--- vobcopy.c	2009-02-25 19:23:23.977654017 +0100
+++ vobcopy.c	2009-01-03 15:15:49.850033852 +0100
@@ -1255,7 +1255,8 @@
                   file_block_count = block_count;
                   for( i = start; ( i - start ) * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN < file_size; i += file_block_count)
                     {
-		      int tries = 0, skipped_blocks = 0; 
+		      int tries = 0, skipped_blocks = 0;
+                      static int skip_factor = 1; 
                       /* Only read and write as many blocks as there are left in the file */
                       if ( ( i - start + file_block_count ) * DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN > file_size )
                         {
@@ -1264,21 +1265,22 @@
 
                       /*		      DVDReadBlocks( dvd_file, i, 1, bufferin );this has to be wrong with the 1 there...*/
 
-                      while( ( blocks = DVDReadBlocks( dvd_file, i, file_block_count, bufferin ) ) <= 0 && tries < 10 )
+                      while( ( blocks = DVDReadBlocks( dvd_file, i, file_block_count, bufferin ) ) <= 0)
                         {
-                          if( tries == 9 )
-                            {
-                              i += file_block_count;
-                              skipped_blocks +=1;
-                              tries=0;
-                            }
-                          if( verbosity_level >= 1 )
-                            fprintf( stderr, "[Warn] Had to skip %d blocks!  ", skipped_blocks );
-/*                             fprintf( stderr, "[Debug] tries=%d\n", tries ); */
-                          tries++;
+                           i += file_block_count * skip_factor;
+                           skipped_blocks += skip_factor;
+                           if( verbosity_level >= 1 )
+                           {
+                              fprintf( stderr, "[Warn] Had to skip %d blocks! Now reading at offset %d\n", skipped_blocks, i );
+                              skip_factor = skip_factor * 2;
+                              fprintf( stderr, "\n[Warn] Increasing skip factor to %d\n", skip_factor );
+                           }
+                        }
+                      if (skip_factor > 2)
+                        {
+                           fprintf( stderr, "\n[Warn] Resetting skip factor from %d to %d\n", skip_factor, skip_factor/2 );
+                           skip_factor /= 2;
                         }
-
-
                       if( write( streamout, bufferin, DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN * blocks ) < 0 )
                         {
                           fprintf( stderr, "\n[Error] Error writing to %s \n", output_file );
@@ -1298,7 +1300,7 @@
                           fprintf( stderr, "%4.0fMB of %4.0fMB written ",
                                    ( ( tmp_i+1 )*DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN )/( 1024*1024 ),
                                    ( tmp_file_size+2048 )/( 1024*1024 ) );
-                          fprintf( stderr,"( %3.1f %% ) \r", percent );
+                          fprintf( stderr,"( %3.1f %% ) Offset is %d\r", percent, i );
                           l = 0;
                         }
 
@@ -1308,7 +1310,7 @@
                   fprintf( stderr, "%4.0fMB of %4.0fMB written ",
                            ( ( tmp_i+1 )*DVD_VIDEO_LB_LEN )/( 1024*1024 ),
                            ( tmp_file_size+2048 )/( 1024*1024 ) );
-                  fprintf( stderr,"( 100.0%% ) \r" );
+                  fprintf( stderr,"( 100.0%% ) Offset is %d\r", i );
 
                   start=i;
                   fprintf( stderr, "\n" );