<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
DVD	O
transcoder	O
program	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
a	O
DVD	O
ripper	O
to	O
back	O
up	O
DVD	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
versions	O
are	O
3.2.0.15	O
(	O
English	O
)	O
and	O
3.2.0.16	O
(	O
German	O
)	O
;	O
all	O
other	O
versions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
2010	O
,	O
are	O
illegitimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
's	O
purpose	O
is	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
name	O
implies	O
,	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
DVD	O
with	O
minimal	O
loss	O
of	O
quality	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
loss	O
of	O
quality	O
is	O
inevitable	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lossy	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
compression	B-General_Concept
algorithm	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
creates	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
a	O
DVD	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
the	O
coding	O
only	O
allowing	O
the	O
DVD	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
certain	O
geographical	O
areas	O
is	O
removed	O
,	O
and	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
may	O
also	O
be	O
circumvented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
commercially	O
released	O
video	O
DVDs	O
are	O
dual	O
layer	O
(	O
8.5	O
GB	O
)	O
;	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
can	O
make	O
a	O
shrunk	O
copy	O
which	O
will	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
single-layer	O
(	O
4.7	O
GB	O
)	O
writeable	O
DVD	O
,	O
processing	O
the	O
video	O
with	O
some	O
loss	O
of	O
quality	O
and	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
discard	O
unwanted	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
foreign-language	O
soundtracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
features	O
a	O
DeCSS	O
decryption	O
algorithm	O
,	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
open	O
and	O
decrypt	O
many	O
currently	O
available	O
DVDs	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
defeated	O
by	O
some	O
newer	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
this	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
open	O
DVD	O
files	O
contained	O
in	O
a	O
VIDEO_TS	O
folder	O
or	O
a	O
disk	O
image	O
(	O
ISO	B-Application
,	O
IMG	O
,	O
NRG	O
or	O
MDS/Ixx	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DVD	O
video	O
may	O
then	O
be	O
re-encoded	O
by	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
VBR	B-General_Concept
encoder	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
can	O
automatically	O
re-compress	O
video	O
,	O
to	O
as	O
little	O
as	O
39%	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
size	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
DVD	O
(	O
with	O
a	O
corresponding	O
loss	O
in	O
quality	O
)	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
DVD±	O
R(W )	O
,	O
a	O
Dual-Layer	O
DVD+R	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
user-defined	O
custom	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
options	O
are	O
more	O
time-consuming	O
because	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
runs	O
through	O
the	O
DVD	O
once	O
doing	O
the	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
again	O
doing	O
the	O
transcoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transcoder	O
in	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
was	O
unusual	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
employs	O
compressed	O
domain	O
video	O
processing	O
technology	O
to	O
avoid	O
a	O
full	O
decode	O
and	O
re-encode	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
operates	O
in	O
two	O
main	O
modes	O
,	O
"	O
Reauthor	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Full	O
Disk	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
"	O
Reauthor	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
interface	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
choose	O
specifically	O
which	O
DVD	O
elements	O
(	O
Main	O
Title	O
,	O
Menus	O
,	O
audio	O
tracks	O
and	O
subtitles	O
,	O
and	O
Special	O
Features	O
)	O
to	O
retain	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
shrunken	O
"	O
DVD	O
;	O
the	O
Menu	O
clips	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
folders	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
"	O
Full	O
Disk	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
functionally	O
identical	O
backup	O
copy	O
without	O
changes	O
;	O
alternatively	O
random	O
audio/subtitle	O
streams	O
can	O
be	O
deselected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
either	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
program	B-Application
has	O
options	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
stripping	O
of	O
the	O
CSS	B-Algorithm
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
User	O
operation	O
prohibition	O
(	O
prohibiting	O
skipping	O
over	O
previews	O
or	O
"	O
FBI	O
Warnings	O
"	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
allows	O
the	O
copy	O
to	O
be	O
either	O
made	O
region-free	O
(	O
the	O
default	O
setting	O
)	O
or	O
set	O
for	O
any	O
region	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extra	O
software	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
AnyDVD	O
,	O
AVS	O
Video	O
Converter	O
,	O
or	O
DVD	O
Decrypter	O
)	O
may	O
be	O
required	O
to	O
remove	O
more	O
recent	O
forms	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Macrovision	O
Ripguard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
can	O
also	O
shrink	O
hard	O
disk	O
files	O
already	O
ripped	O
by	O
programs	O
that	O
can	O
overcome	O
more	O
recent	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
systems	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
the	O
2-layer	O
to	O
1-layer	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
DVD	O
content	O
has	O
been	O
reduced	O
in	O
data	O
size	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
output	O
is	O
an	O
ISO	B-Application
file	O
or	O
a	O
DVD	O
VIDEO	O
TS	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
cannot	O
burn	O
these	O
images	O
itself	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
contain	O
a	O
built-in	O
burning	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
however	O
automatically	O
pass	O
the	O
burning	O
job	O
to	O
either	O
Nero	B-Application
(	O
version	O
7	O
or	O
lower	O
)	O
,	O
DVD	O
Decrypter	O
or	O
CopyToDVD	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
these	O
programs	O
are	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
burn	O
with	O
ImgBurn	B-Application
it	O
's	O
possible	O
to	O
either	O
copy	O
over	O
imgburn.exe	O
to	O
the	O
DVD	O
Decrypter	O
folder	O
and	O
rename	O
it	O
to	O
dvddecrypter.exe	O
(	O
both	O
engines	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
commands	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
coded	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
programmer	O
)	O
or	O
use	O
the	O
hacked	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
with	O
ImgBurn	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
ISO	B-Application
file	O
may	O
be	O
burned	O
with	O
any	O
software	O
capable	O
of	O
writing	O
ISO	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
gives	O
the	O
user	O
free	O
rein	O
over	O
compression	O
settings	O
for	O
individual	O
tracks	O
on	O
the	O
DVD	O
,	O
removing	O
content	O
altogether	O
is	O
not	O
allowed	O
as	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
risk	O
of	O
upsetting	O
the	O
DVD	O
's	O
menu	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
also	O
gives	O
the	O
alternative	O
option	O
of	O
transferring	O
selected	O
sections	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
stills	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
high-compression	O
"	O
placeholder	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
have	O
made	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
ISO	B-Application
files	O
directly	O
to	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
in	O
effect	O
creating	O
large-scale	O
DVD	O
media	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playback	O
of	O
these	O
ISO	B-Application
files	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
directly	O
on	O
a	O
network	O
connected	O
computer	O
running	O
a	O
virtual	O
DVD	O
ROM	O
emulator	O
(	O
like	O
Daemon	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
Lite	I-Application
)	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
through	O
open	O
source	O
media	O
systems	O
(	O
like	O
XBMC	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
has	O
other	O
,	O
less	O
controversial	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
8-cm	O
discs	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
new	O
DVD-based	O
video	O
camcorders	O
are	O
not	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
computers	O
and	O
DVD	O
players	O
;	O
"	O
ripping	O
"	O
them	O
with	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
(	O
or	O
a	O
similar	O
program	B-Application
)	O
and	O
re-recording	O
them	O
to	O
standard-sized	O
DVDs	O
is	O
a	O
quick	O
and	O
very	O
effective	O
solution	O
to	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2005	O
the	O
official	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
website	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
"	O
is	O
no	O
more	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
prompting	O
many	O
sites	O
to	O
mirror	O
the	O
latest	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
version	O
and	O
offer	O
it	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
's	O
web	O
host	O
receiving	O
a	O
Digital	O
Millennium	O
Copyright	O
Act	O
(	O
DMCA	O
)	O
takedown	O
notice	O
,	O
as	O
compromising	O
limits	O
on	O
the	O
accessibility	O
of	O
a	O
copyrighted	O
work	O
is	O
prohibited	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
under	O
the	O
laws	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
specifically	O
the	O
Digital	O
Millennium	O
Copyright	O
Act	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
is	O
now	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
official	O
web	O
page	O
again	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
suggests	O
finding	O
a	O
download	O
source	O
using	O
a	O
general	O
web	O
search	O
,	O
"	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
any	O
software	O
enabling	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
work	O
around	O
copyright	O
restrictions	O
such	O
as	O
CSS	B-Algorithm
is	O
against	O
the	O
law	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
official	O
website	O
"	O
(	O
dvdshrink.org	O
)	O
is	O
not	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternate	O
sites	O
like	O
Softpedia	O
have	O
been	O
providing	O
a	O
clean	O
,	O
of	O
DVDShrink	B-Application
for	O
a	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
checksums	O
for	O
other	O
valid	O
DVD	B-Application
Shrink	I-Application
versions	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
