Posted by mcp6453 on 12/31/05 13:21

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?

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