burner corrupting source disc when using dvd shrink?

[sonei]

I used a DVD shrink / Nero combination to burn a movie last night. Now the source disc won't play and has little flecs all over the surface of it.

I must admit that I'm new to backing up DVDs. Is this normal? I've tried to play the original DVD in 3 different players. Do you think my burner corrupted the source disc during the rip? Or did something else happen?

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

[kuneo]

More info needed,but it sure sounds like your burner-burned your source disc by mistake.

Is it possible you put the source disc in the burner instead of a blank disc??? Obviously a burner shoudn't burn a source disc (glitch in your matrix?).

Many other possibilities-

Do you use your burner to read/shrink the source disc?,and then replace the source disc with a blank after it's shrinked for Nero burning?

Depending on damage to the source disc-there are devices that will remove scratches using supplied compounds-I bought one from Shop 4 Tech,and it works pretty good-but your "flecks" may be too deep.

Good Luck

K

[sonei]

No, this is the strange thing. The burn completed just fine. I can watch the burned disc. However, I can't even get to the title menu on the original disc.

I have been using dvd shrink to first burn to the HD and then I open the files off of the HD and burn to a disk.

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Do you use your burner to read/shrink the source disc?,and then replace the source disc with a blank after it's shrinked for Nero burning?
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Yes, this is what I've been doing. I guess my question is, can ripping cause these problems? Is it maybe some form of copyright protection?

[kuneo]

Sounds more like an error on your hardware/burner side-but i'm guessing with limited experience.

I don't rip from the net, and that begs the question-is your source disc a rip?

Regardless I don't believe it's a copy protection thang, maybe others can help.

K

[rdgrimes]

Have seena couple reports of "mold-like" spots on discs that were left in a hot drive overnight. Heat is the only thing that can ruin a disc inside a drive, and it's physically impossible for a burner to do anything but read a pressed disc.

[setarip]

"Now the source disc won't play and has little flecs all over the surface of it."

1) Is your "source disc" a COMMERCIAL (pressed) DVD or a burned DVD?

2) Have you tried to carefully blow the flecks off?

3) Has this happened with any other "source discs"?

4) Have you cleaned the innards of your computer?

[sonei]

1) Is your "source disc" a COMMERCIAL (pressed) DVD or a burned DVD?
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Yes, it's a commercial disk.
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2) Have you tried to carefully blow the flecks off?
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Yes, and I've tried to clean in with disc-cleaner.
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3) Has this happened with any other "source discs"?
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I've only had the burner for about a week and this is my sixth burn. It's the first time it's happened.
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4) Have you cleaned the innards of your computer?
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It's a new burner, I'm not sure why that would matter.
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Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm anxious to get to the bottom of this.

[kuneo]

Is it an internal or external burner? What make and model?

Wasn't talking about "cleaning" the disc, but rather repairing the disc (which uses a buffing compound to remove scratches),and hopefully your fleck's.

Although if this is going to happen again you obviously don't want to have to repair every disc.

K

[setarip]

"4) Have you cleaned the innards of your computer?
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It's a new burner, I'm not sure why that would matter"

The "flecks" came from somewhere within your system...