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How to Reduce the Size of DVD?

Written by Jean Dylon

Topic: SoftwarePublished September 2, 2011
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As we know, DVD format has more space and can store more data as compared to CD format media. It’s worth stating here that DVD format also takes up a large space on the hard drive when you copy the data. If you want to store a complete DVD on your system, you need to reduce its size in order to save the space on your hard disk to store other data. You can reduce the size of a DVD to more than half its original size based on your desired quality and features with the help of a DVD shrink Software. Do you want to know how, please move ahead with the article-

  • To cut down the size of a DVD, you need DVD shrink software. Download the compression software online. There are a lot of free options available over the net for shrinking the size of DVD, such as Nero Recode, Rat DVD and DVD Shrink, select the appropriate one and download. Install and save the DVD shrink software on your hard drive.
  • Now, open the downloaded DVD shrink software files and install the program on your PC.
  • Open the software and insert a DVD into the Disc drive. Select the DVD from the Program’s menu. You need to change the configuration of the software according to your preference so that you can compress the DVD according to your need.
  • Select the output format among the provided options. Most of the DVD Shrink programs provide options of different video format options for output. Prefer to select WMV or QuickTime formats as type create smaller files.
  • Many DVD contain audio tracks or extra video clips that occupy the space unnecessarily. Check it out. There is some DVD shrink software that removes such files if you want to reduce the size of the DVD more in order to create space.

Click on the Output button and wait till your DVD shrink software copy the data. Based on your chosen software, you may compress a single video file, multiple video file or image file. The software gives an option to select the portion of the movie of video you want to shrink from the entire movie or video in order to cater for your niche need. Check the feature first, before downloading any DVD shrink software to ensure about quality and performance.

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DVD Shrink software enables you to backup DVDs. You can use this software in conjunction with other DVD software of your choice to make a backup of any movie. The output from DVDShrink is saved as a file in your hard drive.