^^^i feel you....but yeah, i got two dvd drives.....a dvd rom drive, and a dvd rw drive, so maybe thats why i dont gotta shrink em and shit.......i just had this computer built by dude, and its a fuckin monster....i told em to hook it up as much as possible for burning dvds and what now, and he did.......and im pretty sure the burner is dual drive, cause i can make a copy of any dvd straight up, without doing all the shit u talkin bout, and i havent had 1 problem......just made a straight copy of van helsing, and that movies like 2 hrs and change, i didnt have a problem.....im not sure the exact brand name of the driver, it could be samsung, all i know it can burn dvds up to 12x speed, which i think is the fastest on the market.........all of my shit is pretty much top quality, so im thinkin thats why i dont have to shrink em and all that.......but like i said, im knew to all this, and i really wanna figure out how to make movies to get off mirc.....cause i dont understand the .bin or .cues......i know how just to make an avi or mpeg dvd......but thats it....