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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