DVD help

danno · Post by **danno** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:15 pm

I like to try and back up dvds for in car use, sometimes I encounter problems with the dvds that auto open. I get the following error message from dvd shrink "DVD Shrink encountered an error and cannot continue. Invalid DVD navigation structure.

I also get errors when using DVD Decrpyter, like this

I/O Error!

Device:

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:05 pm

Uninstall your DVD drive from device manager and then reboot.

danno · Post by **danno** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:54 pm

Still the same error message. This only seems to happen with movies that have some sort of flash opening

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:18 pm

play a few mins of the dvd first.

Also, instead of ripping the whole DVD, just rip the main movie .vob files.

KnightRid · Post by **KnightRid** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:37 am

try smartripper

Search for it- I wont post it cause I don't know about that grey area it is in ;)

Mike

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:07 am

I use DVDFab (http://www.dvdfab.com/) in combination with AnyDVD (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html) and I haven't came across and rarely do I ever come across a DVD that I can't backup.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:34 pm

Both of those errors you mentioned are common from ripper programs when they encounter a new type of copy protection they don't support.

DVD Shrink is still a great tool for shrinking and even stripping out unwanted audio/video from the DVD, but since they dropped support for it such a long time ago, there are plenty of new protections that have come out since then which makes it less reliable for decoding.

Check out AnyDVD like Cypher suggested. Unfortunatly, it's not freeware but is updated very often to stay on top of all new copy protections that come out.
The great thing about it, is AnyDVD sits resident in memory and shows up as an icon on the task tray, it acts as a low level driver and circumvents a DVD's copy protection.

With AnyDVD running in the task tray, you can decode and shrink any dvd with DVDShrink. The two programs working together make the perfect archival tool for your DVD collection.

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:39 pm

Topher is right!
I use AnyDVD with DVDShrink, Nero and CloneDVD and all of them work pretty well together! I personally like CloneDVD its easy and will take all the crap out before it does an archival backup.

If you're still not sure check this out! I recieved an email yesterday letting me know that SlySoft now has a forum section. So if theres any questions you have I'm sure you will find someone with the answer there!
I just went there and wow its alrdy been moved.....
The forum has been moved.
Please refer to http://ovh2.slysoft.com until your DNS information is up to date.

Boy for a new forum they are having some major activity!
Most users ever online was 1,143, Today at 10:54

danno · Post by **danno** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:59 pm

All right, thanks for the information. I'll check out the program.

danno · Post by **danno** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:51 pm

nice I just installed the trial. Its great! Thanks for the tips.

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:08 am

danno wrote:nice I just installed the trial. Its great! Thanks for the tips.

If you intend on buying it, my advice would be to do it before the 21 day trial is up!
I've heard a cpl people complain that they waited till after the trial then bought the key and it didnt work right.

Just a little heads up! Enjoy!