[mythtv-users] Sony 200 disc changer

[jedi]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:12:20AM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> 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.

     Yes, thus the use of the term "generally".

     Out of 20 Disney DVD's I have had one problem.

     My trouble rate overall is about 1 in 100.

It helps to use the right tools, even under Linux.