Hello, I’m reporting a bug with ddrescue version 1.22
I compiled it on macOS 10.12.5 last week. Using two test DVDs I found that ddrescue is not creating DVD ISO images that are usable. The first disc I have has known errors in it (which is how I test to see if ddrescue is working properly), after processing this disc for three days, when ddrescue reports that its finished I then mount the ISO image but using any of my DVD player software (including the macOS DVD Player.app and Mac Blu-ray Player (by MacGO which has always been able to play the most recalcitrant discs), it will not play (just displays black. I then ran ddrescue on a known good disc. ddrescue takes less than an hour to process this disc and it reports no errors at all. I mount the ISO image and it will not play using any DVD player software I have, so I installed VLC and it does play but it displays the “Extras” menu a the initial screen and you have to hunt for the Menu button to get it to actually start. Postulating that there could be a problem with most of the players (which has never ever happened before) I burned the ISO image to disc (which verified just fine) and then when I tried to play the disc, the only software that could play it (with a few glitches) was VLC. I had assumed that for forensic work that ddrescue would be ideal (based on what I read on The Net, but it seems that there is an odd problem with this version. Would you be kind enough to take a look at it, please? Thanks! Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
