|  | Posted by Atropos on 12/31/05 14:35 
"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:GBvtf.36281$lJ7.2879@fe04.news.easynews.com...
 > Atropos wrote:
 >> "mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
 >> news:t93tf.725$Qq3.224@fe08.news.easynews.com...
 >>
 >>>My first attempts at burning DVDs has been less than stellar. As
 >>>mentioned previously, I sometimes copy a movie for later viewing. Every
 >>>movie I have copied will freeze up somewhere. Some earlier, some later.
 >>>Until a few days ago, my DVD burner was a Sony with the latest firmware.
 >>
 >>
 >> There's the problem. Sony.
 >>
 >> I had a Sony DRU 530A. About 3 out of 10 disks would fail to rerip and
 >> freeze on playback.
 >>
 >> I got a Pioneer 107 - problems went away.
 >>
 >> Recently I did a trade with someone who is using a Sony. Out of the 14
 >> disks he sent me, 10 were completely f**ked.
 >>
 >> You should have no such problems with your NEC. But you may not be able
 >> to rip your old Sony burned disks.
 >>
 >> A quick way to test all your disks is to use DVD Shrink quick analysis.
 >>
 >> You need to erase all data in
 >> "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DVD Shrink"
 >>
 >> Then start putting in your DVDR's, Shrink will do a quick analysis on
 >> each one. If there's a problem with the disk - it'll showup here. If the
 >> quick analysis completes - you're okay.
 >
 >
 > Although I have yet to test your theory, I think you're probably correct.
 > Regarding DVDShrink, I put a known "bad" disk in for "Analysis" and for
 > "Deep Analysis", and no problem was reported. Am I testing correctly?
 
 You don't need to create a new ISO(with deep analysis). Just the initial
 scan when you open up Shrink and select a disk - it does a quick analysis
 there before bringing up your options.
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