Shrinking a copied game to DVD-R

Tripleeagle · 06-24-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chirayuw

I wanted 2 ask a technical question bout games.

Is there any way to shrink a copied game disc to a DVD-R size? As in the case of movies where u can shrink it down from 9gb.

Thanks in advance

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fazzyc · 06-24-2008, 04:50 PM

asked a techie freind about this ,his reply

Doubt it. Not if you want it to play that is. If you want to shrink it so you can get it onto a DVD-R then 'unshrink' it, should be possible.

hope this helps

colin146 · 06-24-2008, 04:51 PM

Not sure if this would work but its free so give it a try. Dvd shrink

DVD Shrink v3.2.0.15 (freeware)

Regeneration · 06-24-2008, 05:27 PM

it is possible to shrink games to a smaller size depending on what game it is, if there PC Games yep its possible if there xbox 360 games then no. You could compress the video to a smaller bitrate size if its wmv format or mpg
Bink Downloads is useful if the game video is in bink or smack format and you could also change the bitrate of any large audio files

chirayuw · 06-24-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by colin146

Not sure if this would work but its free so give it a try. Dvd shrink

DVD Shrink v3.2.0.15 (freeware)

I tried in past - DVD Shrink is only designed for movies.

fazzyc · 06-24-2008, 05:47 PM

t is possible to shrink games to a smaller size depending on what game it is, if there PC Games yep its possible if there xbox 360 games then no. You could compress the video to a smaller bitrate size if its wmv format or mpg
Bink Downloads is useful if the game video is in bink or smack format and you could also change the bitrate of any large audio files

Top man,i hope thats what they were looking for

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chirayuw · 06-24-2008, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regeneration

it is possible to shrink games to a smaller size depending on what game it is, if there PC Games yep its possible if there xbox 360 games then no. You could compress the video to a smaller bitrate size if its wmv format or mpg
Bink Downloads is useful if the game video is in bink or smack format and you could also change the bitrate of any large audio files

For PC Games what software do u suggest? I know bink is used for shrinking/converting game vid formats, but what I am referring to is - can I shrink a 9gb game disc to fit on a DVD-R [4.5gb] and still be playable.

As bink will be able to reduce vid size but not enough to place on DVD-R and keep the game playable at the same time

Regeneration · 06-24-2008, 06:15 PM

no, there isn't a software that would be able to compress it so you would be able to play it without uncompressing it. You could check the videos in the game because they may have lots of duplicate videos in a different language or loads of language files. The only other alternatives is to image the disc and keep it on your hard drive and play it from there or buy a dual layer dvd writer and pack of 10 dual layer discs for about £20 for both.

Tripleeagle · 06-24-2008, 06:17 PM

Thanks for the replies, guys

chirayuw · 06-24-2008, 07:53 PM

Thanks Regeneration, Tripleeagle, fazzyc, colin146 4 comments. So weird that no ones thought of making software to shrink games. Anyways I guess I'll just have to buy the games/ blank 9gb disks, if I wanna play on Pc.