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bump. Maybe my post will make more sense NOW THAT I BLOODY WELL INCLUDED THE ACTUAL PROBLEM! (doh!).

DVDshrink CAN do movie only backups

Thanks for that, I've been using DVDShrink for three months now without knowing I could do that.

Morlock
2nd October 2003, 17:30
"Why yes of course, you're welcome Morlock. Btw, welcome to the forum."

Buddy
2nd October 2003, 21:40
You get used to it.:D

r6d2
3rd October 2003, 04:58
Originally posted by Morlock
"Why yes of course, you're welcome Morlock. Btw, welcome to the forum."
Morlocks are not welcome to the forum. They have Eloi for lunch! :D:D:D

Swan
3rd October 2003, 09:34
@Morlock

As killingspree's tag says: Search the forum, read the forum rules once more and use the search function on doom9.org before posting!

Buddy
3rd October 2003, 14:09
As I said You get used to it.:D

Wilbert
3rd October 2003, 14:21
11) Don't post just to increase your number of posts. If you have nothing to say on a certain matter then don't post. The number of posts on this board has no direct relation to the experience of a member.
This is not a chat room.