IsoBuster settings for read errors

[1337assassin]

I was wondering if there is anyone familiar with IsoBuster for extracting movie data from damaged DVD's

I have several DVD's that are not in too bad of shape, but they fail to transfer all of the data to my hard drive intact

when i extract the VOB file with IsoBuster, and i get to the point of the error, it gives me the following three options:

"Omit Sector"
"Replace with all zeroes"
"Replace with dummy data"

can anyone tell me which option would produce a smooth playing movie that runs right over the damaged part without causing the movie to freeze or get too frenzied during playback?

thanks a lot

[AlanHK]

I can recommend ISOPuzzle for this.
It keeps tying till it gets 100% or you tell it to stop.
If it seems to be not gettnig anywhere after a few hours, you might polish the disc and reinsert -- ISOPuzzle can save and continue to build its ISO file in several sessions.

[1337assassin]

I can recommend ISOPuzzle for this.
It keeps tying till it gets 100% or you tell it to stop.
If it seems to be not gettnig anywhere after a few hours, you might polish the disc and reinsert -- ISOPuzzle can save and continue to build its ISO file in several sessions.

thanks, u need to put this file in the unzipped folder with the exe file

so u have to make the DVD into an ISO file first, is that it? it seems like it would be much harder to retrieve data from an iso that u had to ignore errors to make, than it would be to just use the vob files..

i'll try it later, looks good, appreciate it

[AlanHK]

I can recommend ISOPuzzle for this.
It keeps tying till it gets 100% or you tell it to stop.
If it seems to be not gettnig anywhere after a few hours, you might polish the disc and reinsert -- ISOPuzzle can save and continue to build its ISO file in several sessions.

thanks, u need to put this file in the unzipped folder with the exe file

so u have to make the DVD into an ISO file first, is that it? it seems like it would be much harder to retrieve data from an iso that u had to ignore errors to make, than it would be to just use the vob files..

i'll try it later, looks good, appreciate it

No, if you could make a complete ISO, you could just copy the files any way you wanted.

ISOpuzzle makes an ISO directly from the DVD. If it reaches 100%, then you can just burn it to a blank disc.
Or you can extract the files from it using tools like Isobuster. You can play it if it's a video DVD using VLC.

However, you should stop ISOPuzzle before you try to access the ISO file in any way using another utility, it will keep trying to write to it otherwise and there may be conflicts.

[1337assassin]

thanks.. i see.. it really seems to be going to town. i'm a little worried about the kind of toll that might take on my BluRay drive.. i imagine letting it go on sputtering continuously must be very wearing

the Dark Knight i used IsoBuster to "write zeroes" with, played in my Nero Player with very slow sound throughout the entire VOB, but when played in Cyberlink it played ok..

it had the same effect with all 3 settings, but "Write Zeroes" seemed to have slightly less slow sound

next step is to try and do a similar thing with the rest of the damaged ones and see if they work in my HD Home Entertainment Media Player

EDIT: i see it has a cool down cycle of 10 minutes every so often.... thats good news

[1337assassin]

I dont know exactly how long i'd be willing to wait.. overnight maybe..

Otherwise, I choose "Write Zeroes" over "Omit Sector" because it keeps the size the same, which may affect playback to have a shorter VOB file..

and I choose Write Zeroes over Replace with Dummy Data, because i feel the dummy data may mislead the reader or player somehow..

but thats just my instinct

[AlanHK]

I dont know exactly how long i'd be willing to wait.. overnight maybe..

Otherwise, I choose "Write Zeroes" over "Omit Sector" because it keeps the size the same, which may affect playback to have a shorter VOB file..

and I choose Write Zeroes over Replace with Dummy Data, because i feel the dummy data may mislead the reader or player somehow..

but thats just my instinct

I think Isopuzzle does "write zeroes" for the segments it can't, or hasn't yet, read.
Anyway, if Isopuzzle appears to be not adding much or anything on each read cycle, stop it, take out the disc and give it a clean, reinsert and continue.
I polish scratches off using Brasso, at which some throw up their hands up in horror, but it works for me.

If you burn an incomplete ISO DVD readers seem to cope with a small number of these, it usually just shows glitches rather than freezing.

[1337assassin]

I think Isopuzzle does "write zeroes" for the segments it can't, or hasn't yet, read.
Anyway, if Isopuzzle appears to be not adding much or anything on each read cycle, stop it, take out the disc and give it a clean, reinsert and continue.
I polish scratches off using Brasso, at which some throw up their hands up in horror, but it works for me.

If you burn an incomplete ISO DVD readers seem to cope with a small number of these, it usually just shows glitches rather than freezing.

so is it guaranteed to finish, one way or the other?

and how long does it take before it decides to write zeroes?

i was mostly just worried it would never end.. ever..

[AlanHK]

so is it guaranteed to finish, one way or the other?

and how long does it take before it decides to write zeroes?

i was mostly just worried it would never end.. ever..

It stops trying when it gets 100%. Otherwise it will keep trying forever, if you let it.

The ISO file grows to the full size after ISOPuzzle has made its first pass. If there are no errors, it shows 100% and stops. Otherwise it has filled the unreadble parts with zeros, then keeps retrying those parts on subsequent passes.

So you can stop it any time after the first pass and check out the ISO.