[mythtv-users] libdvdcss

[Andre Newman]

On 19 Mar 2015, at 10:51, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Bad DVD drive?  Try a DVD that used to work and see if it still does.
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> Sort of off-topic: I have had variable results with almost every DVD drive I have ever bought. Usually they work for a period of months and then start misbehaving.
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> End result: I have a pile of old DVD drives sitting waiting for me to decide what to do with them. (Don't laugh - I know you all do the same.)
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> Recently, I had to build a scratch host for some software testing and couldn't install the OS using USB key. On impulse I pulled a DVD drive from that pile. I fitted it with a IDE -> SATA converter and plugged it into the brand new SATA-only motherboard. Manufacturing date on the drive? 1999.
> 
> Guess what? It works perfectly. I'm now looking at that pile of drives in a different light.

I’ve had the converse in that I’ve taken perfectly working drives and put them on the shelf. I’ve later needed a DVD/CD drive for something and found that the one I pick doesn't work anymore. I’m now left with only two CD/DVD/BR/HDDVD drives that work from what was once a large pile.

Andre


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