Hi,
Another more specific suggestion for something to use to clean CDs and
DVDs before ripping:
You can also go to the photo section of your drug store (or chemist's
in the UK), or into a camera shop and ask for a photo cleaning cloth.
That should get you a small microfiber cloth about 8 inches on a side
that can be used to remove smudges and fingerprints from photos or
slick magazine paper surfaces before you scan them (they're also used
to clean surfaces of photos or clippings before they get put into
albums and scrap books), and can be used to clean Camera lenses, web
cams, CDs and DVDs, computer monitor screens, and scanner platens.
These are washable and reusable and generally have a special weave
that make them particularly scratch-free compared to the general-
purpose microfiber cloths you can buy in the household cleaning
products section.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Yeah definitely don't do that.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 15:28, Chris Gilland wrote:
I'd imagine cleaning a dvd with a piece of toilet paper would be
too rough? I also thought about using a baby wipe, but then was
like, ya know, that may not be a great idea, as these things have
aloe lotion in them, so that may film up on it and ruin it more.
I dono, what do yall think. Probably notta good idea, wouldn't you
say?
Chris.
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Subject: Re: DVD formats
The way I usually do it is to take a damp, soft cloth and brush
the dvd in a crosswise pattern on the bottom. Alternatively, you
can buy a cd cleaning kit that usually includes a cloth and some
cleaning solution, but I've never needed one. The cloth and water
have always worked for me.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 17:15, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
I know it sounds dumb, what I am about to say, but how do you
recomend cleaning a disk?
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 16-Nov-08, at 1:54 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
If it is taking that long to rip the DVD you'll want to clean
off the disk. It shouldn't take any longer than a half hour or
so to extract a 7 gig dvd--remember, mtr is not doing any sort
of encoding it is just copying and removing any encryption.
From the sounds of it you're getting stuck, probably on a
fingerprint or a scratch. Clean the disk off and try it again.
The actual encode can take up to two hours or more, depending
on the CPU speed and encoding options. But that's done in
handbrake, mtr does not do that.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 16:41, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
All,
I am just wondering what the different options are for ripping
DVDs with Mac The Ripper. MTR has the default of extract the
entire dvd, but what can I do to have it rip faster. Is there
things I don't need? It has taken over two hours to rip and is
still having a while to go. it shows up as 7 gig and point 31.
Maybe I don't need other laguages, I have no idea.
Thanks for listneing,
Alex,
