Problem ripping DVD+RW I burned

[rjc7394]

I burned (Phillips DVD+RW on a new Plextor drive) some scenes in DVDLab 2.0 and tried to rip one of the scenes with DVDShrink, DVDecrypter, Smartripper and also copy it in Windows and they all get to a certain point (16% into the VOB) and stop. DVDShrink analyzes the scene and stops at the same point into the analysis. Is this a bad sector? I know there's a tool that you can look at the sectors (VOBedit, IFOedit, etc.) but I forget which one. (I had this problem once before with my old Samsung DVD drive). I've copied plenty of scenes from DVD+RW (Phillips and Memorex) with my new Plextor right in Windows.

Did DVDLab corrupt my burn?

[psx_pirate]

A corrupt burn is possible ... or it could be a faulty dvd+rw (its possible to have the odd bad one within a batch)

However don't give up yet .... if you have a friend with a pc and a dvd writer ... try reading the disk in his/her drive (it quite often works) if you are able to rip it on a friends pc you can reburn the data to another dvd+rw and use that back home to work on

[rjc7394]

Really? How does the burn become corrupt? Can the authoring tool corrupt the data? What about a bad rip? I can play it on my PC but when I hit that specific area the whole screen becomes full of blocks.
I don't trust DVDShrink.

I had the same problem with another DVD and I looked at the sectors with IFOedit or VOBedit and all the sectors had #'s except for this one area that had "?" marks in it. Thanks.

[guns1inger]

It could have been a power glitch or even dust on the disc surface when burning. As it breaks up during playback, it certainly seems to be in a bad way.

ISObuster is probably your best chance at this stage.

[classfour]

ISObuster can (and has) worked miracles on hard to read discs. DVDFabdecryptor can also pull data - provided it was authored in DVD Video format. My experience with Plextor drives (712s, 716) suggest they are not the best disc readers out there. Of course, if you ask around videohelp, you'll get many suggestions regarding which one's are. My personal favorite for reading difficult discs is the old Panasonic LFD521 drive that I mounted in an external enclosure. While not a good burner, nor a fast one, it can read discs none of my other drives will touch. If a disc won't read on it (with ISObuster, if needed) after a thorough cleaning (try cleaning that disc a few times, too), it's time to pitch it.

[rjc7394]

If I opened my browser (Firefox) or opend an MP3 or FLAC on my HDD while I was burning could that have caused it?

[VegasBud]

Anything that uses the CPU and/or drives at the same time as the burn has the potential to cause problems. The greater the CPU/drive useage, and the more sustained the useage is, the more likely the problem. Burns take so little time you might want to just leave the computer alone for the few minutes it takes to complete the burn. Consider it an investment in your peace of mind.

I use DvdLab, but I've never used it for burning, so I have to ask...Is there a "verify" after the burn? Sometimes, with some software, there can be errors in the verification, but a problem with a burn should be picked up by the verification process. The burn engine in DvdLab is by VSO, so that shouldn't be a problem, by itself.

I've never had a problem using DvdLab to generate the dvd-video structure, and then using ImgBurn (with Verify) to burn it to a disk. If you're having a problem, it's something you might try. It's certainly reliable, anyways.

[rjc7394]

I author with DVDLab and I burn with Cheetah or Ashampoo at 4x which takes 1/2 hr. While I'm burning I work on the computer, browsing, playing music, etc. Isobuster stops at the same point on the DVD, too and won't go further. This rarely happens.

I couldn't find any DVD/CD drive at Newegg or Tigerdirect that had 100% positive reviews. Every drive had a few people say, "I went thru 3 of these in 6 months" or "It ate all my discs" or "My PC wouldn't work after I installed it". The $80 Plextor seemed like a good deal with $20 rebate and very good specs so I bought it (Buy.com).

[guns1inger]

DLP has it's own burn engine, which even Oscar doesn't recommend be used. You can also purchase VSO's CopytoDVD to use as a plugin burning engine for DLP. If you just have DLP on it's own, you don't have the VSO engine.