ShrinkTo5 1.5 open source freeware CD/DVD copying engine

August 30, 2005

From the developers webpage: ShrinkTo5 has been developed as a cross-platform engine available for free for anyone. To ensure a fast spreading to other platforms ShrinkTo5 is distributed as open-source.

ShrinkTo5 can copy movies with an undeniably superior picture quality. No matter if you wish to copy just the main movie or the whole movie DVD, ShrinkTo5 always produces a superb picture quality, since the ShrinkTo5 engine always concentrates on the main movie. No tedious configuration is needed like with other copying tools, ShrinkTo5 will always find the perfect balance automatically.

Features at a glance:

Highspeed mode
Can copy whole DVDs, Custom Mode and MovieOnly
Using the supporting machinist.dll ShrinkTo5 can also copy encrypted DVDs
Corrects embedded structural errors
Analysis and copy in one step
Preview during the copy process
Low memory footprint

The ShrinkTo5 GUI offers you a perfect solution for end users. It is extremely feasible to use and is also nice to look at.
The ShrinkTo5 GUI also features multi- language and is available in many languages.

We don't know anything about this software so maybe those that enjoy trying out such things can let us know their thoughts! We can see that by donating as little as 1 dollar, the author will kick in with a CD/DVD Writer Plugin for ShrinkTo5 Gui for free. Windows only for this plug-in at the present time though.

The download which can be found on this page does not include DeCSS. This is due to the fact that this is not legal in every country. More information can be found on this page. The author has even made available several guides begining on this page to help you with the software.

Source: Shrinkto5