My usual starting point for DVD backup is DVD Shrink 3.2, so I started there to backup my new region 1 Avatar DVD. It analyzed OK, but during reading I got errors like "sector read error - sector encrypted". This didn't surprise me - this was Avatar after all.
So I went to my "Plan B" - DVDFab 6. I had to delete the foreign sound tracks to get the Main Movie to fit on a 7 GB DL blank. Again analysis went OK but after about 30% the read failed with a sector read error.
I was about to tell it to "Ignore All" but decided to check this Forum first, in order to rescue my precious DL blank. Here some of the postings reminded me that contamination and scratches can cause this problem.
So I updated to DVDFab 7 and took the DVD into the kitchen for a closer inspection. Sure enough, it had several big "boogers" on it and some suspicious scratches as well. I cleaned off the contamination with a wet tissue and mounted the DVD back into the computer.
At this point I would like to praise Sony. I had previously played the whole DVD on my Sony BD player and the only irregularity that I detected was several dropped words in the audio track. I have a five-year-old Sony DRU-720A DVD burner, Sony DL blank disks and a bitchin 52" Sony Bravia LCD display. Sony rocks.
So when I retried the backup everything went flawlessly, and I am very pleased with the picture quality of the 7 GB main movie. I just wish that it had menu support.
So I went to my "Plan B" - DVDFab 6. I had to delete the foreign sound tracks to get the Main Movie to fit on a 7 GB DL blank. Again analysis went OK but after about 30% the read failed with a sector read error.
I was about to tell it to "Ignore All" but decided to check this Forum first, in order to rescue my precious DL blank. Here some of the postings reminded me that contamination and scratches can cause this problem.
So I updated to DVDFab 7 and took the DVD into the kitchen for a closer inspection. Sure enough, it had several big "boogers" on it and some suspicious scratches as well. I cleaned off the contamination with a wet tissue and mounted the DVD back into the computer.
At this point I would like to praise Sony. I had previously played the whole DVD on my Sony BD player and the only irregularity that I detected was several dropped words in the audio track. I have a five-year-old Sony DRU-720A DVD burner, Sony DL blank disks and a bitchin 52" Sony Bravia LCD display. Sony rocks.
So when I retried the backup everything went flawlessly, and I am very pleased with the picture quality of the 7 GB main movie. I just wish that it had menu support.
- Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
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