Ripping from DVDs

Reeves · Fri 02 Jun, 2006 17.06

Hello again,

For those who own Sky+ or something similar, most of you will know that there will come a time where programmes will have to be either deleted or transferred to video or DVD.

I've been trying to record programmes to DVD-RW discs, rip them from the DVD onto my PC, and then erase the DVD. For this, I use Ulead VideoStudio, and most times, has never failed to impress me with it's DVD capturing. However, a few times I have tried this, and it has appeared with errors that it can't read the disc properly.

I've tried using SmartRipper to rip the DVD files to my PC, and them find the files on Videostudio, but after about 74% it sticks and will not rip anymore.

Now I have just simply tried copying the files from the DVD to my computer, and eventually this appears:

Has anybody got any idea why my computer can't be bothered to export anymore?

Thanks

Jamez · Fri 02 Jun, 2006 17.35

Could as simple as a scratch on the disc!

cdd · Fri 02 Jun, 2006 17.55

If you've been using the same DVD-RW, bear in mind they can only be used a limited (a few hundred) number of times. It could be that the DVD-RW disc is beginning to degrade. But as Jamez says, it is probably a disc scratch, that message pops up when a compuer can't read part of a disc!

Reeves · Fri 02 Jun, 2006 22.26

...it does make sense. Thanks.

Isn't there a motorised piece of kit avaliable that can clean discs? I've tried searching on Play.com and eBuyer for one.

I'm sure I remember one on QVC or Ideal World that could remove scratches. Do those exist?

cdd · Sat 03 Jun, 2006 00.11

Reeves wrote:...it does make sense. Thanks.

Isn't there a motorised piece of kit avaliable that can clean discs? I've tried searching on Play.com and eBuyer for one.

I'm sure I remember one on QVC or Ideal World that could remove scratches. Do those exist?

yes, how they work is DVDs/CDs have the layer where data is wrtten, and a transparant plastic layer above it which is quite thick. When a scratch appears on the disc, you can resolve it by wearing down the transparant plastic smoothly without touching the data. that's how scratch removers work. Incidentally, copy protected CDs (the music industry's latest fad) work by making the plastic protector layer even thinner than specification (and then introducing imperfections which error correcting can solve), meaning the CDs are even less durable. This is a key reason why I will not even dream of buying from the profoundly immoral music industry.