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How to use DVD Shrink to backup a DVD movie
By Mitz

DVD Shrink is a free program that most people use to make backups of their favorite Dvd's. The reason we need this program is because a regular movie doesn't fit on the average 4.7gig size disk. Therefore we use Shrink to cut the contents down to size as to fit on the disk.

What you will need:

A burner
A movie to backup
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Nero burning program
A blank DVD

Here's some basic steps to

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Super Clone DVD
<a href="http://www.softsea.com/review/Super-Clone-DVD.html"><img height="88" width="129" alt="Super Clone DVD" src="http://www.softsea.com/software/image/Super-Clone-DVD.jpg" /></a>Copy a dual-layer (DVD9) movie into one DVD5 with all the Special Features , Menus, Subtitles & Languages. DVD to DVD copy directly, Clone DVD coming true. Copy DVD to Hard Disk and burn it to DVD disc when you want to watch it on TV. Best pictures as good as the origin DVD. 1:1 DVD Copy. Support DVD9 and DVD 5 to one DVD Disc Copy. Prestissimo Copy Engine inside ! Copy full DVD Disc (Menus,Subtitles,Languages) Copy a full DVD disc within 30 minutes.
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Dual DVD Copy Platinum
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Easy DVD Shrink
<a href="http://www.softsea.com/review/Easy-DVD-Shrink.html"><img height="88" width="129" alt="Easy DVD Shrink" src="http://www.softsea.com/software/image/Easy-DVD-Shrink.jpg" /></a>Easy DVD Shrink allows you to make backups of your personal DVD movies. You can backup directly to your hard drive as VOB file, or burn a physical backup copy of the DVD. It offers a compression engine that can automatically fit larger (up to 9.4GB) movies onto a standard 4.7GB/Single Layer or 8.5GB/Dual Layer DVD while preserving all content. Easy DVD Shrink only works with personal DVDs, or DVDs that are not copy protected (most commercial movies are protected and cannot be copied). The trial version can perform 3 complete DVD copies.
DVDFab Platinum
<a href="http://www.softsea.com/review/DVDFab-Platinum.html"><img height="88" width="129" alt="DVDFab Platinum" src="http://www.softsea.com/software/image/DVDFab-Platinum.jpg" /></a>DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup your DVDs. It combines the one-click convenience of DVDFab Express with the power of DVDFab Gold. DVDFab Express is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically. DVDFab Gold lets you make perfect quality DVD movie backups the smart way! Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - on one or multiple discs.

get you started:

Start the Shrink Program and choose Open Disc from the menu above.
A box will appear. Choose which dvd drive your disk is in. Mine is in D: drive. The name of the disk will show up in brackets.
Press Ok. It will read the and display the breakdown of the movie in the right hand column.
You cannot fit all this on your blank so now press Re-author (From the top menu).
In the right column there will be a file called Main movie. Drag this to the left column.
Then Choose Backup from the top menu.
If you have Nero Installed Shrink will read, shrink and burn your movie onto a blank dvd. It will ask you to remove the original disk and insert a blank dvd. If you do not have Nero installed Shrink will create an image of the disk for you to burn later.

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