Posted by Atropos on 01/01/06 02:28

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

Try it. Empirical evidence always prevails.

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