Casino Royale, Stranger than fiction Win2k

[coopervid]

Hi,

there is a really very strange behavior of these 2 discs on my "Win2k SP4 with newest MS fixes computer". Both the Liteon XJ-HD166S and the Pioneer DVR-111L can't read the VIDEO_TS folder in Explorer and in CloneDVD2 (latest / newest versions of AnyDVD 6.1.3.0, CloneDVD2 2.9.0.3). AnyDVD Ripper doesn't work. However, I can rip them both with Ripit4me respectively also the good old DVDDecrypter with AnyDVD running in the background.

Now it get's spooky: My other PC with a Pioneer DVR-110 and same software reads them just fine. This one is on XP SP2. Explorer, CloneDVD2. Everything...

Is there anything from a file system standpoint that is different? Can I install any drivers to fix the Win2k issue?

Thanks in advance,

Vid

 

[Webslinger]

Hi,

there is areally very strange behavior of these 2 discs on my "Win2k SP4 with newest MS fixes computer". Both the Liteon XJ-HD166S and the Pioneer DVR-111L can't read the VIDEO_TS folder in Explorer and in CloneDVD2 (latest / newest versions).

1. Keep your license key backed up. Uninstall Anydvd. Now can your drives see Video_TS folders?

2. Also answering these questions fully might help in troubleshooting your issue:
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=321

 

[coopervid]

Webslinger,

I'm not a newbie and I follow all these things since a very long time.

The VIDEO_TS folder is shown with both drives. When I doubleclick on it in Explorer it says the file structure is damaged. AnyDVD Ripper says VIDEO_TS.IFO does not exist and CloneDVD2 says the file structure is damaged File 0 E:/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO 1393. Only on the Win2K PC. All other DVD's besides those two work 100% w/o any issue.

 

[Webslinger]

Webslinger,

I'm not a newbie

Did I call you "a newbie"?

Edit: Well, then. I'm sure you can figure it out for yourself, or maybe others will help you.
*deleted filter info/motherboard info/etc. that I wanted*

 

[coopervid]

Webslinger - really thin skin those days...8)

I meant by that comment about being not a newbie that I tried already a couple of things and it really narrows down to these two DVDs only. Seems the amount of title sets is the prob.

I tried it on the third computer with Win2k and it worked. Must be some old, old lower filter driver that is on this machine. I'm doing some deleting / rebooting and hope to have it narrowed down soon. Just weird that it affects just these DVDs with > 90 title sets only.

Devfilter.exe from here is a great free tool and was highly recommended by Lightning UK! - the author of DVDDecrypter and ImgBurn:

http://www.bustrace.com/downloads/free_utilities.htm

Anyway - if anybody has an idea which filter causes the problem - please report here. Otherwise I might after a lot of trial and error.

Vid

 

[Webslinger]

Webslinger - really thin skin those days...8)

No kidding. I get attacked for just trying to help people, lately.

I meant by that comment about being not a newbie that I tried already a couple of things and it really narrows down to these two DVDs only. Seems the amount of title sets is the prob.

It's, as you are probably aware, full of the Sony accros bad sector protection junk . . .

So, yes, it does take awhile longer for Anydvd to process (and for Clonedvd2).

I tried it on the third computer with Win2k and it worked. Must be some old, old lower filter driver that is on this machine.

That's what I originally did ask about in my second post before deleting the question. Take a look at step 4 from http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=1559

I would appreciate seeing a list of both lower and upperfilters. Thank you.