Someone should combine UltraISO with a ripper

[MaximRecoil]

I had this backup DVD-R that was a crappy burn (due to crappy media) that I made a long time ago. Of course, my dog ate my original (lol) and I wanted to get it onto higher quality media. I first tried making an ISO of it with DVD Decrypter but that didn't work. It got about halfway through and started piling up the retries before completely failing. Then I tried to make an ISO of it with DVD Shrink but Shrink couldn't even get through the initial quick analysis stage. I tried copying the whole DVD to a folder with Windows Explorer but that failed at the same point that DVD Decrypter did. Before tossing the disc I decided to try to make an ISO of it with UltraISO (since, being a backup, it wasn't encrypted) and though it took a while (pausing, slowing down, etc.), it made a perfect ISO that plays with no glitches. What does UltraISO know that other programs do not? How can it read a disc that Windows Explorer, DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink can not? I don't know anything about programming but if someone could combine the agressiveness of UltraISO with a good ripper like DVD Decrypter; I would think it would really be something for those times when an original [encrypted] pressed disc isn't in such good shape and doesn't want to rip.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Unless it retried an infinite amount of times until it read the data, it's just going to give you the same image DVD Decrypter would if you just told it to ignore errors.

All a program can really do is issue a read command. In theory, there should be no difference in reading ability between programs besides the number of retries it performs.

[MaximRecoil]

Unless it retried an infinite amount of times until it read the data, it's just going to give you the same image DVD Decrypter would if you just told it to ignore errors.I was wondering about that. Is there any way to tell DVD Decrypter to ignore errors beforehand, rather than waiting for it to retry multiple times and then giving you the option to ignore in a dialog box?

[dani82]

Tools -> Settings -> I/O there's an option to "Ignore Read Errors"

since i'd never had to use that option (that i can remember), i can only guess, it does what it says