[MacDV] video dvd duplication problem

[Aaron]

Try sticking one of the discs containing the DVD-video into your computer's DVD drive and ripping it with MacTheRipper <http://www.mactheripper.org/>. I once managed to recover virtually all of an extremely defective Video-DVD that way whose files could not be copied by other means. I probably lost a few sectors, but not enough to notice.

 - Aaron

>To: macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>From: Joan Keenan <janjay at mac.com>
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:18:33 -0400
>Subject: [MacDV] video dvd duplication problem
>
>Hope someone can help.
>
>I have a dvd video that I authored and burned to dvd a couple of 
>years ago. I have different copies and am getting the same problem 
>with all of them. The "master" that I used to duplicate using an 
>external duplicator. I made over 50 copies at that time with only a 
>few problem disks...now when I put it in the duplicator it gets to 
>99% and then says there is a disk error bad media....the ejected disk 
>seems to play ok but I didn't want to take a chance....I tried an 
>older media....same results, I then tried several different dvd 
>versions that I had and same problem...
>
>Then I decided to try Toast to make a copy.....get an error message 
>near the end that says I/O problem disk may be copy protected!!!!!NOT!!!
>
>I then tried to make a disc image....again an error message.....
>
>I tried copying the folders to Toast manually and when I go to burn I 
>get several different errors with different files!!!!
>
>I tried this on both my older PowerBook which was used originally! 
>and my newer mac mini Intel.....no difference
>
>What could be going on????
>
>No, like an idiot I did not save a disk image of it! I saved the 
>origiinal files and saved it as an iDVD.proj....but now that I am 
>using a newer version of iDVD....that doesn't work.
>
>This was supposed to be an easy duplication of an older video as I 
>work on the new one!!!!!
>
>Any ideas.
>
>Joan Keenan
>janjay at mac.com
>
>MacMIni166 GHz Intel Core Duo
>2GB SDRAM
>OS10.4.8
>FCE HD 3.5.1
>Toast 6.1.1