Re: Netbsd DVD stuff croakes

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

>>  Visually inspect the disc to ensure it isn't dirty or scratched, and if it is,
>>  clean or polish it.

HMMMMMM, I will try this first -- Thanks for the idea

>>   Ripping is also useful to avoid this issue in the first place - I used
>>   to rip DVDs before (or while) watching them to ensure I had one good

Advise regarding 'ripping' CD and DVD?  I have never done this ...

OH! I have 2 CD/DVD drives in this computer.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM DTB <trinity@tebibyte.media> wrote:
>
> On Sat Jul 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM MDT, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > I have NOT tried to rip a DVD (or CD) yet.
>
> You should consider doing so. DVDs and especially CDs have a limited
> shelf life and we're coming up on the decades where they're all going to
> delaminate. LaserDiscs (due to their age) and HD DVDs (due to poor
> manufacture quality) are already deteriorating. You have some time to go
> - especially for a DVD that's only 13 years old - but you may want to
> look into this.
>
> Eighty minutes into a DVD would be physically located on the disc
> probably somewhere around the middle or towards the outer part of the
> surface itself (because CD-based optical media are written inside-out,
> so mini discs start at the same place as full-sized discs). Visually
> inspect the disc to ensure it isn't dirty or scratched, and if it is,
> clean or polish it.
>
> If you get this error on multiple discs, check to make sure there aren't
> faults in the hardware you are using to read them.
>
> Ripping is also useful to avoid this issue in the first place - I used
> to rip DVDs before (or while) watching them to ensure I had one good
> continuous read and didn't need to overwork my optical drives scrubbing
> around the track, then I'd delete the file when done watching or keep it
> if I thought I might see it again. This is overkill, though, and only
> because where I was raised optical media saw higher failure rates due to
> moisture.
>
> Hope this helps. Please, others, correct me where I am mistaken.
>
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