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Howdy Folks,
I haven't visited this board in many months due to huge life changes (including retirement, moving from the West to the East coast, etc.), so I haven't seen the evolution of the Imgburn and its integration into the Target menu of DVDShrink. So please accept a few questions--and I'll be happy to follow pointers to threads. (I tried to read the recommended guides, but my kept getting HTTP timeouts).
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I'm an old hand at using DVDShrink/DVDDecrypter. Here's what I'm used to doing:
(1) I use Decrypter to rip a disk to an ISO. This gives me a .ISO file and a .MDS file.
(2) I then use Shrink to read the ISO file produced by Decrypter and reauthor to taste and shrink as necessary. I set Shrink to output an ISO.
(3) If I want to burn the ISO from Shrink now, I select "Burn with DVDDecrypter" target, and when finished, delete the ISO. If I don't want to burn the ISO immediately, I just select the ISO option.
(4) Assuming I chose not to burn immediately, at this point I have 2 ISO files: the one created by Decrypter containing the entire image, and the reauthored one created by Shrink suitable for writing on 4.7GB media. I also have the MDS file created by Decrypter. I've never known what this file was for, but Decrypter would scold me when I chose to burn an ISO when there was a corresponding ISO file available.
(4) When it came time to burn the ISO, I'd select the Shrink version because I've never experimented with DL media. After burning, I delete Shrink's ISO and keep the full-sized ISO and its MDS file for posterity.
The dropping price for bulk DL media, together with the new generation of HDMI up-converting DVD players (e.g. Sony Sony DVP-NS75H) have made want to write some movies to DL media.
My question are:
(1) If I read things correctly, ImgBurn doesn't rip DVDs. So where does the MDS file come from? (Based upon the scolding messages, I suspect that they contain optimization information such as where best to create layer breaks.)
(2) What in a nutshell--besides convenience--do I get by using ImgBurn instead of DVD Decrypter?
(3) If I switch to DL media, can I continue to do things the way I've always done them, or is there somthing in ImgBurn that enhances the outcome.
(4) I have several 8GB ISOs around without MDS files (don't ask). Are there any special procedures needed to burn these, or just let ImgBurn figure stuff out on the fly?
Thanks for your help,
I haven't visited this board in many months due to huge life changes (including retirement, moving from the West to the East coast, etc.), so I haven't seen the evolution of the Imgburn and its integration into the Target menu of DVDShrink. So please accept a few questions--and I'll be happy to follow pointers to threads. (I tried to read the recommended guides, but my kept getting HTTP timeouts).
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I'm an old hand at using DVDShrink/DVDDecrypter. Here's what I'm used to doing:
(1) I use Decrypter to rip a disk to an ISO. This gives me a .ISO file and a .MDS file.
(2) I then use Shrink to read the ISO file produced by Decrypter and reauthor to taste and shrink as necessary. I set Shrink to output an ISO.
(3) If I want to burn the ISO from Shrink now, I select "Burn with DVDDecrypter" target, and when finished, delete the ISO. If I don't want to burn the ISO immediately, I just select the ISO option.
(4) Assuming I chose not to burn immediately, at this point I have 2 ISO files: the one created by Decrypter containing the entire image, and the reauthored one created by Shrink suitable for writing on 4.7GB media. I also have the MDS file created by Decrypter. I've never known what this file was for, but Decrypter would scold me when I chose to burn an ISO when there was a corresponding ISO file available.
(4) When it came time to burn the ISO, I'd select the Shrink version because I've never experimented with DL media. After burning, I delete Shrink's ISO and keep the full-sized ISO and its MDS file for posterity.
The dropping price for bulk DL media, together with the new generation of HDMI up-converting DVD players (e.g. Sony Sony DVP-NS75H) have made want to write some movies to DL media.
My question are:
(1) If I read things correctly, ImgBurn doesn't rip DVDs. So where does the MDS file come from? (Based upon the scolding messages, I suspect that they contain optimization information such as where best to create layer breaks.)
(2) What in a nutshell--besides convenience--do I get by using ImgBurn instead of DVD Decrypter?
(3) If I switch to DL media, can I continue to do things the way I've always done them, or is there somthing in ImgBurn that enhances the outcome.
(4) I have several 8GB ISOs around without MDS files (don't ask). Are there any special procedures needed to burn these, or just let ImgBurn figure stuff out on the fly?
Thanks for your help,
ElwoodsBrotherJake 
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