Can only copy few files at a time from DVD

I received two DVDs from our wedding photographer and when trying to copy a DVD with about 400 images to my Mac it always fails somewhere in the process, with the drive making a disconcerting scratching noise just before it stops. Once it fails the only option is to force quit Finder and then force restart. Tried copying all the files at once from the second DVD and same result.
I have been able to copy small batches files, a few at a time, and am up to about 100 of the 400 on disk one but it has taken hours. Sometimes it fails on a batch of 10, sometimes not, and I can always eventually copy the files in the failed batch do I don't think the files are corrupt on the DVD, nor do there appear to be any scratches. Each time it fails my only recourse is to force restart and try the batch again. At this rate it could take 20 hours to copy images from both DVDs.
Any idea how to fix this? Here is info on my drive:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-867:
Firmware Revision: HA13
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh

Thank you for the replies. After using both my laptop and another laptop to copy the files we finally got them all copied. Both laptops exhibited similar behavior on both DVDs so it probably is the type of DVDr (. The scratching was not the laser motor seeking to read the disk, rather it was relative to the spinning speed of the dvd, as if it were warped or had a piece sticking off of it, and it scratched more the faster the DVD spun, but the DVD looked to be fine. I have since tried other DVDs and they work fine so still not sure what the problem was but the files are on my HD now so that problem is solved.
-Lewis

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