Hope this is the right forum to post this in....

I made a backup copy of "The Day After Tomorrow", (using ANYDVD & CLONEDVD2, using a NEW Sony DVD R/RW/DL), which seemed to copy just fine.

I then proceded to try out my copy in my tosiba DVD player. Again, it seemed that there were no problems.... Until, about 1/2 way through the movie, I started noticing little artifacts (like data drop outs) here and there (just little colored blocks every now and then). By the time I got to about 2/3 way through the movie it had gotten so bad, that most of the screen was covered with these artifacts most of the time, and even the sound dropped out.

I just checked out the original DVD with DVDInfoPro, (with ANYDVD DISABLED), and it shows that there are errors on it starting at LBA 001bf440h thru LBA 001c08c3h (consective block about in middle of DVD). Checking the copied DVD in DVDRW drive comes (again anydvd disabled) comes up with errors starting at 001boe90 in non consective blocks ranging is size and placement. Its at about 82% now, and every block is coming up at bad now (taking forever, I can post results later if need be). Anything after LBA=001cae30 is coming back bad, and is taking forever.

There are some small scratches on the original (my first though), but it works just fine in my DVD player.

AnyDVD is setup with the "Copy protection based on unreadable sectors" option checked (recommended), where if it finds such a condition it just puts blank sectors there instead. CloneDVD was setup to copy title and preserve Menus. Copied AC2/3 and DTS audio tracks (English only), no subtitles.

Could this be a new/different kind of copy protection? Or should I diable that option so it copys the bad sectors too? Or is this just bad media? Any suggestions are welcomed.

What other tests should I run with DVDInfoPro?

BTW, original movie was copied from, and tested in, a Sony DVD-ROM DDU1613 (region not selected). The copy was made and inspected with DVDInfoPro in a Sony DVD RW DRU-800A (region 1). Media was OfficeMax branded 4.7GB/8X DVD-R.

I'm planning to try to copy it again, but onto a DVD-RW this time (I have enough dammed drink coasters). I'll post what the results were later.

at what speed did you burn the disc?

probably too fast. never set clonedvd to "max" set it to the rated speed of the blank media or slightly lower for poor quality media.

which brings me to what I think your main problem is. Office Max media. what's the media ID on it? cheap media produces cheap results.

media is can be determined from the disc info tab of nero cd-dvd speed.

quality of media and burn speed are probably the number one problems for seemingly successful burns playing like crap.

Change your media (good brand) and set CloneDVD2 to the certified speed of the medium used when burning.

The media was burnt at its rated speed (8x). I've made several other copies with this same exact media, and have seen no problems (maybe just a bad disk?). I will be starting on a new pack of DVD-R 8X Memorex next.

Nero CD-DVD speed reports MFG as "Unknown", but MID field says "FUJIFILM03". Write Speeds = 4X 6X 8X.

One other thing I just noticed in DVDClone2 before, and now when I was going to make a DVD-RW copy, is that it lists the main title as 1-32 of 33 chapters. Where is this mystry 33rd chapter? I even manually counted the number of chapters, only came up with 32.

On my first try I deleted the last chapter in the movie (credits). I'm going to leave it in for this DVD-RW copy, but my quality is at only at 66% then.

i might be the wrong person to comment on this, but fujifilm03 media code is the freakin devil as far as I'm concerned. I had to reburn 50 discs (a whole spindle) that had degraded to unreadabilty within 6 weeks of burning.

it may go away if you try to burn at 4x, but I seriously suggest getting some better quality media. Even putting my heavy prejudice against this media aside, I still think your media is the issue.

Yes, it is very true! Fujifilm03 is crap. The only solution is to burn it at 4x. Good luck.

I suspect media also as I just burned it using DVD Shrink and Nero. Came out fine as usual.

Okay, the TDK 2X DVD-RW seemed to work okay (just took forever to burn). Going to try the 8X Memorex I have on hand. Nero CD/DVD speed shows it as being made by "Ritek" (RitekG05).

Please suggest any/all brand names that are high quality (versus crap like I had). Thanks in advance.