DVD+R vs DVD - R

John Turco added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

>> Thanks muchly for you many comments and insights in this
>> thread, John. I, too, have stopped using the dual-layer discs
>> on my DVRs. As I think I mentioned in an early reply, I upped
>> the compression from "SP" to "LP" or even "EP" and did not
>> notice any image degradation of the older movies and TV shows
>> I watch but a BIG reduction in file size obsoleting the need
>> for the higher gig discs.
>
>
> Hello, Jerry:
>
> "DVD Shrink" <http://www.dvdshrink.org> is a freeware
> "ripping" program, which allows one to fit even the lengthiest
> movie, onto an ordinary, single-layer disc (with no noticeable
> loss of quality). I've experimented with it, briefly, and it
> really seems to work, as advertised.
>
> Softwarecenterz.com - Download DVD Shrink
> <http://dvdshrink.softwarecenterz.com>
>
> Good luck!
>
Thanks for the heads up and link, John! I will note this for
future reference and likely download and install it.

Question: Since I have had great success in moving from
Panasonic's uncompressed "SP" (Standard Play, I believe) to "LP"
(Longer Play) I have not had a problem with fitting even 3+ hour
movies onto a single layer disc. In most of the time now, I
record in an even higher lever compression mode called "EP"
(Extended Play). When I record something I view as important,
e.g., a commericial free movie on TCM, I use LP but if I am
recording, say, a seres of American Muscle Car where high quality
isn't really available or required for my 61-year-old eyes, I use
"EP" for that and can pack many, many episods on one disc.

So, since this works so well, in your view, would I be OK
continuing to do this or do you believe from your experience,
which I have found is both considerable and beyond my technical
level, that dvdshrink is superior?

Also, is dvdshrink intended to copy a movied from DVD to DVD or
DVD to the HDD of my DVD in highly compressed mode and then to
DVD, or can it also compress movies, TV shows, whatever I have
recorded from cable TV directly to my HDD or both?

Thanks again for your help.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Surely you jest - and don't call me Shirley!" - from the movie
"Airplane!"

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:42:56 GMT, "HEMI - Powered" <Nyet.RemoveThis@Nada.EN> wrote
in <Xns9A494453150D8ReplyScoreID.RemoveThis@140.99.99.130>:

>John Turco added these comments in the current discussion du
>jour ...

>> "DVD Shrink" <http://www.dvdshrink.org> is a freeware
>> "ripping" program, which allows one to fit even the lengthiest
>> movie, onto an ordinary, single-layer disc (with no noticeable
>> loss of quality). I've experimented with it, briefly, and it
>> really seems to work, as advertised.

FYI, development of DVDShrink ended years ago, and it can't handle some
current forms of DVD copy protection. Nero Recode is similar.

>Question: Since I have had great success in moving from
>Panasonic's uncompressed "SP" (Standard Play, I believe) to "LP"
>(Longer Play) I have not had a problem with fitting even 3+ hour
>movies onto a single layer disc. In most of the time now, I
>record in an even higher lever compression mode called "EP"
>(Extended Play). When I record something I view as important,
>e.g., a commericial free movie on TCM, I use LP but if I am
>recording, say, a seres of American Muscle Car where high quality
>isn't really available or required for my 61-year-old eyes, I use
>"EP" for that and can pack many, many episods on one disc.
>
>So, since this works so well, in your view, would I be OK
>continuing to do this or do you believe from your experience,
>which I have found is both considerable and beyond my technical
>level, that dvdshrink is superior?

What you are doing is fine.

>Also, is dvdshrink intended to copy a movied from DVD to DVD or
>DVD to the HDD of my DVD in highly compressed mode and then to
>DVD, or can it also compress movies, TV shows, whatever I have
>recorded from cable TV directly to my HDD or both?

All of the above. Likewise Nero Recode.

--
Best regards,
John Navas
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)