Creating an Image with DVD Shrink.

[Hollywood]

When I compressed my DVD using DVD Shrink I had "ISO Image File" selected as my "Backup Target" and it did not crate an ISO image file for some reason. Did I do something wrong, or do I have to select another option? Thanks for any help:).

[nwg]

Have you got DVD decrypter installed?

It puts the ISO in the temporary directory that you specify.

[Hollywood]

Yes, of course I have got DVD Decrypter installed. When I click on the source button to direct DVD Decrypter to my file it shows nothing in the "VIDEO_TS" folder, however when I go to the folder using Windows Explorer the files are there. When "All Supported Files" is selected in the "Files of Type:" option is selected DVD Decrtpter shows no files in the "VIDEO_TS" folder but but when I changed it and selected "All Files (*.*)" A whole lot of files came up. I am assuming that I have done something wrong for these files to not show up in the "All Supported Files" option:confused:.

[jwo62]

hollywood,

I am a little confused by your posts,but I think I know what you are trying to say,So I'll give it a shot.

if you are ripping with dvddecryptor,you have three mode choices"file","ifo"and "iso".

if you want regular dvd files.thats the .vob,.ifo and .bup files ,that you see on the original disc in explorer,you select "file"mode.

If you want dvddecryptor to create an iso disc image,select iso mode.

ifo mode we dont need to talk about at this time.

I recomend ripping with dvddecryptor(dvdd) in file mode,make sure you have "all files"selected and remember where you have selcted as a destination folder. I recomend selecting "semi automatic" under the general tab in dvdd settings. it will then ask you to select a drive and/or a folder,this will preserve the title name of the disc.

once ripped with dvdd,you are ready to shrink. open dvdshrink,then simply click the "open files" and browse to the folder created with dvdd.

for best results,I suggest doing the deep analysis.


if you want dvdd to rip in iso mode,thats fine too(not my prference though,but what do I know). but when you open dvdshrink,you need to click the "file" tab and then select"open disc image".


your third choice is to simply rip/read the disc with dvdshrink. to do this,just click the "open disc"tab.

as far as your "backup target" thats the type of shrunk/processed files you want,either iso disc image as you indicated you want,or dvd files .vob's etc.

if you want dvdd to burn,you need to select "iso image file and burn with dvddecryptor".

I hope this answers your question,but if not,let me know.

Jim

[Hollywood]

jwo62, I did everything exactly the same as what you just said apart from your last line: "if you want dvdd to burn,you need to select "iso image file and burn with dvddecryptor"." Instead of that I selected "ISO Image File". So are you telling me that just because I didn't explicitly say that I wanted to burn with DVD Decrypter that it won't let me? Both options would create an image wouldn't they:)?

[Hollywood]

Oh, and you are supposed to extract the output RAR file aren't you:)?

[jwo62]

Hi hollywood:D ,

I have the answer!

And the answer is NO,do not extract!

The problem is that the iso file is showing up as a compressed winrar file. And it just so happens that winrar can actually extract the dvd video files from an iso image. those are the files you would get if you had selected "create dvd files". but thats NOT what you want to do, if you need to burn with DVDD. just open DVDD,click the "mode" tab,move the cursor down to "iso" and click "write". then browse to the iso file and burn away.

let me know if this works.:D :D :D

Jim

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by jwo62
not sure what .rar file you mean. what rar file? a file with the ".RAR"extension? .rar is an archive file,a compressed file,like winzip.:confused: or are you saying that the .iso is showing up as being associated with winrar? to install ANY program that you may have downloaded in winrar compressed format,it must be extracted to install.

Sorry, I meant that the output from DVD Shrink was a "*.zip" file.
I then had to extract the files using WinRAR:).

Originally posted by jwo62
anyway, if you dont select "iso image file and burn with dvddecryptor",it wont AUTOMATICALY burn with DVDD. You can still burn an iso disc image with DVDD at a later time.

Oh good, that is what I thought:).

Originally posted by jwo62
to burn a disc image with DVDD,simply open DVDD,click the "mode" tab,move the cursor down to "iso",then click "write". browse to the desired disc image and click the start button.

Yes, that is what I am trying to do but when I point to the folder that I chose for DVD Shrink to save the ISO Image file to it shows nothing under "All Supported Files" but when I change it and select "All Files (*.*)" many files show up (as I can also see when going through Windows Explorer):).

Originally posted by jwo62
just selecting "create iso image" DOES create an iso image.

Are you saying that you still didnt get an iso image in the destination folder? did you get dvd files instead?

Yes, that is what I am saying, although I am not 100% sure because I have never done this before and I don't know what an ISO Image and DVD Files both look like. I am assuming I did not create an ISO Image because DVD Decrypter is not seeing it as one when I point it to the directory when it should be finding an ISO Image:).

Originally posted by jwo62
would both options create a disc image? not sure,its not the method I prefer,so I dont remember. when I use dvdshrink,I create dvd files and burn at a later time with nero. I NEVER automaticaly burn with dvdshrink,I like to test the processed files on my PC first before burning,this avoids coasters.

Well I would have thought it would since both options say "Create ISO Image File". It is just that one explicitly says that you want to burn with DVD Decrypter:).

Originally posted by jwo62
Its possible that if you select"iso image file and burn with dvddecryptor",it may not preserve the .iso after burning.

Hmm, I don't know what you are saying here, sorry:).

Originally posted by jwo62
from your second post where you said:

"When I click on the source button to direct DVD Decrypter to my file it shows nothing in the "VIDEO_TS" folder, however when I go to the folder using Windows Explorer the files are there. When "All Supported Files" is selected in the "Files of Type:" option is selected DVD Decrtpter shows no files in the "VIDEO_TS" folder but but when I changed it and selected "All Files (*.*)" A whole lot of files came up. I am assuming that I have done something wrong for these files to not show up in the "All Supported Files" option."

this tells me that you told dvd shrink to produce "dvd files" not an iso image. thats why it dvdd doesnt see the files,when dvdd is looking for disc image files like .iso,.nrg,.img etc. it will only show supported "image files",nothing else. but if you go to explorer and see .vob,.ifo and .bup files,then thats what you told dvdshrink to produce,DVD files. In fact,if dvdshrink created a VIDEO_TS folder,then thats exactly what it did. when a disc image is created,it doesnt make a video_ts folder at all.

Well it should have create an ISO Image because I had "ISO Image File" selected as my backup target in DVD Shrink":). I wonder how that happened:confused:?

Originally posted by jwo62
Did you get an iso image in the destination folder? Did you get dvd files instead? Or did you get nothing?

Well as I said above I have never done this before so I don't know what both look like but I am thinking that the files are DVD files for the reason started above and because I think DVD Files are "*.VOB", etc files which is the format that the outputted files are in:).

Originally posted by jwo62
we are getting close here,I can tell.
Jim :D

Yes, thank you very much for your help:).

[nwg]

Shrink does not create a zip file, it cannot do that. What has probably happened is you have winrar installed. The iso image is asscoiated with winrar and so has a winrar icon.

You need to go into winrar options and then settings. In the tab called integration. You probably have ISO ticked. Untick it and it will be associated with DVD Decrypter again. A reboot maybe required.

[jwo62]

Originally posted by nwg
Shrink does not create a zip file, it cannot do that. What has probably happened is you have winrar installed. The iso image is asscoiated with winrar and so has a winrar icon.

You need to go into winrar options and then settings. In the tab called integration. You probably have ISO ticked. Untick it and it will be associated with DVD Decrypter again. A reboot maybe required.


yes,that too.

you guys both replied while I was editing my last post:D

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by jwo62
Hi hollywood:D ,

I have the answer!

And the answer is NO,do not extract!

The problem is that the iso file is showing up as a compressed winrar file. And it just so happens that winrar can actually extract the dvd video files from an iso image. those are the files you would get if you had selected "create dvd files". but thats NOT what you want to do, if you need to burn with DVDD. just open DVDD,click the "mode" tab,move the cursor down to "iso" and click "write". then browse to the iso file and burn away.

let me know if this works.:D :D :D

Jim

Ah, so that is what I did wrong. I will try it again in the morning and tell you my results. Thank you again:).

[Hollywood]

Originally posted by nwg
Shrink does not create a zip file, it cannot do that. What has probably happened is you have winrar installed. The iso image is asscoiated with winrar and so has a winrar icon.

You need to go into winrar options and then settings. In the tab called integration. You probably have ISO ticked. Untick it and it will be associated with DVD Decrypter again. A reboot maybe required.

You were right. I did have ISO ticked and I have now un-ticked it. Thank you for your help:).

[nwg]

Originally posted by Hollywood
You were right. I did have ISO ticked and I have now un-ticked it. Thank you for your help:).

You welcome. :)

[jwo62]

Originally posted by Hollywood
Ah, so that is what I did wrong. I will try it again in the morning and tell you my results. Thank you again:).


your welcome,glad I could help.:D

[Hollywood]

OK, I glad to report that after gong through the procedure again without using WinRAR everything worked flawlessly:D! Thanks again for your help, very much appreciated:).