Rerip/copy dvd

[tjamp]

Hi
I ripped and compressed 5 DVD's with DVDschrink (complete with menu's and etc.) as iso and burned them. They have all worked perfect in a dvdplayer and in another pc.
Now a month later I want to make a copy of the burned dvd's, but I can't. I first thought I just could copy them as another datacd, because DVDschrink all ready had compressed them, but no. Then I tried DVDschrink, but got read fault half way through, the same when I tried ISObuster.
I find it hard to believe that all 5 disc are burned with errors, so is can it be something with the way DVDschrink creates its output. Anyway any ideaes how to make these otherwise simple copies?
BTW: I tried another computer in case of a defect dvd-recorder.

[redwudz]

I don't think it's got anything to do with Shrink. More likely the DVD media you used or a remote possibility, the burning program used or the burner.

I would also check the DVD surface for scratches, blotches or other problems.

You should still be able to read them, minus the damaged parts. ISOBuster or DVD Decrypter should be able to do that.

And welcome to our forums.

[mats.hogberg]

It's often impossible/very hard to re-rip a DVD-R in my experience. There are almost always some read errors that makes the ripper choke, without affecting playback. Perhaps it's me, using cheap media, but...
But why not go back to your original and rip from those?

/Mats

[jman98]

Your DVDs are probably bad media. Take a look at
http://www.nomorecoasters.com
and see. Around here, we generally recommend Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden and nothing else.

I've been able to successfully re-rip from DVD-/+R discs and even DL media, but I no longer use anything, ever, except Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden. I have a friend who has sent me a few homemade DVDs of some old TV stuff from the 1970s and 1960s. What he sent me can't be bought as it's never been made available on any format. He asked me to make a copy and give it to my brother and I had nightmarish problems ripping his brand new DVD-Rs. He uses CMC DVD-Rs, which are very low on the quality list. They all have problems being ripped. I've looked for scratches and in the end, I just blamed it on crap media. I ended up having to rip one disc on 3 different drives between 2 PCs as no drive could read it all, but different drives could read different parts of the disc that were problematic. So I read one VOB on one drive, another VOB on a different drive and finally had to put them all together.

Bad media becomes bad very quickly after burning. The discs I was sent were very difficult to read just a few days after my friend burned them.

[lordsmurf]

Bad media becomes bad very quickly after burning. The discs I was sent were very difficult to read just a few days after my friend burned them.

It does not "become" bad. It was always bad.

[tjamp]

Thanks for all the replies.
The discs is Verbatim and the problem is with all of them. I don't have the original source with me, so i can't make a fresh copies.
Regarding ripping. What ever if I use ISObuster, DVDdecrypter, dd (linux), dvdbackup (linux) the result is the same. They fail at 41% / 2gb. It match perfect with the fact that there is two episodes on the disc and with those tools that offer to ignore the I/O error can't continue. So I think that is that, until I get the org. source.

[RowMan]

One last try...

Have you tried DVDFab HD Decrypter? This tool has helped me recover a couple of discs with either bad or slightly scuffed media which was normally unreadable. It took a LOOOOOONG time especially around where the errors on the discs were, but it plugged away and eventually ripped the files to my hard drive. The software is free so it's worth a shot.

[pepegot1]

I had re-rip problems, some due to errors. I then used ISObuster and was able to rip and burn them successfully. It could have been a combination of read errors and/or bad discs. I played the re-ripped discs and they were all good and they could be re-ripped again, if needed. ISOBuster is a necessary tool for any serious DVD enterprise.

[tjamp]

One last try...

Have you tried DVDFab HD Decrypter? This tool has helped me recover a couple of discs with either bad or slightly scuffed media... The software is free so it's worth a shot.

That did the job! It took 1½ hour for ripping the disc, with no compression. I've feared worse after what you wrote
Thanks for the tip.

[RowMan]

No problem. If I remember correctly, the stuff I needed to recover took well over four or five hours, but as long as the program was still running and not frozen, I let it plug away. The time it took may have had to do with the computer specs at that time which were pretty minimal.