On Sat Jul 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM MDT, Todd Gruhn wrote:
I have NOT tried to rip a DVD (or CD) yet.
You should consider doing so. DVDs and especially CDs have a limited shelf life and we're coming up on the decades where they're all going to delaminate. LaserDiscs (due to their age) and HD DVDs (due to poor manufacture quality) are already deteriorating. You have some time to go - especially for a DVD that's only 13 years old - but you may want to look into this. Eighty minutes into a DVD would be physically located on the disc probably somewhere around the middle or towards the outer part of the surface itself (because CD-based optical media are written inside-out, so mini discs start at the same place as full-sized discs). Visually inspect the disc to ensure it isn't dirty or scratched, and if it is, clean or polish it. If you get this error on multiple discs, check to make sure there aren't faults in the hardware you are using to read them. Ripping is also useful to avoid this issue in the first place - I used to rip DVDs before (or while) watching them to ensure I had one good continuous read and didn't need to overwork my optical drives scrubbing around the track, then I'd delete the file when done watching or keep it if I thought I might see it again. This is overkill, though, and only because where I was raised optical media saw higher failure rates due to moisture. Hope this helps. Please, others, correct me where I am mistaken. :3 <3 -3
