War of the Worlds - DL Problem

[RhoXS]

I have been trying to make a 1:1 copy of War of the Worlds (2005) to a double layer DVD. I used DVD decrypter to write an ISO file and then burn it to a DL DVD (Plextor 716A) at 4X speed. When I try to play the copy I receive "C:13:00 The disc is dirty" error message on both of our Sony DVD players.

I then used ImgBurn to burn the copy. By mistake I burned a DL copy of the wrong ISO file and it plays without a problem. However, when I use ImgBurn to burn a DL copy of War of the Worlds, the same error message appears.

DVD Shrink will successfully copy War of the Worlds (2005) with 49% compression to a single layer DVD.

Any thoughts about the cause and solution to this problem would be appreciated.

[WarDog]

I would try ripping DVD if file mode of DVDD and then use PGCEdit to burn DL disk.

[lckeys]

You can setup Shrink to a DVD9 target size:

Edit>Preferences>DVD Target size

Then just make sure your compression is set to "none" instead of "automatic" in the window on the right. Set your output to ISO on the final step, and DVD Decrypter will (or should ) burn it with no problems.

I successfully backed up this movie onto DL not too long ago.

BTW, make sure you rip the movie in file mode before taking it to Shrink.

[RhoXS]

Ickeys, as you suggested I tried DVD Shrink / Nero to burn it but with the same result. Interestingly, if I try to play it (and the previous two using ImgBurn & DVDD) in our TIVO, it plays without a problem. This is very perplexing because both of our Sony DVD-NS725P DVD players will still successfully play other DL discs I made.

I also noticed the same problem when I tried to play a DL backup I made of Monster In-Law. Both Sony players give the error message I described above but it plays fine in the TIVO. All four DL backups of the Stones Four Flicks Concert work fine but these movies do not. I have to wonder if there is some issue with the content of these two movies that is causing this problem.

[lckeys]

AFAIK, there shouldn't be a copy protection issue regarding the Sony standalone players - The 2 movies were put out by Dreamworks and New Line, and as I recall, I didn't have any ARccOS related issues when backing up either title. To play it safe, after ripping the files you can process them in VOBBlanker to see if there's any crap that can be removed.

I forgot to ask earlier, are the movies region 1?

[greentech1974]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104687&highlight=War+Worlds Check this link to a previous thread, in which the same problem was occuring.

[lckeys]

This may be a stupid question, but I don't want to assume anything...

What DL media are you using? Is it the same as what you used in your successful (previous) burns? If so, is it all from the same "batch"?

It really sounds to me like it may be a media related problem, though I'm no expert. Have you created any successful DL burns of other titles since these problems with WOTW?

Try running one of your problematic DVD's in Nero CDSpeed (freeware) or a similar error-check program to see if there are any high PI/PO/PIF errors. Some settop players are more forgiving than others, and most PC drives can read DVD's w/high error rates that would make other settops choke and puke it out.

So all I can offer is 1.) Check your media quality, 2.) Check your burn quality, and possibly run another burn of a movie you know will work in your Sony to see if it's consistent. Who knows? Maybe your burner's even crapping out. It's hard to tell what's going on in this situation until you start running some diagnostics and ruling out what's NOT causing the problems.

[ZuZu]

Any thoughts about the cause and solution to this problem would be appreciated.

your media most likely sucks. what is it?.

[setarip_old]

@RhoXS

Hi!

As a FIRST step, try using VLC player to play the ISO from your hard drive...