"I have yet to find evidence of it being able to "shrink" a dual layer or Blue Ray DVD to the size of a normal blank, though."

1st off, dual layer discs are perfectly normal. :) While they have been increasing in price since far fewer people are buying them nowadays, dual layer DVD blanks are Not in the astronomical range yet [~$0.50 ea. at Newegg].

That said, if you can do without the menus and extras, using the DVD files you copied to your hard disk with WinX DVD Copy Pro, DVD Shrink will let you copy just the main movie / video with a single sound track, & optionally single sub track, and also let you trim [cut off] the end credits. *Most* of the time I think that will get you down to the size that will fit on a single layer DVD. When that doesn't work, DVD Shrink can also remove some coent to make the video file smaller -- if you stay within the 90+ % range *normally* without noticeable quality loss. Otherwise you have to re-encode.

Notes on re-encoding... There are loads of apps you can use -- for some of them it can help to use one of the free tools available to copy the main DVD title to a single mpg2 file. Ffmpeg & software based on it do great with AVC/H.264 & H.265, but for DVD mpeg2, not so much -- use an encoder that offers VBR [Variable Bit Rate]. If you go the mpeg2 route you'll also need an app to create a new DVD layout, e.g. the free DVD Styler, but you're probably better off to stick with AVC, which is more efficient, so smaller files, and much more compatible nowadays.

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BAW30s,
What makes you say "Despite not being officially supported"?
XP is listed as a valid platform if you go to their webpage - https://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-copy-pro/tech-specs.htm
Like so many times here, the "System Requirements" above are not the final say.

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