Difficulting with dvd recorded on a LG dvd recorder

[victoriabears]

I am having an amazing problem, am backing up my friends collection he has recorded using a LG dvd recorder in Canada.

It is almost like the dvd's were recorded in some strange Martian method, using Nero I get LBA errors, using img burn most will copy but when they do not I get a read error on far too many dics sfor it to be the media (!?), may be not.

The discs even seem to be jamming up my pc's sometimes.

I have never experienced this.


Here is some techno info using various dvd software.

Nero InfoTool 4.4.3.0

Drive Information
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Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N
Type : DVD±R/RW DL Recorder
Firmware Version : 1.02
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : 07-01-31
Serial Number : 49>8;(
Vendor Specific : 07/01/31
Drive Letter : H:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 16.0 , 12.0 , 8.0 , 5.0 , 4.0 , 2.0 , 1.0 X
Write Speed : 12.0 , 8.0 , 4.0 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : No
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : Yes
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read BD-ROM : No
Read BD-R : No
Read BD-RE : No
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : No
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : Yes
Write BD-R : No
Write BD-RE : No
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : No
Labelflash : No
LightScribe : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96


HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B AN16 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 2,292,400
Size: 4,694,835,200 bytes
Time: 509:27:25 (MM:SS:FF)

TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2292399)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 2292400)

Track Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, TS: 1520, LRA: 1519)

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: ProdiscF01

Recording Management Area Information:
LGE Inc LGRL-05A

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,489,007
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

[lordsmurf]

It might be the media, VicB.
This is one of those problems where I simply have to tell people to mail me the discs, and I put it into all of my drives. In cases like this, I can usually recover 50-75% of the media (for a price, of course), but the other 25-50% is toast.

Honestly, your LG drives are not very good -- not even close -- at reading discs. It could be as easy as trying another drive -- Pioneer is suggested.

[victoriabears]

Thanks LS.

When you say LG not good at reading discs do you mean from the data I supplied or just in general, and is their reading suspect rather than their writing. as I have never had this problem in 4 years of using them until I started this project and imgburn is having success whereas Nero cannot read any.

And on one that neither imgburn or Nero would read, TMPG express read it fine and I was able to scroll through the whole recording with that software !

Some of the discs have surface scrtaches but pressed ones I've done read fine with worse marks.

It seems that the original dvd recorder has created some weird formatting, but like DVD-VR rather than dvd video?

Appreciate it.

[victoriabears]

In case anyone is interested !, I seem to have found the problem, I am using 4163B with H-22N on both of my PC's and it seems the 4163's are a bit long in the tooth, as if I use h-22N to read and 4163 to write I am getting much more success.