Can a Bad Backup Be "Fixed" by Re-Encoding?

TomBrooklyn · 18th June 2007, 16:00

I made a backup of the movie Antz and I'm pretty sure it was a good copy because I think I watched the whole thing on the backup disk. It turned out I needed the backup because I lost the original but when I just watched it I found it gets "stuck" about 3/4 of the way through and won't progress past that point. I tried it on two players and it stuck in the same spot.

Is it possible if I reencoded and reburnt using the backup as an original that this process might be able to "fix" or skip over the stuck part and make the movie watchable to the end? If a few seconds of the movie were lost at the "bad" part that would be acceptable.

archaeo · 18th June 2007, 17:48

One thing I would try to eliminate before going any further is the possibility of bad media - It's usually the first thing I look at when I have skipping or stops in a backup.

Try re ripping and burning to a media you trust, and see if that solves it.

FishTank · 18th June 2007, 21:59

can you even copy it to the hdd? if its the disc, then that wont work.
if you have it on your hdd, try divfix or open it in vdub and go beyond
that point and look at the frames.

TomBrooklyn · 21st June 2007, 17:34

I tried re-ripping but I'm ripping off the bad copy and there were some errors. I didn't write down what they were. I'm going to try it again in a bit.

blutach · 21st June 2007, 22:58

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I lost the original

Sorry, can't help you with disks you do not own.

Read rule 6 and the announcement at the top of the Newbies forum.

Sadly, your only legal remedy is to buy the DVD again - I know this makes no sense as I know you are not a pirate Tom.

Regards

18th June 2007, 16:00	#1 \| Link
TomBrooklyn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 393	Can a Bad Backup Be "Fixed" by Re-Encoding? I made a backup of the movie Antz and I'm pretty sure it was a good copy because I think I watched the whole thing on the backup disk. It turned out I needed the backup because I lost the original but when I just watched it I found it gets "stuck" about 3/4 of the way through and won't progress past that point. I tried it on two players and it stuck in the same spot. Is it possible if I reencoded and reburnt using the backup as an original that this process might be able to "fix" or skip over the stuck part and make the movie watchable to the end? If a few seconds of the movie were lost at the "bad" part that would be acceptable.

18th June 2007, 17:48	#2 \| Link
archaeo Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Usa Posts: 522	One thing I would try to eliminate before going any further is the possibility of bad media - It's usually the first thing I look at when I have skipping or stops in a backup. Try re ripping and burning to a media you trust, and see if that solves it.

18th June 2007, 21:59	#3 \| Link
FishTank Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 203	can you even copy it to the hdd? if its the disc, then that wont work. if you have it on your hdd, try divfix or open it in vdub and go beyond that point and look at the frames.

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TomBrooklyn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 393	I tried re-ripping but I'm ripping off the bad copy and there were some errors. I didn't write down what they were. I'm going to try it again in a bit.