Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Problem

[GregiBoy]

@tredspane.

Are you sure that you have DVD5 output selected as Signals pointed out previously?

[tredspane]

Yep: DVD5 - 4300MB

The original does have some small scratches on it, and I cleaned it with ArmorAll, but the same result.

Also, I've never needed a DL disk before, so why now?

[GregiBoy]

OK, please try this...

Disable Pathplayer, close & restart Fab.

Set the output to a hard disk folder and DVD9.

Rip it in "Full Disk" mode to the folder.

Please post back the results.

[signals]

I think it is something peculiar about the actual disc that you have, not this title in general. Again, it copied fine for me with DVDFab+ImgBurn and is a pretty old and scratchy original. Have you played the backup you made with DVDShrink to see if anything is missing?

[tredspane]

The copy I made with DVD Shrink 3.2 works perfectly, all the way through. Still, I agree that it's very possible that my particular scratchy original can be read by DVD Shrink 3.2 but not DVDFab or ImgBurn. I will try GregiBoy's suggestion of ripping in Full Disk DVD9.

[tredspane]

Here are the results of the Full Disk rip DVD9 with PP disabled. Again, dvdfab_process.log never got updated, possibly because nothing got burned, but then GregiBoy didn't say to burn the result.

dvdfab_internal.log:

DVDFab 7.0.8.0 (2010/07/19 00:49:29)

0m 00.37s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
0m 10.75s: detected dvd
0m 10.82s: drive D
0m 10.82s: video dvd 1
0m 10.82s: volume label GOLDGUN
0m 14.15s: detected dvd
0m 14.23s: drive D
0m 14.23s: video dvd 1
0m 14.23s: volume label GOLDGUN
0m 14.50s: got copyright 1 fe
0m 16.73s: got udf/iso
0m 18.48s: got discinfo
0m 18.50s: pathplayer disabled 0
0m 20.39s: got dvdinfo

dvdfab_burn_vso.log:

2010-07-19 00:49:28 ---- ******************** Log session stop 19-Jul 00:49:28.000 PID 5972********************
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info Current Drive selected : 0:0:0 - SONY DVD+-RW DW-Q58A UDS1 [D] (Ide)
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info System default language : English (United States)
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info User default language : English (United States)
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info DLL Version : 4.0.7.466
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 7\vso_hwe.dll
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info Version : 7, 0, 8, 0
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 7\DVDFab.exe
2010-07-19 00:47:53 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2010-07-19 00:47:53 ---- ******************** Log session start 19-Jul 00:47:53.594 PID 5972********************

Does this tell you anything, GregiBoy?

[maineman]

I can't speak for him, but I suspect GregiBoy wants to know:

What is the actual file size on the hdd?
Does the movie play ok when viewed from the hdd with a software player such as VLC? ...all titles intact? navigation intact?

Translation: did Fab process the disc properly when not compressed?

[tredspane]

Here's the directory listing:

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F4BC-9426

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\TredSpane\My Documents\DVDFab\FullDisc\GOLDGUN\VIDEO_TS

07/19/2010 06:01 PM <DIR> .
07/19/2010 06:01 PM <DIR> ..
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 22,528 VIDEO_TS.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 22,528 VIDEO_TS.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 448,512 VIDEO_TS.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 18,432 VTS_01_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 18,432 VTS_01_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 10,240 VTS_01_0.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 10,240 VTS_01_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 18,432 VTS_02_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 18,432 VTS_02_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 462,086,144 VTS_02_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 96,256 VTS_03_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 96,256 VTS_03_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 179,771,392 VTS_03_0.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_2.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_3.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_4.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 681,783,296 VTS_03_5.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 53,248 VTS_04_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 53,248 VTS_04_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_04_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_04_2.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 177,242,112 VTS_04_3.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_05_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_05_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 3,407,872 VTS_05_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_06_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_06_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 3,598,336 VTS_06_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_07_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_07_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 7,794,688 VTS_07_1.VOB
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_08_0.BUP
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 14,336 VTS_08_0.IFO
07/19/2010 01:27 AM 4,485,120 VTS_08_1.VOB
35 File(s) 7,963,609,088 bytes
2 Dir(s) 76,476,133,376 bytes free

The files play with VLC just fine.

[signals]

This is a correct uncompressed DL-sized folder for this movie and it looks normal. If compressed to DVD-5 size, File VTS_04_1.VOB for instance should be 782,358KB (not 1GB as yours is) and there should be no VTS_04_2.VOB file at all. The main movie should be contained in VTS_03_1, 2, and 3.VOB (1GB each) and VTS_03_4.VOB (527,516KB) when compressed. As a side note, this movie doesn't look very good compressed to this level (68-69% as recall).

[tredspane]

All I know is that the copy I burned from DVD Shrink 3.2 plays flawlessly, and displays with excellent quality. So, it appears that I probably need both DVD Shrink and DVDFab to copy all the DVDs that I need.