is there any programs to compress seperate eps,I have some eps of a show taped in xp mode and want to get them into sp mode to reduce the number of dvds, I know there is a program called dvd shrink but I want something for individual eps. any help would be great! I would hate to do it the long way and load them back to my tv recorder harddrive and then re-record them back on disc at sp mode.:(

is there any programs to compress seperate eps,I have some eps of a show taped in xp mode and want to get them into sp mode to reduce the number of dvds, I know there is a program called dvd shrink but I want something for individual eps. any help would be great! I would hate to do it the long way and load them back to my tv recorder harddrive and then re-record them back on disc at sp mode.:(


Are you a DVD trader only?

yes only dvds why?

yes only dvds why?

Your username caught my attention since I only look for OLD TV SHOWS but since I'm not a DVD trader it's no point in asking what show you have-lol

You can shrink individual episodes, if needed, with DVD Shrink. What you do is create the complete dvd, including the uncompressed version of the episodes you want. When you author it, the whole dvd might be more than 4.7gb, so you'll not be able to burn it, but save it to the hard disk.

Then open the files or image in DVD shrink, and choose the episodes you want shrunk (title sets), and change the compression to 100% (no compression) for those episodes you don't want compress. I've done it a few times, and depending on the source materials, it should look fine.

thank you padre I will try that now and let you know how it works-

I don't quite understand the process you're describing, but if I understand your situation correctly (you have eps on DVD & want to reduce quality of episodes so ~3-4 hours fit on a single DVD), here's what I'd do.

I'd rip each ep to a hard drive on my pc. I'd then author a dvd on the hard drive (most programs give you a warning that it won't fit on a standard DVD but will let you proceed anyway.) Once I have the "DVD" on the hard drive, I'd use 1ClickDVDCopy (or comparable program) to compress from the hard drive on the pc to a single layer DVD. I'd think this would be faster/easier than compressing each episode...???

yes redwhine56 that's what I want to do/what program do you use to make this a faster process

yes redwhine56 that's what I want to do/what program do you use to make this a faster process

I just rip the episodes onto a hard drive (using DVD Decrypter or any other ripper software you like). Then author the DVD on a hard drive (I use DVD-Lab but there are others such as Nero, Ulead, etc). It ends up being way too big to fit on a single DVD (the programs tell you this but let you continue). Then I use 1CLickCopyDVD to compress from the hard drive to a DVD. But there are other compression programs, such as DVDShrink that do this too. It just seems (to me) that it's easier/faster to compress a single DVD than multiple episodes, even if you were using a batch process.

Plus, when compressing a single disc, the software can use the least amount of compression to fit onto a disc, since everything is already there. If you compress individual episodes, you have to guess-timate how much compression to use, since you don't have your menus/chapters in yet.

Is 1CLickCopyDVD a free program?

Is 1CLickCopyDVD a free program?

Nope. (But WELL worth the money, IMO.) The only free one I mentioned is DVD Decrypter. The "lite" version of Nero come bundled with many DVD burners, tho.

Actually, I have misquoted the name...it's 1ClickDVDcopy & here's the website. They have a trial version (fully functional, IIRC). They also have VERY helpful forum support. Unlike many where the last post was 2 months ago. LOL!

http://www.1clickdvdcopy.com/

You can shrink individual episodes, if needed, with DVD Shrink. What you do is create the complete dvd, including the uncompressed version of the episodes you want. When you author it, the whole dvd might be more than 4.7gb, so you'll not be able to burn it, but save it to the hard disk.

Then open the files or image in DVD shrink, and choose the episodes you want shrunk (title sets), and change the compression to 100% (no compression) for those episodes you don't want compress. I've done it a few times, and depending on the source materials, it should look fine.


For padre or anyone else who's used dvd shrink, how exactly do you shrink the files? I assume it's by lowering the percentage where it says "custom ratio?" I haven't used dvd shrink or anything else to compress files and want to make sure what the correct process is.

That's right. You want to lower the percentage on the episodes you want to compress, and set the ratio to 100 (or no compression) for those episodes you don't want to have any compression done on. Each episode should be represented as a Title set (Title Set 1=Episode 1)

That's right. You want to lower the percentage on the episodes you want to compress, and set the ratio to 100 (or no compression) for those episodes you don't want to have any compression done on. Each episode should be represented as a Title set (Title Set 1=Episode 1)

Okay, thanks for the info. One more thing, what would you suggest the lowest percentage to set the episodes I'd want to compress but still have it at decent quality?

That depends on the source material (bit rate recorded) and amount of space available. There is no magic number. Try it, burn it to a RW and see what it looks like.