when you already know there will be problems

[heyjude85023]

i recently got a bunch of old, used dvds. some of them skip and/or freeze when playing, (but the price was right if only one or 2 were good). is there any point in trying to back up the damaged ones?

if i can decrypt them, will i be able to ‘fix’ them? i am wondering if it is just the dvd surface that is the problem and that if i can get the data off, things can proceed as usual.

this is new territory for me, as i have never tried to backup something that wouldn’t play right, so if someone can direct me toward reading on this i would appreciate it. or should i just be grateful for the ones that do play?

[LT. Columbo]

certainly worth trying. try this to see if it wll be possible to save any.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=54849

of course for some it may never be possible to get a good rip.

[NightTran]

if you can rip by dvdd ( not fab) then you can burn again with Better media so it will last longer

[soup]

Cleaning them & trying to rip through Dvd Decrypter in file mode as suggested above is not going to make them any worse so why not give it a shot.

[heyjude85023]

thank you both for your replies. i will be brave.

curious though, night tran, why not use fab? it has worked for me in the past when dvdd had trouble with the dvd.

[LT. Columbo]

dvd fab skips bad sectors. you can try it but definetly watch it back on pc first with media player classic or something and see how it turns out. may not be worth it.

[Chewy]

fab is the easiest but even it won't work on real bad disks, dvdd with lowering read speed to 4x(reboot) and a real good reader are the best!

[heyjude85023]

dvd fab skips bad sectors.

good to know!