Problem with "Secret of Loch Ness II"

[jpmccusa]

I'm attaching a log file, but I'm not sure if it uploaded correctly. Ripping to hard disk only captures the Title 1 set, not the rest (there are 6 titles). The disc plays fine on an ordinary DVD player. VOBblanker only does 40% of reading the VTS and it freezes, and DVDshrink (using reauthor with the feature title) freezes at 84%.

I hope you'll look into this for me. Let me know if you want a source for the disc.

 

[Frank]

Likely not fully readable

With this kind of stuff in the log

18.20s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
25.61s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
33.55s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
41.66s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
49.75s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
57.70s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5
71.97s: read sectors failed, sense 3:11:5

33.55s: read error 3196873 to 3196882, max 3366304, io->read_error 0
57.70s: read error 3270726 to 3270727, max 3366304, io->read_error 0

you won't get too far with this one for backing up. I'd be amazed if it plays on a PC. An external player is a brute-force device so nasty errors may not appear as opposed to the DVD drive in your PC.

Additionally, this is an unusual DVD considering no CSS.

 

[jpmccusa]

Well, that's life, I guess. Thanks for your interest. By the way, it wouldn't play all the way through even in a standalone player. I rather expect that all the the discs of this item would be the same, more or less..right?

 

[Frank]

That depends

School is out on the "bad batch" premise but there are times when taking a disc back for an exchange is successful, other times not. Generally, a bad production pressing run means lots of bad discs.