Ouch, that might explain a few things :). Can't say I've ever had that
one happen, but I did somehow get the insides of a DVD drive covered
in peanutbutter, must have touched a DVD with it on my hand and not
realized it. You can guess what that did, I bet :). At least it was a
desktop drive so I was able to just take it apart and clean it, but
still... just a bit embarrassing. Don't even want to think about if it
had been a laptop drive, I'd have probably had to replace it and that
isn't very fun on some laptops.
On Nov 18, 2008, at 02:17, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Talk about a harry problem. I found a hair protruding out of my CD
drive. It must have been on the DVD. After removing it, I hope
things work ok.
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 17-Nov-08, at 11:11 PM, Esther wrote:
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.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schmude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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,
