Posted by mcp6453 on 12/31/05 15:09

Atropos wrote:
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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.

I did as you suggested, and DVDShrink did not report a problem with a
disk that has the freezing problem. Does it mean that the Sony drive may
be able to read the data back correctly so that I can burn the movie on
the NEC drive and watch it without freezing?

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