The user is able to choose how the compression is to be distributed across the DVD. The DVD video may then be re-encoded by the application's VBR encoder. As well as this, it can open DVD files contained in a VIDEO_TS folder or a disk image (ISO, IMG, NRG or MDS/Ixx). The program features a DeCSS decryption algorithm, enabling it to open and decrypt many currently available DVDs, although it is defeated by some newer copy protection techniques. It is contained within a single executable file that is one megabyte in size. 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.ĭVD Shrink is designed to be easy to use. A stamped DVD may require more space than is available on a writeable DVD, unless shrunk.
It creates a copy of a DVD, during which the coding only allowing the DVD to be played in certain geographical areas is removed, and copy protection may also be circumvented. 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). 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. DVD Shrink is a freeware DVD transcoder program for Microsoft Windows that uses a DVD ripper to back up DVD video.