Solve circumferential scratched DVD using DVDD + PgcEdit

[Sue Brumba]

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?

 

[Julie Holiday]

(e-mail address removed) (Sue Brumba) wrote in

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?

I get the DVD Decrypter Failed to read Sector - Unrecovered Read Error error
message all the time lately. There MUST be a way to tell DVD Decrypter to
skip past all the 'bad sectors' but I don't know it and I'm pretty good at
this too.

I think the sony arccos protection is what is making DVD Decrypter say that
error message. A friend told me his 321 Studios X-copy NEVER gets that Failed
to read Sector error message so maybe that's the way to go!

 

[Stephen Stewart]

(e-mail address removed) (Sue Brumba) wrote in


I get the DVD Decrypter Failed to read Sector - Unrecovered Read Error
error
message all the time lately. There MUST be a way to tell DVD Decrypter to
skip past all the 'bad sectors' but I don't know it and I'm pretty good at
this too.

I think the sony arccos protection is what is making DVD Decrypter say
that
error message. A friend told me his 321 Studios X-copy NEVER gets that
Failed
to read Sector error message so maybe that's the way to go!

Try DVDFab Decrypter.

It's been reported to be more successful at recovering damaged discs.

http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm

If that doesn't work you'll need to find some way of physically repairing
the disc.

You can use mechanical methods such as Skip Doctor or I've personally had
great success with polymer solutions that fill the scratches such as
CrystalDisc or Maxell's CD Scratch Repair Kit.

The route with the polymer fluid is a lot quicker and easier especially if
you're only looking to get a working copy of the disc.


Stephen