Whirlpool

After FREEware DVD Decripter Finish by SOME unknow COMPANY

NOW few months later another famous Freeware DVD SHRINK has been OVER too

see there offical Web site

www.dvdshrink.org

The (only) **Official**
DVDShrink
Site

IS NO MORE!

NO one Know what happen!! Becasue as far as everyone know DVD Shrink has been long time didn't update there software (i think they stop the development of DVD shink)!!

whats going on Even these software are Free they still have to Be OVER??

That just sucks.

* Shouldnt this be in "Windows"?

go to www.doom9.org and help yourself mate. I think DVD shrink will be alive for many years to come, and what needed updating on it anyway IMHO. Tell me if I am wrong though, and there are some you beaut snazzy features that I am missing.

Regards
Graham

go to www.doom9.org and help yourself mate. I think DVD shrink will be alive for many years to come, and what needed updating on it anyway IMHO. Tell me if I am wrong though, and there are some you beaut snazzy features that I am missing.

Regards
Graham

the problem is that DVD SHRINK are offically OVER!!

and you certainly can download from any other site that still have mirror but the STOP of development on Freeware E.g. DVD Decripter and DVD Shrink is not a good thing for Freeware community!! why you developing a software and in the end of the day enjoy all the sucess and pride... then suddenly some BIG Foot step in tell you to Stop??

and please go to the offical web site!!

well its just Sad!!

I'd say someone either hacked the site, or they have been threatened with legal action i the same vein as DVD Decrypter, when one dies another always pops up though, is a shame for the creators of the software in question, but as they say, life goes on.

From what I've read the developer now appears to be part of the Nero team producing Nero Recode, which has similar functionaility

i discover this when i look through CDRLabs

www.cdrlabs.com/#3

Mobelby is correct (well as far as I know this is the case). There are alternatives of course for Shrink & also Decrypter.

Yep

Nero recode is very much like dvd-shrink. They share some interface objects, and they also have the same bugs in their reencoding.

/me backs up my dvd shrink intall files :)

me may put this file on my Unoffical DVD shrink website......

the exsiting shrink is running out of it's usefulness anyway, a major new version is required to keep up with modern times and cyclic redundancy situations

What was the last release?

3.2?

dddp writes...

the exsiting shrink is running out of it's usefulness anyway, a major new version is required to keep up with modern times and cyclic redundancy situations

I use it all the time for movies I dont have to compress much i.e. less than 5%. It's really easy to use for getting rid of menus and extras.

Steve writes...

What was the last release?

3.2?

Yes, I think so thats the one im using..

DeanCorp

Old news really because DVDShrink has not been in active development since at least the beginning of 2005. The last version released by the creator/developer (3.2.0.15) was pretty good IMHO and there's not really much more that could have been done with it anyway.

And like just like DVDDecrypter it will be available for download from many many places if you ever need it again.

lochness writes...

Old news really because

Yeah I remember reading this earlier in the year. Nothing new.

dddp writes...

the exsiting shrink is running out of it's usefulness anyway, a major new version is required to keep up with modern times and cyclic redundancy situations

I admit I haven't backed up many movies lately, after doing my whole collection many months ago, so my 'current' knowldge in this field is about 6 months old, but what new features need to be added to DVDShrink 3.2.0.15 ?

rugger writes...

Yep

Nero recode is very much like dvd-shrink. They share some interface objects, and they also have the same bugs in their reencoding.

mm if its the same funtion with Nero recode!! then we have nothing to worry about!! LOL

but there wasn't anything to add on to DVD shrink 3.2 its just a pretty sleek compress program!! and the Offically STOP development...due to Legal threaten?? its all unknow!!

and as i said before its not about not enough funtion etc .........its about the Freeware are disapearing FAST?? consider how long since DVD Decripter has gone for?? 2-3 months?? then now is DVD SHrink?? and who know what is going on Between SOme compaNY and DVD SHrink??

well just another SAD story after DVD Decripter LOL

dddp writes...
the existing shrink is running out of it's usefulness anyway, a major new version is required to keep up with modern times and cyclic redundancy situations

Started reading about this today here, and thought I might go and play with Nero Recode. I have both Recode & Shrink on my computer, just I only use the nero burner. So I updated Nero [burner & recode] to the latest ones. And started to recode a DVD with nero. Error, cyclic redundancy [I didn't even know what this was till I looked it up]. So then I tried with shrink, no problems. So with that and the extra choices that you get with shrink, I think I will be using shrink for a while yet.
Question/ what other software is there that gives you the same control that shrink does, with the same ease?

Les. writes...

Question/ what other software is there that gives you the same control that shrink does, with the same ease?

Good point!!

and thats what make Shrink special!! and most importantly ITS FREE!!

zz24 writes...

IS NO MORE!

well that suxzors it was one of the best little aps arround ohh well i put it up on my site for you all here well its not up but it will be tomorrow www.boffinlan.com/files/Usefull%20Tools

lazlo writes...

well that suxzors it was one of the best little aps arround ohh well i put it up on my site for you all here well its not up but it will be tomorrow www.boffinlan.com/files/Usefull%20Tools

Thanks mate

CDfreaks NEWS www.cdfreaks.com/news/12278

"It appears that DVDShrink has finally been taken down. After losing DVD Decrypter, this is devastating blow."

"Any DVD" is better anyway.

Turpy writes...

"Any DVD" is better anyway.

AnyDVD doesn't have the core functionality that DVD Shrink has; they're completely different programs, you realise?

AnyDVD is mere software to bypass region protection and DVD protection itself; it's got nothing to do with shrinking/re-encoding DVDs, which DVDShrink has expertise over.

"Any DVD" is better anyway. ??
AnyDVD replaces DVD decrypter not DVD shrink?
And yes it is better than DVD decripter, but you have to pay for it. Well you should pay for it.

Sad news indeed... But, are there any open source decoders/rippers? I am just guessing that Linux has software that could be ported to Windows...

It is so early in the morning and i still awake and UPDATE this Thread heh

i don't like this Thread to Sink to the bottom without a Ending

so thats what has really happen to DVD SHRINK

club.cdfreaks.com/showpo...995&postcount=22

Actually, what message says is that "The (only) Official DVDSHRINK site is no more"... It talks about the site, at least for the moment.

Reason?

Some1 sent an abuse report to EV1, the company hosting the site.

and i suspect that Some1 is Powerful enough to make a Web hosting company to give up a fight against such request(nice way of putting it) in real word it said Abuse report in the answer!! so....hehe

i think thats what happen!! so far!!

DECSS was the Reason why it been Warn by SOME1

club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=146202

Since I've been unable to contact the legal owner of the software, I've found inappropiate to hang other versions or any other stuff sent to me NOT by the way of its original author (aka without his approvation).

Glad there's a non DECSS version of it. Hopefully, the latest final stable english version will be re-released soon without the DECSS portion and we'll restore the site inmediately!!

so if there is a none DECSS version of DVD Shrink then it will be Legal Again??

Now i'm getting tired of this CSS CRAP protection!! its not perfect when it was designed and certainly not a good protection like SONY ARccOS!! so why blam DVD Shrink?? why don't the Author Fix their own Crap before blam some none profite Freeware??

Well??......all i can said about the situation is: I hope is not SOme compaNY again??

According to.....

www.slyck.com/news.php?story=885

Interesting, rumor: author now works for Nero?

hrmmm....

MD351

MD351 writes...

Interesting, rumor: author now works for Nero?

Not a rumor. It's been fairly well known that the author/creator of DVDShrink was employed by Nero about two years ago to work on the Nero Recode module of the Nero Suite, hence the striking similarity between the two programs.

He was "allowed" or chose to or both, to continue development of the freeware DVDShrink in parallel to his work for Nero.

Then around the start of this year he decided that DVDShrink had gone about as far as he could take it (Version 3.2) in terms of new features and development, so he pulled the pin on any further new editions of it. He said at the time that he would issue bug-fixes if and when they became necesary. I believe the last of these was 3.2.0.15

If you want more info, go to the forums at www.doom9.org and you can read all about it.

Les. writes...

And started to recode a DVD with nero. Error, cyclic redundancy [I didn't even know what this was till I looked it up]. So then I tried with shrink, no problems.

you must've been lucky then, lol, it's stopped my shrink a couple of times, searching for other newer progs that deal with this and other things like ARccOS

dddp, no it wasn't DVD Shrink that had the problem with the DVD, it was Nero. Never had a problem with Shrink [I might have been just lucky]. As I understand it's not really a problem [most times] with the software. It's more likely to be with the surface of the disk, scratches ECT. One way to deal with scratches is to use a good quality spray polish on the surface of the disk [e.g. Mr. Sheen]. This fill up the scratches so the laser doesn't get distorted when reading. Works with CD too.

Edit/ Reread your post you weren't saying, I had a problem with shrink, you were saying I was lucky I didn't [stupid me].

i think there are some protection programs that do cause cyclic redundancies as well as the readabilty problem like you describe

Les. writes...

"Any DVD" is better anyway. ??

Any DVD aint gonna copy any DVD's it's just a decrypter your still gonna need a program to capture & burn. DVD Shrink we be saddly missed

imhere writes...

DVD Shrink we be saddly missed

Just so everyone is clear about what's happening:

DVDShrink is NOT going anywhere.

You can still download DVDShrink from a myriad of places.

DVDShink has NOT been in active development for over six months

So really there is nothing to be "sadly missed". The website that had the name dvdshrink.org may be down, but the program itself has not changed, gone anywhere or been deleted or suddenly stopped development in the last few days.

The final version released by the creator which was 3.2.0.15

Anyone still not convinced, I implore you to please read the forums at www.doom9.org to learn all you can about this program and it's development etc...

Les. writes...
"Any DVD" is better anyway. ??

Any DVD aint gonna copy any DVD's it's just a decrypter your still gonna need a program to capture & burn. DVD Shrink we be saddly missed

I said the same as you if you would have read past the first line. I was answering Turpy. I just don't know how to make the printing blue yet :).
Edit/ now I do LOL.

Les. writes...

I just don't know how to make the printing blue yet :).

Highlight what you want in blue check Show quoted press Insert Quote & Hey presto

lazlo writes...

well i put it up on my site for you all here well its not up but it will be tomorrow www.boffinlan.com/files/Useful%20Tools

ok it is now up for all to get
Here: www.boffinlan.com/files/Useful%20Tools

I think you need to work on your engrish some more mate!!!

As for DVDShrink, i don't think it needs any updates! *would make sense if they sold it ;)*

DVD Shrink was good because it got the job done. No mucking around either, just insert the disc and let it go. I'm going to keep using it.