[COSTS] || [RIP & BURN DVDS] || [RIP DVD AUDIO] || [EDIT/ENCODE VIDEO] || [BURN VIDEO TO DVD]

[COPY DVDS]
[purpose and disclaimer]
The purpose of this guide is to show how to copy and distribute
public information as inexpensively and efficiently as possible, on a windows based computer.

Although there are many other ways and other options on the program used, this is a direct way that I use to ensure good copies. Becoming more familiar with the program is a wonderful way to learn how to re-author and to re-encode.

Please do not use the following guide for illegal copyright violations. The writer of this guide will not be held accountable for any such violations. All copyright violations are illegal unless given permission from the owner to do so. If you are unsure, do not copy it. Note: Alex Jones has confirmed multiple times on air that he wishes for his dvds to be copied and redistributed.

[system requirements]
10+ GB of Harddrive Space
DVDR Drive
Burning Software

You will also need an internet connection at some point to download software.

[instructions]
Download DVD Shrink 3.2 - [MD5 Check-sum: efc4643607d821ee5b1e306b5181917c / on site
Install the program on your computer. This program is freeware (free to use) but may be a little tricky to find due to it's potential for illegal use.

Run the program and you should get something like this:

Insert your disk and then click the 'Open Disc' button. Find the appropriate drive if it is not already selected. Click 'OK'.

As the program begins to analyze the content, go ahead and uncheck the box for 'Enable video preview.' This will give you significantly faster disc rips.

When the analysis is done, you should have this: the bar at the top states compares the amount of space the video should take up versus a regular dvdr (4,464mb). A regular dvd is typically much larger than a dvdr, and so this program will re-encode the content so that it takes up less space and save it as an .ISO file (a disc image). You can manually set compression rates, but I recommend leaving it on auto. If the necessary compression rate is too low for the movie to fit on a dvdr, than the green bar at top will have red after it, indicating so. If this is the case you need to enter the re-author mode, and can probably only copy the main title instead of the menus and bonus features as you can in full disc mode. As follows with the example documentary 'Endgame' by Alex Jones, this does not apply.

You are now ready to backup (copy and re-encode) the disc. Click the 'Backup!' button to see the following. Make sure 'Select backup target:' is set to ISO Image File and that 'Select target image file:' is a directory you can easily access/remember. Also make sure the name of the .ISO file is an applicable to the dvd( note: some dvds may simply read: DVD_VOLUME if unlabeled).

Next, select the 'Quality Settings' tab to make a few adjustments. If able, check the box next to 'Perform deep analysis before backup to improve quality.' I believe this option is grayed out on my screen, because I have already backed up the disc. Now check the box next to 'Compress video with high quality adaptive error compensation:' This is very important to me, because it helps get rid of errors on discs, cuts down on data, and ensure the entire selected work will appear on the disc. You can learn more by clicking 'What do these options do?' I leave the error compensation method to Sharp (default).

From here on out, you can just click 'OK' instead of messing with the 'Quality Settings' tab

Once you click 'OK' the program will begin to rip and compress your dvd. Just so you know, the encoder will make two passes, instead of one (because of the quality setting you selected). This made a rip on a fairly new,quick computer take 40 minutes instead of 20 minutes taken without the additional quality coding. It may seem like a long time, but you only have to do it once, and I can assure you you will have a good replication of the dvd you just copied. I was amazed at the quality on a regular sized television, considering the file size was cut in half. NOTE: I haven't received any problems with the dvds i've ripped with other programs running, but i try to close out/ not cause any excessive CPU expenditures while ripping. The main reason is time.

Once the program has completed the rip, you should be able to double click the .iso file at any point in time and have your disc burning software popup ready to burn it. NOTE: This is important: Even though some burns will work fine at '16x', I set the burn speed to '12x' and shut off all other applications (including antivirus and internet) to ensure good copies.

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I'm currently trying to copy and distribute hundreds of DVDs to people who I doubt, otherwise, would believe this information. I don't have time to check each copy, but I do make sure to copy a clean disc and watch the first copy that comes out the whole way through. So far, I don't think anybody's received a bad copy using the methods above. I hope this can be of some service to you.