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| Developer(s) | DVD Shrink |
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| Final release | 3.2.0.15
/ July 25, 2004 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Optical disc authoring |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
DVD Shrink is a freeware[1] DVD transcoder program for Microsoft Windows that uses a DVD ripper to back up DVD video. It can also be run under Linux using Wine.[2] The final versions are 3.2.0.15 (English) and 3.2.0.16 (German); all other versions, such as DVD Shrink 2010, are illegitimate.[3] DVD Shrink's purpose is, as its name implies, to reduce the amount of data stored on a DVD with minimal loss of quality, although some loss of quality is inevitable (due to the lossy MPEG-2 compression algorithm). It creates a copy of a DVD, during which the DVD region code is removed, and copy protection may also be circumvented. A stamped DVD may require more space than is available on a writeable DVD, unless shrunk. Many commercially released video DVDs are dual layer (8.5 GB); DVD Shrink can make a shrunk copy which will fit on a single-layer (4.7 GB) writeable DVD, processing the video with some loss of quality and allowing the user to discard unwanted content such as foreign-language soundtracks.
- ^ Metz, Cade (May 4, 2005). "CD & DVD Burning". PC Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ WineHQ DVDShrink
- ^ DVD Shrink 2010 is a scam! Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 17, 2010.