DVDShrink

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HOW-TO: Install DVD Shrink with Wine in Breezy

This how-to will install DVD shrink with the new beta version of wine (0.9) from WineHQ. The version of Wine that comes with breezy will install DVD Shrink but will not analyse your original dvd's properly. As always check the relevant copyright laws for your country re backup of DVD's.

Installing Wine

You need to install Wine to get this program running. See ["Wine"].

Installing DVD support

You need to install libdvdcss2 to have support encrypted DVD playback. See RestrictedFormats.

Installing DVD Shrink

Download the DVD Shrink installer. The current version is 3.2.015 and you'll need to do a Google search (try DVD Shrink download) to find it, as the main site no longer carries links to the installer.

In a terminal in the directory that you downloaded DVd Shrink to, run the command

wine dvdshrink32setup.exe

(or whatever the exe file is called)

Follow the installer instructions to install. At the end of the installation uncheck the box that asks to run DVD Shrink now.

when the installer is finished run

alt-f2
winecfg

This will start the winecfg panel again as we have to configure it to run DVD Shrink properly

In the Applications tab window click on 'Add application'

Navigate your way into Program Files-->DVD Shrink and find 'DVD Shrink 32.exe'

highlight this file and click on the open button.

This will now take you back to the Applications Tab window and DVD Shrink should appear in the list in that window.

Highlight DVD Shrink then go down to the Windows Version box and choose 'Windows XP' from the drop down menu.

Click on the 'Apply' button then OK to exit winecfg.

Starting and Using DVD Shrink

To start DVDShrink type the following command in a terminal

wine "C:\Program Files\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2.exe"

You can also use this command to make an entry in the Gnome menus with Smeg/Alacarte

To enable video preview go to "Edit -> Preferences... -> Preview" And there make sure "DirectX video renderer" is set to "Built in software renderer".

Notes: The GUI is buggy and doesn't seem to refresh properly but you can deep analyze and shrink straight to the hard disk from the DVD.

Discussion

This how-to can be discussed on ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=78611

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