[mythtv-users] Sony 200 disc changer

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Wed Jan 28 15:12:20 UTC 2009


On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:08 AM, jedi wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:06:17PM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:03:04PM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>>
>>> mtd will hit a bad sector and try and try again until failure.  
>>> mplayer
>>> (which is what I use to play dvd's at the moment) skips the bad  
>>> sector
>>> and moves on.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, so the trick would be to get a ripper that understands that after
>
> ...yes. Use a better ripper.
>
> I've never liked the Myth ripper & never used it.
>
>> enough retries it should write a blank spot to the ripped output and
>> move on, possibly marking that DVD for re-rip.  (It is true that  
>> sometimes
>> a wipedown or even just a re-load onto the drive can make a DVD work
>> that didn't before.)
>
>    The last Disney release needed a thorough wipedown and a bleeding  
> edge
> update to AnyDVD before that would rip it. I almost thought I had a  
> defective
> disk. I seriously wonder if they had any returns over those disks.
>
>    Disney is bound and determined to make me use a 2nd post-it note.

pppfffft. Disney DVDs are the number one motivation to rip and they
generally rip fine.

-Brad



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