HELP!! ... How do I get into corrupt DVD-R??

[A4000_Mad]

Hi Guys n Gals,

Sorry but I have absolutely no idea where to start this unusual thread.

Anyway, I recorded the Federer V Roddick semi at the Australian Open using a Sony DVD Recorder / VCR Combi. The DVD-R was fully playable in its *unfinalised* condition as I watched the great match again to be sure it was recorded OK.

I then chose to finalise it so that it could be watched on other DVD players too (as you do)

The problem is that the finalising went wrong and the disc was ejected with the report "Cannot play or record to this disc" :boohoo:  :boohoo:  :boohoo:


The DVD Writer in my wifes laptop cannot recognise it and neither can the DVDrom/CD-RW Combi in my A4000.

Any way to get into it please?  :-?


(If I can somehow get the VOB files out I can recreate another DVD using a program that I have.)


A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

@ countzero

Thanks, I downloaded and tried that but it wasn't able to help.

@ NoFastMem

Cheers, but I've tried it in all 3 of my DVD readers but they can't read it.

I have today returned the Sony RDR-VX420 that did this and exchanged it for a Sony RDR-HXD860. Anyone got an opinion of this one? I've lost a VCR as it was a Combi, but gained a 160GB HDD. At least from now on I'll be able to have another go at writing to a DVD-R if there should be such an error again  :-)

I'd still like to get this match back if at all possible though.

Thanks,

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

CannonFodder wrote:
Hi A4000_Mad,

On a *nix box try this.

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dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/brokendvd.iso bs=1k
mkdir ~/iso
sudo mount -o loop brokendvd.iso ~/iso


@ CannonFodder

Thanks, i've made it a bit bigger as my eyes could just about see it and my brain registered nothing.

dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/brokendvd.iso bs=1k
mkdir ~/iso
sudo mount -o loop brokendvd.iso ~/iso

I'm gonna kick myself but what is a "*nix box"?  :-?


@ InTheSand

I'm downloading ISOBuster now to give that a go thanks.


A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

Ok thanks,

I've only ever used AmigaOS and Windows 98 to XP, so I won't be able to do any Linux or UNIX commands  :-)

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

 :lol:

[A4000_Mad]

 :lol:

Anyway, ISOBuster is busy slooooooowwwly working away doing something with the DVD-R. But according to the UK weather forecast there will be 6" of snow on the ground before it has finished in the morning. Brrrrr!

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

Well I've been at it for hours (no not that  :lol: )

ISOBuster 2.0 found this much before the 60GB HDD in the laptop ran out of space. Doh!




I then quickly deleted some of my precious music videos to free up some space, only for it to say something like "you need to be registered to extract" Doh! Doh! Doh!  :boohoo:

G'night from the UK  :sleep:


A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

WooHooooooooooo!!!!! Me is so happy  :-D  :-D  :-D

Firstly I need to kiss Mel  :knuddel: (no she wasn't of any help with my problem, but it was nice too see her in this thread and who wouldn't want to kiss her anyway  :lol: )

My special thanks to CannonFodder and countzero. Also thanks to Karlos for just being around posting where no man has posted before  :-)


As you can see I have managed to get all 4 VOB files from the corrupted DVD-R and Nero is currently creating a new Federer V Roddick DVD  :-D

Did anyone watch Leona in The X Factor last year? Well I recorded all of her amazing live performances but the same Sony RDR-VX420 destroyed them too. Would anyone be mad enough to have kept those old discs and be able to use IsoBuster on them now? Yep! Little ol me :laughing:


Many thanks again to you all  :cheers:


A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

 :lol: So I guess you kindly offered your help because I'm an Amigan that likes tennis :pint:

To be honest most tennis is just boring ping-pong to me as well. But Roger Federer is awesome and will prove to be the greatest player of all time. No-one knows for sure if Tyson would have beaten Ali. But we saw Federer beat the great Sampras at Wimbledon and "the keys were exchanged" as Sampras said himself.

Basically, I just like to see the best in the world doing there stuff. Whether it be Tiger Woods playing golf or England playing football :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I'm not parting with my rescued DVD but one seller of the Federer V Roddick match is making a nice few quid www.ebay.co.uk item number 110088237973


A4000 Mad