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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

How to use DVD shrink to make perfect copies

By Ethan Hunter

DVD Shrink can be termed a DVD burning application that we use to copy movies and it comes for free. This software program is used almost exclusively for this purpose. There are certain reasons for which we require DVD shrink. Not all the regular DVD movies fit into the usual 4.7 GB disc. We therefore should know how to use DVD shrink. The DVD shrink is used to reduce the size of the contents so that they fit into the disk.

As you learn the various steps of how to use DVD shrink, you come to know that there is the need to have certain things like the DVD burner, DVD shrink programs, DVD movie backup, and a blank DVD. There is also the need for DVD burning program Nero. There are some steps to follow to use the DVD Shrink program involving the methods of how to use DVD shrink.

The next step is to start DVD Shrink and select the 'Open Disc' option. From the box that you see, you have to choose the DVD drive with your disk as the second step. You will now see the DVD name in the brackets. The third step is to press the OK. As soon as you do that, it will start reading the DVD and in the right hand column it will start showing the movie breakdown list.

Since all the data on the DVD cannot fit into your blank DVD, you have to press Re-author option in the top menu. You will see an option 'main movie' in the right hand column. Then you drag the file under this option to the left column. The size of the file is normally more than 4700 MB and needs compression. These are some of the basic methods of how to use DVD shrink.

The Shrink software usually compresses the movie and copies it in the new DVD without the encumbrances that accompanies it like foreign language subtitles, etc. You need to select 'back up' option in top menu.

If you have installed Nero on your computer, then you can burn the movie to any blank DVD with the Shrink DVD software. It is very easy to use the DVD shrink software because you can do the whole task by just following the instructions. When the Nero is not installed, Shrink DVD will make an image file for the DVD so that you can burn it later. The next step is to choose a target for backup. If the Nero is installed, the burner can be the target for selection. In the absence of Nero, you can select any file location. As soon as you press OK, the process will begin.

For better quality, you have to click the 'perform deep analysis' button in the 'quality settings tab' option. Once you click this, it ensures better quality of DVDs. However, you must know that if the DVD to copy contains data below 4.7 GB, you really do not require the DVD Shrink. But, there is no harm in learning to use DVD shrink because it gives you opportunity to make copies of even those DVDs, which are larger than that 4.7 GB limit.

To figure out the size of the DVD, you just have to click on 'my computer', then right click the disk option, and select properties. You can then decide whether to use the DVD shrink program depending on the size of the DVD to be copied.

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