Posted by dave @ stejonda on 02/04/06 07:51

In message <sJQEf.10116$rH5.9310@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Javaholics <info@javaholics.net> writes
>My project is 5.7GB...does Shrink compress this data down to 4.38GB and
>automatically determine the bitrate necessary to accomplish this? Is
>it safe to assume that shrinking will degrade the video/audio? Is
>there a bitrate scale, for lack of a better term by which one could
>determine ahead of time based on the lowered bitrate value, whether or
>not it was worth continuing with the project...something like, bitrate
>7 to 8 produces the best quality, 5 to 6 produces average quality, 4
>and below don't waste your time...? ...or is this an
>oversimplification of the process?

Yes to your last question. As far as I am aware (and I'm just a simple
user) DVDShrink doesn't apply one constant bitrate across a whole file
but varies its compression so that the effect of shrinking is
(virtually) unnoticeable. Why not give it a go & see?

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dave @ stejonda

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