Hit Power button during Finalizing

About 10 seconds into finalizing a dvd on my 405, I turned and my hand hit the power button on the camcorder. What are the chances of that - pretty good for me I guess.

The Finalize option is now grayed out and no longer available. However, the DVD is still playable only on the camcorder.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this information onto a readable format for a DVD player?

Check the thread below for an alternative.

The two types of software that can be used for this are Nero Recode (free) and Isobuster. In the case of Isobuster the free features can be tried first but failing that the full featured version needs to be purchased.

Put the problem disc in the DVD drive then:

1. Nero Recode.
If you have Nero Recode on the computer try to use it first. If you don't have it then a search on the internet should result in a few download locations. Generally it is distributed as part of the Nero OEM suite bundled with various hardware devices from a range of manufacturers. Recode is very forgiving of errored discs and can read most unfinalised discs. Although it is not designed for the purpose described here it can be "tricked" into recoding the 1.4gig disc from the DVD cams across to the hard drive in preparation for burning to a 4.7gig disc. Because the target disc is bigger than the source disc it will "recode" at 100% which basically means a lossless direct copy.

a. Open Recode.

b. Select "Recode an entire DVD to DVD." Make sure the "DVD Video Files" button is selected and the "Fit to Target' button is checked and showing 4.7gig.

c. Select "Import DVD." Recode will now read the contents of the disc and, if it can, write the contents to a folder it will automatically create in My Documents called "Recode."

d. If Recode completes the above task navigate to "My Documents" and you will find that Recode has created a new folder called "Recode." Inside that folder you will find the normal ifo, bup and vob files you would normally see in a DVD folder. Re-name the "Recode" folder to VIDEO_TS exactly as I have typed it.

e. Open your editing program and use the "Import DVD/VR" function to navigate to the newly created VIDEO_TS folder and import.

If have been successful the VIDEO_TS folder can also be used to make a new copy of your problem disc as well.

Failing the above:

2. Isobuster.
Using the free functions try to make a disc image file and burn to another DVD. Isobuster has three alternate methods of dealing with data corruption. It can replace the corrupted area with nothing, with fake data or with a series of zeros. It will give you the choice and just select them in order to try each until one works. Isobuster will not create the disc image file unless it knows it will be successful. If Isobuster has created the file (note where it was going to put it first!) you will have to re-name the extension to .iso. Use the disc image file to burn a new DVD disc then import from that newly burned disc.

Failing that...

You will need to pay for the full version of Isobuster, then do as follows.
a. Start Isobuster then load the disc.

b. When Isobuster has detected the files on the disc run the "Find Missing Files and Folders option under the "File" menu. Let it run.

c. You will now have an entry on the left hand column of "files and folders found by their signature."

d. Select that, then go to "File" "Files found via their signature" then "Extract files found via their signature." Choose a location and let it run.

Now you will have all the files where you selected them to go. The ones with the extension .VOB are the MPEG files from your disc wrapped in the VOB container. They can then be imported into your video editing program using the "Import DVD/VR" function.

Good Luck!

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Thanks for the detailed instructions, lancecarr. We'll "stick" this one to the top...

lancecarr,

Thanks so much for the extreamly detailed response!
I have Nero Recode and will give that a try this evening. ISObuster is $29.95 for the current version, If Recode fails I'lll give ISObuster a try.

I'll let you know my results!

Thanks again!