DVDShrink encoding speed

[tren001]

So DVDShrink is a very nice (and free) program to backup and reauthor DVDs. On my new comp (P4-3.2, 1Gb RAM) the most time it takes to encode a disc is around 1 hour. This is for multiepisodic discs like Alias or Star Trek TNG, which have a lot of content on one disc. I was wondering if I started using an older computer for encoding (say a 3 year old Dell desktop) that has like a PentiumIII or something like that, would it significantly increase encoding time?

Anyone have a computer like that and is using DVDShrink?

 

[0roo0roo]

yes. unless you are not compressing. compressing loses quality u know..

 

[Raduque]

I've never encoded a DVD with TV shows on it, but a normal movie DVD takes about 30-45m to rip and compress to 4.3gb (size of a normal DVD+-R/RW disc). My rig is an XP2500, 1gb ram.
I don't know how long a P3 would take to rip (shouldn't be too long), but if you're compressing down to 4gb to burn (the default setting in DVDSHrink is to compress, so I thin kyou are) it'll probably take a few hours. Just give it a try and see.

 

[Duvie]

Actually early version of DVDshrink were not very cpu limited at all...They tended to be limited by DVD-rom ripping speed more then anything...I would usually rip to HDD first and then shrink and it was slightly faster....Most of the time I was just converting Divx files to DVD and used the DVDshrink to sometimes fix my mis calculations...

Newer DVDshrink versions have adaptive features and deep analysis and they really like the cpu speed....The percentage you compress as mentioned will effect this as well....

 

[sharkeeper]

DVD Shrink 3.2 LOVES multi CPU and dual cores!

It's amazing how well it goes across all the cpu's when compressing a larger film.

 

[0roo0roo]

but really, whats the point..compressing 7gb dvds down to 4gb just turns to sh*tquality.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Takes about 20 minutes to compress.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
but really, whats the point..compressing 7gb dvds down to 4gb just turns to sh*tquality.

Unless you are only backing up the movie and dropping foreign languages and other then DD5.1 track....Usually the largest movies I have seen have only been 5-6gb after dropping the extras and things above....As long as you dont compress more then 75% I doubt most can see the difference...

The above statement is wrong....sh*t quality LOL!!!!

 

[Raduque]

Not generally, 0roo0roo. Drop foreign languages, compress the special features to hell and back (or reauthor and dump them completely) and you can still get it all to fit on a 4gb disk. In fact, I've only ever noticed one movie with lousy quality after ripping it down, and that's Gothika.

 

[Pabster]

Quality is very subjective.

It also depends on the display.

If you are shrinking a DVD-9 to a DVD-5 and keeping everything the quality might appear amazing on a small 19" TV. But on your new 52"+ hi-def screen it might leave a little to be desired.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
but really, whats the point..compressing 7gb dvds down to 4gb just turns to sh*tquality.

Unless you are only backing up the movie and dropping foreign languages and other then DD5.1 track....Usually the largest movies I have seen have only been 5-6gb after dropping the extras and things above....As long as you dont compress more then 75% I doubt most can see the difference...

The above statement is wrong....sh*t quality LOL!!!!

maybe on a standard def tv. on a monitor or hdtv compression is pretty obvious though. dvd quality isn't very high to begin with. ever see hdtv? hd wmv? the quality difference is staggering. theres a reason there are superbit dvds. bitrate matters.

 

[Baked]

Just re-author and compress the movie only. Make sure you never compress under 70% and use smooth, and you'll be set. Superbit is a joke. If you want better quality, you'd watch the movie when they show it in true HD on TV.

 

[tren001]

Hmm, I guess I'll just have to try it on a P3 and see what kind of performance I get.

I'm not too worried about the quality, since I've got a pretty ordinary TV, and even a compression in the 50% range don't look much different to me on my 27 inch TV, or even on my 2005 FPW monitor, for that matter. I usually get around 70-80% with movies, and only TV show DVDs get me down to the 50% range, which is fine since most TV show video quality is mediocre to begin with, so it's not bad at all.

If there's a hall of fame for freeware, DVDShrink is right up there amongst the greats, lol, it really works well on just about any DVD over a year old, and along with DVD Decrypter, you can back up any DVD you want.

 

[Sforsyth]

I used to use DVDshrink with my Athlon 1.1 Ghz and Noe with my Athlon 3200+ and I haven't noticed any difference in speeds.