Help with HITCH

allright mike,
i'm running a check for crc read errors, then i guess i'll check the media? it looks like it's gonna take quite a while if each of those boxes has to fill up! i'll be back with an update as soon as there is one. btw, it was the player, not the media i was referring to as cheap. the media is fujifilm +r's made in japan, which the guy at the store told me were the best i could get back in december.

 

okay, the error check stopped before filling the whole page, but there were no errors reported. here's the media analysis:

Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPNR01
Media Product Revision Number 02h
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name HITCH
Application id ELBY CLONEDVD
Implementation id ELABORATE BYTES
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 6/16/2005 22:49:05
Format Capacity 4.37GB(4.69GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 22EE6Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 25 EE 6F .............%.o
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
00000020 30 31 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 67 00 AC 62 16 18 01.8#T7..<g..b..
00000030 0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

 

her's the analysis of one i did with decrypter and shrink:

Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPNR01
Media Product Revision Number 02h
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name
Application id
Implementation id Adaptec DirectCD
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 6/16/2005 2:53:07
Format Capacity 4.36GB(4.69GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 22E9BFh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
00000020 30 31 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 67 00 AC 62 16 18 01.8#T7..<g..b..
00000030 0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

 

Downloaded DVDFab Express this morning in effort to backup Hitch. Program either stalled or locked my computer. Tried four times. Then used tried and true DVD Decryptor, which worked the very first time. Conclusion: Don't get your hopes up that DVDFab Express will be the next gold standard for decrypting copy protected DVDs.

 

@StanH1000

I believe you are correct about DVDFabDecrypter read the test that Cynthia over at Digital Digest did on the program.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?postid=271939#post271939

 

Mike thanks for the wonderful step by step instructions. I was able to create a good backup copy.

 

I have done all the above and Hitch still wont back up for me, any other suggestions?
Thanks so much, never had a problem before now

 

i didnt like that dvdfab either. if anything, i'd go with clonedvd. i think that guy may have just been advertising for them, or has never used anything else. dvd fab did not reinvent the wheel, imrove it, or even throw a new paint job on it - they just got an old wheel and called it someting new.

 

I agree, DVD Decrypter worked best for copying Hitch. Even thought there are no more updates for the program....it is still the best damn ripper out there, it can still do the newer movies....DVD Decrypter is not dead yet...and as far as I am concerned it will always be with me on disk, ya know it still can do just about all from this point back! Rock on Lightning UK!!!!

 

Went out and bought this movie to see what the problem was, and found no problem at all. Used DVDDecrypter which reported there were nine suspect areas, ripped in file mode. DVDD inserted dummy sectors in VTS_01 Vob and VTS_10_2 Vob after that nothing else. Decrypter did its job just like it always does. The only thing on this movie is the massive amount of files, 124 which is a little excessive. For now Decrypter is still king :~)

 

I second that arniebear !!!

 

Decrypter rip to the hard drive, then Nero recode, no problem.

 

Hey, just replying to say that smsmike's step by step tutorial did the trick for me. It ripped perfectly with DVD Decrypter (the newest version) and then I used Shrink and it worked fine. Although it is worth noting that the process took around 5 hours, total

 

I tried decrypter rip to hd and it just errored out at vts 12_2.vob. So i tried loading it with dvd shrink and it just gets stuck analyzing once it's past the menu's, whats goin on, anybody have an idea?
Edit: now decrypter hangs up at vts_01_1.vob

 

ya but all ppl seem to be sayin is that it worked for them, and just use dvd shrink to get rid of all the crap. I dunno, guess i just must have a bad dvd or something.

 

new to this site, but have burned many of dvd's.
the hitch thing is a problem. I have experinced some of the same problems that others have. I have made about six copies of hitch and so far only one works, well sort of. I am using an Apex dvd player and a Koss my Apex usually plays everything and my Koss never wants to play. So normally if it plays on my Koss it will play on just about any dvd player out there. However with hitch it is just the opposite. Hitch will play on the Koss but not on the Apex. With the Apex many of the same problems listed. Mostly playing the previews and the main menu but when I press play it goes to a black screen and stops. I have used all the software listed, and some working on two more ideas if it works I will post my results. However thanks for all the info. I did find out a few things. For the new guys on the block just hang in there sooner or later someone will find out the trick to this Hitch problem. Just keep trying different things, each person computer is different what works for me might not work for you.

 

For those of you who have tried everything they can think of with the DVD Shrink Program, and are still getting bad burns, I would suggest this final solution. Download and run "Menu Shrink" on the Hitch VIDEO_TS file. That simple change will pull a bunch of totally unnecessary garbage out of the file (along with some User Prohibited Operations that are missed by both Decrypter and Shrink.) I tried Menu Shrink on my own "Decrypted Files" and it works just fine - So, that ground has been tested and covered for you.

As for the final burn, I would not recommend any other program except Nero's latest OEM or the Standard "Pay For" Version for this job. I tried an ISO burn and got mixed results - then, I tried Cyberlink's top of the line compression/burner program and also got mixed results.

Nero, delivered a perfect burn each and every time.

- Mike -