Help! DVD project due Sunday..How do I copy+R to a -R??

[Alfer]

I burned some Hi-8 video to my DVDR75 (+R) recorder today for a friends school project and as it turns out the finalized disc can't be read in her Dell laptop.

I need to copy it to a -R disc but don't know the correct way because it appears the files are a bit different that copying a regulare movie dvd?

I have a NEC1300a DVD burner and a regular DVD player in the PC.

I have DVD Decrypter, DVD Fab (trial), DVD Shrink, and TMPGE loaded to my PC...no Nero or anything similar.

Any thoughts on how to copy this beast...?

[Tommyknocker]

Can DVD Shrink or DVD decryptor rip it?

[Alfer]

Both give me error messages..

[Tommyknocker]

What messages?

[Alfer]

When I put the disc into Decrypter it makes it to 99% "complete" stage then gives an I/O error. I stops 2mb short of completion. (Transferring it from disc to HD)

I see that it lists the DVD as "Philips_DVD_VR.ISO" if that changes things.

Do the .bup files mess things up perhaps??


Here' the official errors on Decrypter:

E 18:41:40 Failed to read Sector 325760 - No Seek Complete
E 18:41:40 Failed to Extract Sectors!
E 18:41:40 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:05:45
E 18:41:40 Average Read Rate: 1,888 KB/s (1.4x) - Maximum Read Rate: 3,733 KB/s (2.7x)

[Tommyknocker]

What about DVD Shrink? And can your computer see the files onthe DVD and can you transfer the files manually to your computer?

[pb]

I just copied the VIDEO_TS folder to hard drive and created a new DVD-R with RecordNow that came with my Sony DRU500AX. All the info for DVD players is in that folder. I did this with a DVD+RW recorded ona Sony RDRGX 7 DVD recorder to play on a DVD player that did not like the other disk.

[Alfer]

Eureka!

I copied using CopyToDVD and somehow it worked!

Thanks for everyones input.

Turns out the simplest methods always work..I was making it do darn complicated.

Alfer

[donpedro]

Just one more update what worked for me.

1. Recorded on Philips 75/17 to DVD+RW
2. Copy to new DVD-R with Nero's Wizard DVD-to-DVD.

Good luck.

[spiderman2k1]

A friend of mone copy some TV show from the UK and burned them and some of the disc I could not rip. These show's came from UK cable SCI-FI channel. I found using Nero was the best way to copy them. Some time's thing are just wacky.