problem copying (corrupted) Mini DVD to PC

I have a Sony mini DVD camcorder and produced some dvd-rw that seem to be damaged or corrupted.
They play, with freezes and problems, on most dvd players.
I tried to copy them to try to solve the issues and to make copies for other family members.
Here comes the problem.
Windows explore could not copy any.
I am trying with DVD Decrypter, but its taking very very long: 9 hours to copy the first 150 mega and only after I set the retries to zero.
Does any one have a better way of copying damanged disks?
The first VOB that worked is playing fine, but at that pace it will take like 4 days for each mini DVD, what will at end damage the dvd reader....

Try Isopuzzle.

After (if) it completes use Daemontools or Isobuster, eg, to extract the VOB files from the ISO.

Thanks,

Isopuzzle is running for 9 hours now and it seems to recover 38% of the disk.
Each new loop is getting less an less data.
Should I stop?
How do I use the .ISO on Isobuster?

Originally Posted by Massa

Isopuzzle is running for 9 hours now and it seems to recover 38% of the disk.
Each new loop is getting less an less data.
Should I stop?
How do I use the .ISO on Isobuster?

You can stop it at any time. It keeps a "flag" file which keeps track of its progress, if you restart it it will resume and keep adding new data.

You can use any tool that can open an ISO, eg ISO Buster, WinRAR. They can both open ISO files, and copy the files within them (presumably VOB files, etc, in a VIDEO_TS folder) to your hard disk.

If the ISO was 100% complete you could just burn it to a new disk.
-- However, only 38% means many files will be incomplete. But stop ISOpuzzle, and have a look at what you've got (DO NOT try to open the ISO with anything else while ISOPuzzle is running!)

I use it often on scratched up DVDs. Once the recovery rate slows, I stop it and give the disc a polish with a Brasso -- this is a pretty extreme recovery technique though, and if the surface of your disc is smooth it would not be helpful. But you might try washing and wiping it dry.

Also you can try another drive, every drive is different in the parts it will read of a marginal disc: copy the ISO + flag file to another computer, load the disc and start ISOPuzzle, point it to them and it will continue adding to the data it recovered on the previous runs.

Great!
What is the flag file?
Is it the ISOPuzzle.ini file?

Originally Posted by Massa

Great!
What is the flag file?
Is it the ISOPuzzle.ini file?

No, there should be a .flg file in the same directory as the .ISO file it builds.
See the readme.txt file in the ISOPuzzle folder for background.

I got 95% of the information out with ISOPUZZLE.
Now my problem is different.
The VOBs I got from the DVD, when played one by one (not as a DVD) work "fine", with some freezes and glitters.
However, when I author (tried different programs, both PC and MAC), they always play for 30 sec more or less and freeze.
I have used VTSFIX, demux, remux, etc...no clue.
What do you think?

Try an MPEG editor, eg Womble's MPEG-VCR (not free, but has a demo).

Just open and resave it.