Burning Copies of Copies

[slashdot]

Originally posted by Experi-Mentor
my method (which has never failed me), is to rip/backup the copy i made to the hdd only. if that fails, then you can assume that it was a bad burn, then you can narrow it down to the blank media being inferior (not holding data well), compatibility problem between burner & blanks, or something simple as burning at a lower speed (try 2x or 4x)

I usually use Memorex or Fujifilm media with my burner. I don't know if that is the most compatible with my burner, but I have an off brand burner...and I refuse to use the same off brand media!

I had not even tried burning at a slower speed. I usually use 8X media...I will see what happens when I slow it down to 2X or 4X. Thanks for that info. I keep forgetting the days when I first started burning CD's and had to do some of these same things!

Since I am still a bit of a n00b at burning movies (only had my burner for about 2 months now), I would assume that this is something that I will work out over time. I'm truly thinking the problem lies with something I was doing wrong when I first started burning movies. I still have yet to figure out what it was...but maybe I will someday!

[tigerman8u]

You can try Vstrip. Not the easiest tool to use but has worked for me when shrink and decrypter failed on copied dvd's. It literally rips the dvd sector by sector. www.doom9.org has a good guide on how to use Vstrip.

[slashdot]

Originally posted by tigerman8u
You can try Vstrip. Not the easiest tool to use but has worked for me when shrink and decrypter failed on copied dvd's. It literally rips the dvd sector by sector. www.doom9.org has a good guide on how to use Vstrip.

Oh wow...thank you much! I will def try that out.

I'll let you know the results!

[amaru]

Don't ever try on the fly copying. It is just a coaster waiting to happen.

i've done SEVERAL using nero, liteon to read and pioneer to burn, usually at 12x, and only coaster when i have a bad source.

[jm1647]

If your getting CRC errors try dvd decrypter and see

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?threadid=49275

[GiantWaffle]

Don't ever try on the fly copying. It is just a coaster waiting to happen.

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[VinceUTAH]

On the fly copying is no problem as long as the two drives are not master and slave on the same line.

[sparkyspark]

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[phoenix]

On the fly copying is no problem as long as the two drives are not master and slave on the same line.

I don't agree.

I have my Plextor burner set as master and my Sony reader as slave and I have not faced any problems with this setup.

We are dealing with rather slow speeds, so I shouldn't be a problem as long as both is running in DMA mode.

[Chewy]

Even 4x is 5MB/s, and that's pushing the envelope where drives cache is so
small and the drives are sharing an ide cable. I have never gotten a copy on the fly
8x burn to work as fast as just an 8x burn FROM HARD DRIVE. ALL MY DRIVES ARE STANDALONE MASTERS!
I did have a coaster this last year with good media, source disk had a fingerprint.

[blutach]

I do think OTF copying is a risk folks. But it's your media and time

Regards

[LT. Columbo]

it's down right crazy is what it is......

[tigerman8u]

if you're gone to do a one to one copy let your software cache the file/s to your hard drive 1st

[Chewy]

I have done an exhaustive study on this today with 4 boxes, each point of view in
this discussion has merits. Problematic movies, media, and software seem to be
the primary cause of coasters. A good movie processed with shrink3.2 and burned
with good media at slow speed(4x) yields a 100% success rate for Copying on the fly.

[LT. Columbo]

after 100 copies with the criteria you mention using OTF, let us know the % of success.