How to recover a DVD-R

[darkcyber]

I have a DVD-R that I used in my Sony HandyCam and it has about 1 gig of video burned on it, but my Handy Cam will not read video on the disc, nor will any of my computers read it. The disc must have been finalized in the HandyCam, because the finalize button is grayed out. I did some searching and ran across some posts about using ISOBuster to extract the data. ISOBuster shows 1 Session, which has 3 separate tracks. Track 01 is 24 megs, Track 02 is 32 kb and Track 03 is 1 gb. ISOBuster has ripped these three tracks into three separate ISO files, but I can't seem to do anything with them, that will pull out the video. I have burned one of the ISO files and then tried viewing it in Windows and nothing.

So, now to my question. Is there anyway to recover the video on this disc?

Thanks!

[t0nee1]

Try opening/importing the ISO's in Avi Demux..If it opens, save as .mpg..
Hope it helps!..

[usually_quiet]

If Avi Demux doesn't work, use ISOBuster to extract the largest one, Track 03, as a .tao file, not a .ISO.

1. Open ISOBuster (free)
2. Select DVD drive
3. Open Options menu
4. Select "Image File"
4. Select "ISO/BIN/TAO" Tab
5. Uncheck both boxes
6. Close dialog window
7. Right click on "Track 03" in left-hand pane
8. Select "Extract Track 03"
9. Select "Extract User Data (*.tao, *.iso, *.wav)"
10. Choose where you want to save the .tao file

After using ISOBuster (free) to create a .tao file , I demux audio and video as follows using VOBEdit to get rid of anthing that should not be there:

1. Run VOBEdit
2. Click the "Open" button at the bottom of the main VobEdit window.
3. Select "All Files (*.*)" from the "Files of Type" drop-down menu in the dialog window
4. Select the .tao file and click the "Open" button in the dialog window
5. Click the "Demux" button at the bottom of the main program window.
6. Select "MPEG Stream" in the Demux area of the Dialog window
7. Click the "OK" button
8. Click the "Demux" button at the bottom of the main program window.
9. Select audio stream type for your recording device in the Demux area of the Dialog window
10. Click the "OK" button

You can edit and author the video and audio you demultiplexed if your editing/authoring package accepts it. If it only accepts mpg files, use ImagoMPEG-Muxer to create one from the demultiplexed audio and video. You could also use IFOEdit or muxman to author a menuless DVD that contains all the video in one title.

Good luck!.

[darkcyber]

Thanks, will give these a try.