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rahulsoni

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13. April 2005 @ 10:39

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Hi there,
I have an DVD (Video disc). It playes fine on DVD players(I mean not the softwares). I am using Windows XP SP-2, Clone CD 5.1.0.0, AnyDVD 4.6.3.1, Isobuster 1.7 . Sony CD-RW CRX320E NYK5.

The problem with the disc is that the windows does not recognizes the disc and shows the error. I even tried to play the disc with Power DVD, nero showtime, Blaze DVD & clone DVD but all says no disc inserted.

The media info that AnyDVD gives is Booktype: dvd-r (version 5), Layers: 1.

It is not possible to clone the cd with Clone cd. clone cd gives the error "selection should be between 1-2147......(i don't remeber the figure)

I even tried to extract the data using Isobuster. When the isobuster opens it shows the error The Primary Volume Descriptor is unreadable and shows the size of the disc as 31GB. If i try to extract data/image it shows error as unreadable sector..& the option window for all the sectors.

I just want to play that disc on my system..

Any help..Thanks
Rahul.

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squizzle

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13. April 2005 @ 17:12

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http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/4993p1.html

That's where I read that this problem is a result of a bad image file. Try to rip/download again.

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rahulsoni

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13. April 2005 @ 20:50

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Thanks a lot for the reply.

But it's not a image file. it's an DVD disc which plays fine on DVD players

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squizzle

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13. April 2005 @ 22:04

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oh. Are you sure your drive can read -R as well as +R formats?

What model is your drive?

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rahulsoni

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20. April 2005 @ 10:32

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Device Capabilities:
Note: This information is provided by the unit, it might be inaccurate. CloneCD does not use this information!
Manufacturer: SONY
Product: CD-RW CRX320E
Revision: NYK5
Can read CD-R Discs: Yes
Can read CD-RW Discs: Yes
Can read DVD Discs: Yes
Can read MultiSession Discs: Yes
Can read Digital Audio Discs: Yes
Digital Audio Data is accurate: Yes
Can write CD-R Discs: Yes
Can write CD-RW Discs: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-DAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-DAO Write Simulation: Yes
Supports writing of CD+G RAW-DAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-SAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-SAO Write Simulation: Yes
Supports Buffer Underrun Protection: Yes

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squizzle

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20. April 2005 @ 17:07

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Weird. Does your DVD player actually say DVD Video when it's playing the movie? I ask because,

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The media info that AnyDVD gives is Booktype: dvd-r (version 5), Layers: 1.

isn't what shows up when I put in a movie DVD. It always says more. Looks almost like a data DVD from that.

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rahulsoni

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21. April 2005 @ 09:58

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Hi there,
Actually I have given that disc 2 my frnd & I don't know that his stand alone DVD player has played it as data disc or DVD movie disc. I will definetly let u know if i ever get a chance 2 play that disc in an DVD player(I don't have 1). Afterall I wan't 2 play it in my system.

I have just installed CloneCD v5.2.0.0 & AnyDVD v5.0.0.0 but they also failed, I think that it's any copy protection technique which is not yet cracked.

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mrpat67

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21. April 2005 @ 10:39

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If you use Dvd Decrypter, which is free, the are no copy protections that haven't been cracked. Your time would be well spent reading the guides and forums on this site. Best of luck.

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rahulsoni

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23. April 2005 @ 11:37

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Thanks for the reply,
I even tried DVD Decrypter, but it also deosn't works. Here's the details which comes in the right hand side Box.

SONY CD-RW CRX320E NYK5 (ATAPI)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

At the botom most label of the main windows of DVD Descrypter it's written that Disc is empty.

I even tried CD/DVD Diagnostic available from infinadyne.com but even it was not able to open the disc.

I read a forum on a different site where a person was facing the same problem & he was able to open the disc on another drive. If i ever get a chance to test the cd on diff. drive I will definetly do it.

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squizzle

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24. April 2005 @ 11:03

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First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608

I think this might be your problem. Somehow your disc started burning in the middle instead of the beginning.

However, I think that whatever is the source of the problem, you still have a disc that computers don't like.

By the way, there's a new update for AnyDVD again. That might help you.

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xmanz

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24. April 2005 @ 21:28

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ive just posted a new thread before i read this i have exact same problem on triple x dvd nothing can read it as it seem to say bad disk but yet plays on friends standalone player has something screwed in xp???

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squizzle

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25. April 2005 @ 07:07

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you guys aren't using your computer for other things while copying DVD's are you? It's best to leave the computer alone while this is going on. Also is this the only movie you have this problem with? Have you tried different blank media?

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rahulsoni

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25. April 2005 @ 09:43

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Thanks for the reply
Well! I use my machine as my own child.. I don't put much load on it.

This is the only disc with which I am facin the problem.
Today I tried some of the data recovery softwares like CDroller & Badcopy Pro...

Cdroller shown the size of the dvd as 3.61 GB, might be correct. I feel that cdroller will also not be able to recover the data bcoz I noticed that the LED light which is at the front of the combo was not lighting at all when cdroller was performing the read operation. I don't have the full version so I cannot save the file, retrived by CDroller.

In short I need some better data recovery software probably not ISObuster. I even tried CloneCD 5.2.1 & AnyDVD 5.1.1.1 nut no change..

Can u suggest 1.

Thanks
Rahul

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