What is DVD Shrink?
DVD Shrink is a freeware DVD transcoder program for Microsoft Windows that uses a DVD ripper to back up DVD video. The final versions are 3.2.0.15 (English) and 3.2.0.16 (German); all other versions, such as DVD Shrink 2010, are scams.[2] 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. 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. 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.Why need an alternative to DVD Shrink?
However free things are not always good. Free DVD Shrink is not the all-in-one DVD copying software. For example：| If you directly burn DVD backup copies with DVD Shrink, it requires Nero as the default burning software. |
| It has the possibility to remove popular DVD copy protections such as CSS (most commercial DVDs used), RC, RCE, etc. |
| Since the author of DVD Shrink has been stopped developing it from 2005, it is not supporting the new Window OS (Windows 10) well enough. It just works better on Windows 9x/2000/XP. And the Vista family of Microsoft Windows (Windows Vista, Windows 7) may have issues running DVD Shrink. This free DVD Shrink also doesn't work well with Windows 8 or Nero 7/8/9, and cannot burn and rip DVD while decrypting new DVD copy protections independently. |
Recommend - Top 4 DVD Shrink Alternatives - Copy DVD/Rip DVD
1. Free DVDAid - Free
Pavtube Free DVDAid offers every user the opportunity to rip, encode and edit DVD to almost any video and audio format freely. Without extra payment, you could own a freeware to assist with DVD to video/audio transition which enables you to watch DVDs on other multimedia players without limitation. Plus, with the built-in video editor, Free DVDAid is considered to be a easily handled video editing tool with the ability of trimming, cropping, splitting, merging, adding subtitle file, etc.| Key features of Free DVDAid |
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2. Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate - Free
Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate is your all-in-one solution to rip, encode DVD and convert even edit videos in one place. With it, you could effortlessly achieve all your multimedia demands and enjoy video/DVD anywhere and anytime you like. Plus, you can quickly convert virtually any video and audio files to AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, MKV, 3GP, MPEG, MP3, M4A, AC3, WMA, AAC and more. Meanwhile, it provides large amounts of DIY features including trimming, cropping, splitting, adding subtitle file, adding video effect, etc. to extend your own movie enjoyment.| Key features of Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate |
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3. BDMagic - Paid
Pavtube BDMagic can convert 2D Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and standard DVD to SD, High-Definition formats or even create 3D videos with excellent video/audio quality in fast conversion speed. This BD/DVD to video workaround could output various video and audio formats, like H.265/HEVC, MKV, MP4, MOV, DivX, AVI, MP3, FLAC, etc so you can make a duplicate copy for your video collection, or share movies on numbers of popular media players，like Apple media devices, Android smartphones and tablets, Windows media players, various smartphones and more. Besides, you can easily customize Blu-ray DVD collection to export desired movies in your own patent.
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4. ByteCopy - Paid
Pavtube ByteCopy, the best Blu-ray/DVD to Lossless MKV solution, is a powerful program with the ability of backing up Blu-ray/DVD collection to multi-track MKV without quality loss, ripping BD/DVD movies to MP4 and MOV with multiple audio streams, and converting BD/DVD from hard discs to virtually any popular video and audio format so that you can freely watch movies on Apple iOS devices, Android OS devices, Windows RT/Pro devices, HDTV, 3D TVs, PSP, PS4, PS3, Plex, WDTV Live, Roku 3 and more devices. In recent update, ByteCopy can support ripping Blu-ray/DVD movie to H.265/HEVC MP4 with better video quality compared to H.264 MP4 in same profile presets. At the meantime, this multi-track Blu-ray/DVD converter can be considered as a user-friendly movie editing tool with the professional functions to trim, crop, merge, insert subtitles, export srt/ass/ssa subtitles, add video effects in the destination movie.
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Summary
The above 4 popular DVD Shrink alternatives all have copying DVD, ripping DVD, edit DVD etc functions. Their functions ability : Free DVDAid < Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate < BDMagic < ByteCopy. You can choose one according to your needs.
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