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by antibody
Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:40 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
Replies: 6
Views: 13780

Re: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)

Do you know if the verbatim 43888 is returning invalid data from damaged parts of the disc? I guess not according to the timeout error.
Are you saying that with a libredrive enabled device, I don't need makemkvcon anymore? I could just rely on any copy software + any software using libdvdcss for ...
by antibody
Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:32 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
Replies: 6
Views: 13780

Re: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)

Thank you. Would any tool like ddrescue be able to dump a DVD with copy protection using a libredrive ready device (scratched or not)?
by antibody
Sat Jan 17, 2026 4:09 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
Replies: 6
Views: 13780

How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)

Hello, I'm trying to recover a damaged DVD.

Usually I save my DVD using: makemkvcon backup --decrypt --cache=512 --noscan --robot --progress=-same disc:sr0 ./my-dvd.

When the DVD is damaged, makemkvcon exits with an error "timeout on logical unit".
I found an interesting page from a preservation ...