Posted by Atropos on 12/31/05 14:35

"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Atropos wrote:
>> "mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>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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