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- Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:40 am
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
- Replies: 5
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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 dec...
- Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:32 pm
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 410
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)?
- Sat Jan 17, 2026 4:09 pm
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: How to recover a damaged DVD (Linux)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 410
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 preser...