Originally posted by: Citizen
Thanks I'll check it out. The 10 dual layers I bought are Ridisc because I use their single layer ones and haven't have a problem with them, my problems burning the dual layers has been down to old software and dirt on the lens. I'd use Verbatim if I were rich, but no job means I have to be careful what I spend my money on.
I'm watching the dual layer NTSC disc on my 28" widescreen right now and you can really see where those extra bits went, the picture far outshines the single layer version DVDShrink did of it.
Thanks I'll check it out. The 10 dual layers I bought are Ridisc because I use their single layer ones and haven't have a problem with them, my problems burning the dual layers has been down to old software and dirt on the lens. I'd use Verbatim if I were rich, but no job means I have to be careful what I spend my money on.
I'm watching the dual layer NTSC disc on my 28" widescreen right now and you can really see where those extra bits went, the picture far outshines the single layer version DVDShrink did of it.
Well, that isn't really a fair comparison, DVDShrink transcodes rather than re-encodes, which works OK for making a 'barely dual layer' disc into a single layer one (e.g. compression at 85% of original size or so) but any more compression than that and it starts to fall apart.
To get a real compare of the dual vs single layer, you would need to encode to single layer in the first place - the results will be very different to taking a full DL disc and dvdshrinking it. At the least if the DL disc is the only 'master' you have, use something like DVDRebuilder with CCE and re-encode to single layer and you will get a better result on a 'full' DL disc being compressed down to SL and it isn't much harder to use than DVDShrink.