Software to check possible bad factory pressed didcs ?

[Zetti]

Hi all,

Well, have had recently some headaches with factory pressed discs;

Like 99% of the people, I can't watch the discs as fast as I buy them, and yesterday I faced again an annoying problem, I put to watch latest Whitesnake DVD and it is defective, hangs out with pixealization, freezes in one of the songs.....checked in 3 different players;

I remember I bought it more than 3 months ago, don't even remember from which dealer, don't have the legal receipt, bla, bla, bla, well, shame on me.

But I wonder, is there a software that I could use to quickly scan through all new discs I buy and tell me in advance if there are factory problems ?

Thanks for any information,

Zetti

[jtoolman2000]

Nero's CD/DVD Speed. It will show read errors or just freeze if it cannot read a bad sector at all.

[Zetti]

Nero's CD/DVD Speed. It will show read errors or just freeze if it cannot read a bad sector at all.

Thanks, but would it read/check CSS encrypted DVD's ? AFAIK all Nero products don't hold factory pressed protected discs...

Thanks again,

Zetti

[Zetti]

Nero's CD/DVD Speed. It will show read errors or just freeze if it cannot read a bad sector at all.

Jtoolman,

I have tried it on the Whitesnake DVD and, as expected, it froze halfway through the disc,

Then I started checking other discs - all factory pressed - and, weirdly, all of them are 100% "bad"...only red dots on the screen......I'm using Nero CD-DVD speed 4.51.3..

Would it be a protection issue ?

Thanks,

Zetti

[Krispy Kritter]

Shouldn't be a protection issue as the software is just reading the disc (as data).

You could also try DVDinfo (Pro).

Have you tried it in more than one pc? You could have a bad drive.

[Zetti]

Thanks, I'll take a look at DVDInfo Pro,

Zetti