I have a CMC 16X DVD-R that I recorded using my set-top Sony DVD Recorder in 2006, The DVD worked fine when I first recorded it, I want to copy the DVD but when I insert it into my iMac (G5) drive the computer ties to process the DVD for 30 seconds or so and then ejects the DVD, The same thing happens when I insert it in my Pioneer DVR-112D.

When I insert it in my Sony recorder, I get a message that the Disk is bad. So my question is two-fold:

(1) How do I get either of the DVD drives from ejecting the DVD and

(2) is there a program for the mac (preferably a freeware or shareware program) that I can use to recover the the VIDEO_TS folder or at least the VOB files? Thanks.