| Posted by Sue Brumba on 01/30/06 16:29 
Here is what I did to overcome my first scratched DVD?
 I googled for "scratched DVD DVD Decrypter" & read all I found.
 I finger buffed radially with Crest toothpaste for five full minutes.
 I dried the now buffed DVD with a soft bathroom towel.
 
 I could barely see the scratches - they seem to be mostly circumferential.
 DVD Decrypter initially reported scores of "Failed to read Sector 1234567 -
 Unrecovered Read Error" messages and had to be aborted.
 
 I tried multiple external DVD players - all reported "Failed to read Sector".
 
 I downloaded the following additional WinXP programs.
 
 PgcEdit 0.6.2
 - http://www.videohelp.com/~r0lZ/pgcedit
 
 Psl2_plugin_ver_2_14.zip (also contains FixVTS b1.24.0.0 & CRC32.exe)
 - http://www.videohelp.com/~r0lZ/pgcedit/index.html
 
 DVD Shrink 3.2
 - http://www.dvdshrink.org
 
 VOB Blanker 2.0.1.0
 - http://www.videohelp.com/~jsoto/vobblanker.htm
 
 ImgBurn 1.1.0.0
 - http://www.imgburn.com
 
 A. I installed DVD Decrypter into c:\dvd\dvddecrypter
 B. I installed PGCEdit into c:\dvd\pgcedit
 C. I ran PGCEdit once without any DVD in the DVD drive
 D. This created a plugins & bin subdirectory in the install dir
 E. I then immediately shut down PGCEdit
 F. I extracted Psl2_plugin_ver_2_14.zip to that new plugins directory
 G. I made sure DVD Decrypter was NOT running
 H. I put the scratched DVD to be archived into the DVD reader
 I. I started PGCEdit (which soon called DVD Decrypter)
 J. I followed directions to rip with DVD Decrypter
 K. I aborted DVDD when asked
 L. I followed directions to clean the files with FixVTS
 M. I ran DVD Shrink to compress Title 1 to fit on a single-layer DVD
 N. I played on the hard drive with the freeware Media Player
 
 The resultant archive of a scratched DVD created a movie which stopped 3/4 of
 the way through the movie.
 
 Which step above did I do wrong to archive the scratched DVD disc?
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