Damaged DVD

[peho]

I've an orginal dvd that is damaged in the center of disc.

I can though play most of it in a dvd player, but I would like to do a backup before it's totally useless.

My problem is that all rippers I've tried, try to rip all dvd or I get a incomplete structure that I can't burn.

I need to rip as much as I can and then shall the burning software burn without complaining about that the structure isn't complete.

Any ideas?

Thanks
/Peter

[writersblock29]

Turning kind of dark around the inner ring? I've got a few like that. See more of it now than I can really understand. Or is the plastic hub chipped? Risky, if so -- it's tough to allow it to spin properly in your machine, and gives your reading lazer hell. I have, in the past, used regular modeling plaster (most hobby stores have it in a squeezable tube with the model cars in the toy section) to "rebuild" a chip well enough that I could rip a disk that I had once thought I'd simply have to replace. It required a lot of careful sanding... but it worked well enough that I have a well-working backup! My particular case, however, only involved the clear plastic of the hub: The playing surface was unscathed. If you don't have any plastic missing, you can try standard super glue if you can keep the little pieces flat. Doesn't have to get pretty. Just stable enough to rip it once. You do that, and you can burn yourself a copy and smile at life! :p

What rippers have you tried? DVD Decrypter's by far the most configurable and will allow multiple retries on reading errors before giving up and giving you error messages. But of course it also depends on the disk itself; some copy protection schemes announce themselves as reading errors, but the PSL plugin will allow you (automatically, since the wizard skates you through all the steps) to determine if the "reading errors" are related to disk condition or copy protection. If you haven't checked it out, link's below.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112354

[setarip_old]

@peho

Try using (freeware) DVDFab Decrypter (Different than DVD Decrypter and different than 4 or 5 other "DVDFab" programs). It purportedly automatically replaces unreadable bad sectors with "dummy" sectors...

What is the nature of the damage?

[feedback]

I used IsoBuster in conjunction with Anydvd a while back to rip a very scratched dvd (The Vikings) of mine. It took some time but IsoBuster finally ripped it.

The free version was all I needed.

Get IsoBuster Here. (http://www.isobuster.com/)

[Mug Funky]

if you're desperate, try buff it (inner to outer motion - you don't want to make it worse) with toothpaste. thought it was a wive's tale, but it can help... had a shockingly bad disc the other day that ripped with no errors after buffing with toothpaste. it will look more scratched afterward though - it is an abrasive after all.

however, if you have the discolouration that writersblock29 mentioned, this will not help.

[peho]

is the plastic hub chipped?

I've cracks from inner circle and a couple of cracks are going in to the playing surface.

It purportedly automatically replaces unreadable bad sectors

DVDfab decryptor sounds exactly what I'm looking for. I tried it first in my new Dell computer, it hanged when I put in my cracky dvd. When I tried it my old computer with a Philips dvd-writer, it's working. It is still going on, so I don't know the result yet.

If not I will give anydvd and isobuster a try.

Thanks for all your tips for now.
I'll come back when I'm ready.

[ookzDVD]

@peho,

If you can play the disc from the dvd player without problem, it think the problem is your dvd-rom, what is your dvd-rom anyway ? Brand ? type ?

If the dvd player can't play the disc (skipped, etc), you have to do with your disc, I use silicon paste to clean the disc,
and sometimes it works :)

[rob[doom9.it]]

you can try with unstoppable copier (free) or bad copy pro..