Copy Protection Error with Van Helsing?

Well this thread has gone quite aways from my original question lol. Anyways just thought i would thank you for recommending using Decrypter it did the trick. I still dont understand why DvdShrink wouldnt do the job its always worked before. Anyhow I'm gonna keep using Shrink for my primary program Ive always been satisfied with the quality of my copy's and I'll keep Decrypter incase I run into another "Van Helsing" in the future. Thanks again Pete and everyone else's help.

 

Thank you Pete, that was really helpful, thank you for answering my question.

 

i used Nero as the media

 

sorry i forgot to ask, what did u mean by "using DL media to eliminate those blocks" what is DL media?

 

merlin379,

Sometimes you just need a change of "locksmiths" A given proggy just cannot handle every DVD that's why you keep a "backup" as you are doing - Keep using DVD Shrink for 99% of your discs and DVD Decrypter for that rare 1%,it's what I do -

Cheers,


linkinpht,

Nero never has and never will make DVD Discs - PLEASE give me a proper name -

Dual Layered -

Pete

 

Hi... new here.

I've been burning DVD backups for a while, using DVD Decrypter... I had no idea what brand of discs I was using until now - I got DVD Identifier, and learned that they were Princo discs. I've burned almost 100 of them, so I hope they're OK. :-/ But I want to get some better discs next time.

I don't know if it's ok to post this URL, but I was looking at some Ritek discs on Newegg.com and wondered if someone could advise me as to whether they're any good. Newegg's item number is N82E16817132377, and here's the URL:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-132-377&depa=0
The customer reviews seem good, but I'm not sure I can trust those. BTW, my burner is a NEC ND1300A.

Thanks...

-TristanSH

EDIT: This site must have added that FastClick reference to the URL above. If you can't get it to work, just go to newegg.com and put that item number in the 'keyword' box on the top left.

 

Hi Pete,

May I ask you something?
I checked out DVD Identifier.
Can you tell me what information I can get from it?
Where do I have to look at?
I don't understand much about it...


Thanks for your help.

Jelle
The Netherlands

 

Hi tristansh, welcome to aD,

I tried your link and your P/N and got nowhere.

Please refer to the first page of this thread for the media you should buy.

Also checkout Mertline.com for some more good buys.

BTW, Princo's are on my - this is crap, list -

Cheers,



Jelle,

The easiest thing to do is use a "Translator".

Try "Worldlingo" OR "Bablefish" and select German to English (or whatever)

Cheers,

"P"

 

Hi, thanks for the response...

As [my] luck would have it, Newegg removed that item number sometime this afternoon... :-( No matter, I think I'll try your suggestion of Meritline.com this time. They have a better price anyway, the ones I'm looking at say:

"Genuine Ritek Ridata G04 1X-4X DVD-R (Silver Matte) Blank Media 4.7GB for General Purpose DVDR Disc"

And they're only $.45 shipped in a 100pk. )

The reason I asked before, BTW, is that I was confused by the fact that they were branded Ritek and Ridata - but I think you said that only G04 Ritek's were any good. Irrelavent now, I just hope my burner accepts the new discs. Although I see you're using the same burner that I have... I guess it all depends on the firmware. I'm using a region-resetting hacked one, based on 1.07.

-TristanSH

 

AFA discs go, Ritek G04's rate right up there. When you get them, put one in your drive. If it is seen then great, if not, send them back. Mertline has a return policy. AFA RiData, I have used them for years and the only coasters I've had are those caused by me.

You'll do fine, I'm sure -

Good luck,

Pete

 

Hello Pete, i have a question concerning a Full DVD, and the Digital blocks "artifacts". the question is that Why cant you just get the entire DVD without artifacts and still stay with everything in the disc? Why must everything have to be removed to improve the video quality? Or is it DVD shrink that does the artifacts? since is free. And is not just Van Helsing, in that movie you see a lot of artifacts, but it has happened also with The Alamo and the alamo is just a normal movie,is not a cgi flick, in certain places when the camara moves, you can see artifacts, even if you pause it, and zoom the image, you see blocks, and those blocks make the image or the colors, which is not on the original dvd, so why cant DVD shrink just copy 1:1 DVDs exatcly the same, without dropping the special features?

Thank you.

 

linkinpht,

It can if you're using a Dual Layered burner and DL media. DVD Shrink can rip and encode the DVD and send it out to the DL disc in a 1:1 backup, just like it was when you received the original.

However, when you try to take all the information from a DL disc and then put it on a single sided, single-layered disc then you wind up many times with "artifacts". Using CCE rebuilder does an excellent job of ridding your backup of those blemishes as do some other proggys (but not too a greater extent.).

I backed up The Alamo also with DVD Shrink using the QE's and saw no artifacts at all, Go figure ? Try CloneDVD2, though I don't use it below 92%, many pple like it for the lack of "blockiness".

Cheers,

Pete

 

hello again, DVDClone2 is better in terms of quality then DVD shrink?

and also what do you mean by QE? and with the Alamo you dropped special features or you stayed with the full disc? cause it depends then, i got everything on the disc, didnt drop the special features and you see a little of artifacts. but minor is not that distracting.

lol im sorry but im not really good at this burning stuff, so i dont know what you mean by 92%, what i think it is, is as you increase it, lets say to 100% you get the best quality? or how is it.

thanks again, sorry for asking too much.

later.

 

linkinpht,

Just easier and faster in small compression work.

DVD Shrink's Quality Enhancements (Deep Analysis & QE's)

I kept the Special Features but dropped extra clips I.e. warning screens opening icons, extra audio etc.

100% = 1:1 copy, no compresssion needed. 93% means you only compress 7%. Much over that I don't care for CloneDVD3 BUT that's just me -

Happy Holidays,

Pete

 

hey, happy holidays too, thanks for the help.

later.

 

hey ScubaPete

one of the last things from your guide (dvd dec and shrink) was to burn from dvd shrink using dvd decrypter....when I select target image file to the iso that it is named it says "file already exists" so if it already exists then why do you have to save? and then after that i press OK it says "specified folder is invalid, the file is being used by another process" any ideas? when i backed up my dvd using decrypter i got 2 files: a .rar file and a .mds file, and i dont know which one is which?
can you help me out?
it would be much appreciated...thanks

 

Hi I am having problems with ripping the Van Helsing dvd to my hard drive.

I have CloneDVD2 and AnyDVD4112. Using these two give me a read error 'cyclic redundancy check'.

I usually then turn to DVDDecrypter to rip the movie files onto my hdd and then use CloneDVD2 to split the movie into whatever size I wish. However, when using DVDDecrypter to rip the files I keep getting a read error on the 4th vob file which is the same error on CloneDVD2. DVD Shrink encounters the same error.

The Van Helsing disk I have is a region macrovision protected disk but that should not matter?

Can someone help me?

 

Hi there rockraven,

I think you're either backing your file up to an existing file, one that you did before) OR one that you're that you're trying to extract your file from. LQQk closely to determine which it is, that's why I make my folders before hand and name them differently so that I can tell the difference, still I've done the same thing as you've just done. (Lol). As for the folders you've named - they are both part of the same ISO folder. The part that that DVDD likes is the Mds one, why I don't know because it's so small and cannot contain the entire DVD OR the Rar folder which is a type of compressed file (WinRar is like a ZIP but instead of being WinZip it's called WinRar).

Hope that helps,




stingray,

I'd like you to check your DVD Decrypter's settings. First, it should be version 3.5.1.0. Go to "Tools", "Settings", set everything to "Default". Then in the "General" tab change, "Removal Method" from "Normal" to "Aggressive", in "File Mode", "tick" Remove IFO/BUP PUO's." For ripping in the "ISO, Read Mode", "tick" "Remove IFO/BUP PUO's" there also. in the "CSS" tab, under "CSS Cracking Method", choose "Brute Force ~> I/O Key Exchange" and "On Failure" choose "Yes". . IMPORTANT: In the "I / O" tab, in the bottom right, "tick" the box which says, "Ignore read errors". This is an excellent setting for dealing with lightly scratched discs which may cause reading problems.

Se if that helps at all - it's my special formula for DVDD,

Cheers, Pete )

 

ScubaPete
Cheers for the quick response!
I have tried the settings that you have pointed out but with no luck. I'm still getting the 'read sector error' failure on the 4th .VOB file.

Any other suggestions?

 

ScubaPete
I have a BENQ DW1620 DVD Writer.
When I play the Van Helsing disk using PowerDVD the change of chapters around 14-17 will cause a read error. I suspect it might have something to do with the dual layer change of the disk?

Could it be that my drive is unable to follow this layer change and what can be done to resolve this?