Disk checking

[pipe]

Hi all,
I know that there is software out there for DVD disk checking, I was wondering which is the best, I dont mind paying but to a google there are loads. I have a photography business and and sell home made DVDs but recently i have had trouble with a batch of discs and my customers are not too pleased to find there dvd's stuttering and spluttering all over the place.

So which is the best software to "drop" and "check" the DVD's

thx in advance


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[maldb]

Nero CD-DVD Speed has error checking as well as disc quality tests you can run, and K-Probe is also a good source. You need a Lite-On drive to test though.

[BJ_M]

MPressionist.X (really really good and only 250$)
MPressionist.X HD about $600 - for HD also
note: the above apps, MPressionist, only run on apple g5's

phillips dvd checker from phillips software div. $550 i think last time i checked..

m-probe and d-probe (about $5,000 each) (m-probe mostly for transport streams and HD, d-probe for dvd)



the above apps are the standard for software apps -- there is also special hardware , but you will not like the prices ..

[BetaMaster]

I use DVDInfoPro, which is freeware. It seems pretty accurate, even for discs that have good Kprobe numbers. Kprobe is great for finding out how well your media responds to burning, but DVDInfoPro tells you where you actually have troubles, and how bad they are.

Lately, I have been using my new DVD recorder burn to DVD+RW, and then I copy that to a DVD+R (this saves money when my recorder hiccups, which it does frequently when the source is iffy). If the +RW passes DVDInfoPro, I know I can get a good copy from it. Otherwise, I have to do a little cheating with Isobuster to get an acceptable copy.