What's wrong with my DVD-Shrink settings?

January 12, 2006 10:59 AM

What's wrong with my DVD-Shrink settings? I want to produce a single ISO file, instead of a handful.

On my old PC I rip a DVD with DVD-Decryptor and then use DVD-Shrink to backup the content to a single .ISO file, which I can then burn. On my new computer DVD-Shrink always seems to create a series of 5 or so ISO files (.IS1, .IS2, .IS3 etc) instead of a single .iso which I want. I can't figure out where the settings differ on the two computers. Any insight will be much appreciated. Thanks.

posted by JamesMessick to computers & internet (10 comments total)

Are you using FAT32?
posted by Otis at 12:16 PM on January 12, 2006

In the main Preferences window there's a "Target DVD Size" option - what's that set to?
posted by LukeyBoy at 12:16 PM on January 12, 2006

Can I guess 700 MB?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:24 PM on January 12, 2006

Looks like the Target DVD size is "DVD-5 (4.7 GB)" and I assume the file is NTFS since I am running XP Pro. Oops, the file sys IS FAT32, I thought XP required NTFS. Is this the problem? If so, what are the repercussions of converting to NTFS. I'm not in a hurry to do that if I don't have to since system is running fine otherwise.
posted by JamesMessick at 1:35 PM on January 12, 2006

It's not as if my system doesn't handle large files. After all, the files produced by ripping a DVD are up to 1 Gb.
posted by JamesMessick at 1:38 PM on January 12, 2006

NTFS and FAT32 specifications

FAT32 limits files to 4GB, take one byte.
posted by cellphone at 2:19 PM on January 12, 2006

That said, one quick way to fix this is to shrink the DVD to 3.9GB. The quality won't be as good, but not enough to matter all that much, I think. Just cut out the extras or something.
posted by cellphone at 2:21 PM on January 12, 2006

Is there a reason why you want to burn an ISO as opposed to VOBs? DVD shrink will automatically chop the VOBS up into 1 GB chunks so FAT32 is no problem. Otherwise, cellphone is right. Choose "custom" as the target size and set it at 3.9.
posted by Otis at 4:53 PM on January 12, 2006

The main reason I like a single ISO is that it's easier for my DVD burning software to handle, I can double-click on it and NTI knows what I want to do with it. I'm also comfortable with it because that's the way I've always done it (not a great reason) and because I can use Alcohol 52% to mount the ISO and play it as a virtual disc (better reason).

Now I'm wondering 1) Should I go ahead and try converting my D: partition to NTFS? No going back once I do, right? and 2) How do I do it?
posted by JamesMessick at 5:27 PM on January 12, 2006

Correct, you cannot go back to FAT32. This is how you do it.
posted by Otis at 5:39 PM on January 12, 2006