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I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files from
the dvd to my computer. When I am creating new dvd using those files it is
stopping in the same place as the original. I have tried all different
software I could find to create new avi files which I could turn back into
DVD but all software is creating separate video and sound which are out of
sync. I can not find any software which will give me the same length of the
video and sound or the best one avi with picture and sound inside.
As mentioned before using slow reading speed I managed to create new set of
files on my harddrive which I have used again to create another copy of my
dvd. I have used create video DVD in Nero 6. I have noticed that the problem
starts when movie is switching between two of vob files. Is it any way of
fixing this ? Is it any other, better way which will solve my problem.
How else I can repair my video.

Thanks for suggestions,

Tony

Toothpaste.


"Tony" <> wrote in message
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> I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
> scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
> copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files
from
> the dvd to my computer. When I am creating new dvd using those files it is
> stopping in the same place as the original. I have tried all different
> software I could find to create new avi files which I could turn back into
> DVD but all software is creating separate video and sound which are out of
> sync. I can not find any software which will give me the same length of
the
> video and sound or the best one avi with picture and sound inside.
> As mentioned before using slow reading speed I managed to create new set
of
> files on my harddrive which I have used again to create another copy of my
> dvd. I have used create video DVD in Nero 6. I have noticed that the
problem
> starts when movie is switching between two of vob files. Is it any way of
> fixing this ? Is it any other, better way which will solve my problem.
> How else I can repair my video.
>
> Thanks for suggestions,
>
> Tony
>
>

Mild abrasives like toothpaste sometimes will reduce or remove scratches.
But since you have already copied the files to a computer. I would suggest
TMPGE DVD Author. It will allow you to reauthor the disk with no loss of
quality to another DVD if you already have the VOB, IFO, and BUP files on
your computer. There is a fully functional trial version available. It does
not appear to have any problems with maintaining lip synch.

Smarty




"Byron Forbes" <> wrote in message
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> Toothpaste.
>
>
> "Tony" <> wrote in message
> news:4159600d$0$23893$ u...
>> I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
>> scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the
>> only
>> copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files
> from
>> the dvd to my computer. When I am creating new dvd using those files it
>> is
>> stopping in the same place as the original. I have tried all different
>> software I could find to create new avi files which I could turn back
>> into
>> DVD but all software is creating separate video and sound which are out
>> of
>> sync. I can not find any software which will give me the same length of
> the
>> video and sound or the best one avi with picture and sound inside.
>> As mentioned before using slow reading speed I managed to create new set
> of
>> files on my harddrive which I have used again to create another copy of
>> my
>> dvd. I have used create video DVD in Nero 6. I have noticed that the
> problem
>> starts when movie is switching between two of vob files. Is it any way of
>> fixing this ? Is it any other, better way which will solve my problem.
>> How else I can repair my video.
>>
>> Thanks for suggestions,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>
>

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:52:18 +1000, "Tony" <> wrote:

> I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
> scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
> copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files from

Someone else has a copy of it. Ask them if you can borrow it in order to make a
new copy.

Byron Forbes wrote:

> Toothpaste.
>
>
Will toothpaste work with burned DVDs? (I'm assuming that the OP has a
burned rather than a pressed copy.)

dick

> "Tony" <> wrote in message
> news:4159600d$0$23893$ u...
>
>>I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
>>scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
>>copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files
>
> from
>
>>the dvd to my computer. When I am creating new dvd using those files it is
>>stopping in the same place as the original. I have tried all different
>>software I could find to create new avi files which I could turn back into
>>DVD but all software is creating separate video and sound which are out of
>>sync. I can not find any software which will give me the same length of
>
> the
>
>>video and sound or the best one avi with picture and sound inside.
>>As mentioned before using slow reading speed I managed to create new set
>
> of
>
>>files on my harddrive which I have used again to create another copy of my
>>dvd. I have used create video DVD in Nero 6. I have noticed that the
>
> problem
>
>>starts when movie is switching between two of vob files. Is it any way of
>>fixing this ? Is it any other, better way which will solve my problem.
>>How else I can repair my video.
>>
>>Thanks for suggestions,
>>
>>Tony
>>
>>
>
>
>

"Smarty" <> wrote in message
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> Mild abrasives like toothpaste sometimes will reduce or remove scratches.
> But since you have already copied the files to a computer. I would suggest
> TMPGE DVD Author. It will allow you to reauthor the disk with no loss of
> quality to another DVD if you already have the VOB, IFO, and BUP files on
> your computer. There is a fully functional trial version available. It
> does not appear to have any problems with maintaining lip synch.
>
> Smarty
>

What "Smarty" said, and you could run the .mpg files that the
"Add DVD video" button process makes, through "VideoReDo"
www.VideoReDo.com before you make the new DVD.

TMPGEnc DVD Author is at www.pegasys-inc.com

Luck;
Ken

If the scratch is on the bottom side, a mild fine abrasive or a
commercial repair kit might work.

If the scratch is on the label side, then you're SOL.

A long shot might be to find a program that will dump the
contents of the disc in spite of errors. Then you may be able to
repair the damaged files. I don't know if the software you used
to copy the files actually got everything. The are several Linux
programs that can do the dump and probably a few non-commercial
Windows programs as well. Just guessing, but it sounds like the
link field between the files got clobbered.

Tony wrote:

> I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
> scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
> ----------CUT---------------
>
>

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:52:18 +1000, "Tony" <>
wrote:

>I have a wedding dvd which has stopped to work properly due to the small
>scratch or maybe poor quality of the DVD used to make it. This is the only
>copy I have. I could not copy this DVD but I managed to read all files from
>the dvd to my computer. When I am creating new dvd using those files it is
>stopping in the same place as the original. I have tried all different
>software I could find to create new avi files which I could turn back into
>DVD but all software is creating separate video and sound which are out of
>sync. I can not find any software which will give me the same length of the
>video and sound or the best one avi with picture and sound inside.
>As mentioned before using slow reading speed I managed to create new set of
>files on my harddrive which I have used again to create another copy of my
>dvd. I have used create video DVD in Nero 6. I have noticed that the problem
>starts when movie is switching between two of vob files. Is it any way of
>fixing this ? Is it any other, better way which will solve my problem.
>How else I can repair my video.
>
>Thanks for suggestions,
>
>Tony
>

I watch a lot of DVDs from my local library....many of them wont play
because of damage to the playing surface.

Somthing that is cheap, available, and has almost always worked.....

Repolish the surface of disk with a little baking soda and a damp
terry cloth face towel. After you are done rinse under the faucet and
wipe dry.

Simple cheap and effective.

On or about Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:05:21 -0400, Dick Sidbury allegedly wrote:

> Byron Forbes wrote:
>
> > Toothpaste.
> >
> >
> Will toothpaste work with burned DVDs? (I'm assuming that the OP has a
> burned rather than a pressed copy.)

Shouldn't make any difference. You're only polishing the bottom surface,
not the data layer/s, which in a DVD is in the centre of the disk, not at
the top like a CD.

Noel Bachelor noelbachelorAT(From:_domain)

On or about Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:42:06 -0500, Russell allegedly wrote:

> If the scratch is on the bottom side, a mild fine abrasive or a
> commercial repair kit might work.
>
> If the scratch is on the label side, then you're SOL.

That would probably be true if it was a CD, but he said its a DVD.

In a CD, the data is at the top surface with only a thin layer of laquer
protection. In a DVD the data is sandwiched in the middle, with 1.1mm of
polycarbonate top and bottom. If it's a double layer disc, the two
substrate discs are usually pressed with their respective data, and then
spun together with an adhesive layer between. A single layer disc is done
the same but with one layer is just flat.

Your data is better protected from scratches in a DVD, though as the data
pits are smaller, more will be affected by scratches that cause optical
problems.


Noel Bachelor noelbachelorAT(From:_domain)