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Inability to back up Soprano's Season 4 Disk 2
#1
19 Jun 2004 @ 17:18
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I have tried to back up this disk with DVD X Copy Platinum and with DVD Cloner. I thought my disk might be damaged so I rented one. Same problem. Borrowed a disk from a friend who also had the same problem, tried it on two different computers. The disk reads fine but it will not write under any circumstances. I have been at this for weeks. If anyone has any ideas, they would be really welcome. I have two HP computers, both P4's, one is 1.8Ghz and one is 3Ghz, both have 512 DDR, Windows XP Home edition. I own all four seasons box sets, this is the only disk that gives me the problem. Thanks!
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#2
19 Jun 2004 @ 19:27
give dvd shrink a try
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asusp4p800 delux mobo's
120gig sata hdd's
gforce fx 5600 8x agp
6.1 sound
no fancy lights way to girly
all times 3
rules: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487
#3
19 Jun 2004 @ 20:54
Thanks, I assume that is another ripping program. I did manage to copy the file to my hard drive using DVD X Rescue but I am stuck as on how to burn it to a DVD, I have just over 7 gigs and the DVD only holds 4.7. Maybe DVD Shrink will do it.
#4
20 Jun 2004 @ 6:43
Yes, now use DVD Shrink to "shrink" the 7gig file down to 4.4 or so for burning. Since the compression rate will be high, you should probably do a "deep analysis" in Shrink too -- it'll take longer but will be worth it in the end (normally Shrink's analysis takes only a couple of minutes -- adding the step of "deep analysis" will probably add 45-50 minutes to the process). Have you used Shrink before? I think there's a guide for it -- look up at the top of this page under "guides." Good luck! BTW I just got this Sopranos set and have only backed up disc 1 so far -- I wonder if I'll get the same problem with disc 2 ...
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
#5
20 Jun 2004 @ 6:54
Yes Karen, you will. I DVD X Rescue reports the disk has soft errors. All three disks I tested have the same problem. Those are recoverable. I downloaded Shrink, a guide for it and I have burned the movie to my hard drive. Now I am downloading Nero so I can burn it. I will report the results.
#6
20 Jun 2004 @ 7:15
Luckily I have DVD Rescue too so I will have it ready! :-) Won't have time to work on it 'til next weekend though. I'll report then.
BTW I've also had luck on some "problem" discs (e.g. West Wing season 2, forget which disc -- it's the "Ellie" episode) using Decrypter -- my original West Wing disc skipped and so I tried renting it twice and both rentals were also damaged in exactly the same place. But I told Decrypter to "ignore disc errors" after retrying them a few times (its default was to retry each error 20 times but that was taking forever so I re-did the setting) and it got through the problems. My back-up copy also has the little skip, but it's only a couple of seconds (just like the original) so I can live with it. Shrink couldn't get past the error at all, it just froze, and DVD Rescue was taking so long I thought it wasn't going to get through it and I gave up and tried Decrypter.
Anyway, since Decrypter is free it's a good option to have "just in case" for the future.
BTW I've also had luck on some "problem" discs (e.g. West Wing season 2, forget which disc -- it's the "Ellie" episode) using Decrypter -- my original West Wing disc skipped and so I tried renting it twice and both rentals were also damaged in exactly the same place. But I told Decrypter to "ignore disc errors" after retrying them a few times (its default was to retry each error 20 times but that was taking forever so I re-did the setting) and it got through the problems. My back-up copy also has the little skip, but it's only a couple of seconds (just like the original) so I can live with it. Shrink couldn't get past the error at all, it just froze, and DVD Rescue was taking so long I thought it wasn't going to get through it and I gave up and tried Decrypter.
Anyway, since Decrypter is free it's a good option to have "just in case" for the future.
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
#7
20 Jun 2004 @ 10:55
I appreciate that Karen. Nero is taking quite a while to further render this disk but it seems to be doing very well. I will let you know. Also, I will go and find Decrypter. Thanks for the tip
#8
20 Jun 2004 @ 20:16
Thanks to kcc76 and to Karen 2003. Using DVD Shrink, which is free, fantastic and easy to use, I copied the file to my hard drive, edited it and shrunk it to fit. Using the latest version of Nero I used the burn DVD function and created a perfect copy of a disk I thought I would never be able to back up. Thanks guys, you were really helpful.
#9
21 Jun 2004 @ 9:22
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I had the same problem with "episode dvd's" so I used dekrypter first to download the whole movie to my HD. Even though, in some dvd's, dekrypt found errors I manage to write the entire dvd retrieving all errors. Then I used recode 2 with deep analisys and the outcome was fine. In one ocacion Decrypt foud more than 25 errors, but after burning with recode 2 the burnt DVD had only one skip (about 1 second) and no pixels. The picture quality was very good to.
#10
21 Jun 2004 @ 11:54
I am now trying the Beatles Anthology using decrypter. I just started but I will let you know how it goes
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