HD DVD Discussions Forum? Bitrot & ddrescue?
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:17 am
Apologies if this should go in... BD forum? Where is the best place for HD DVD questions?
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As many are aware Warner's HD DVDs are notorious for having bitrot. I've just been opening sealed WB discs tonight and finding fingerprints on the unopened discs. I doubt their QC/QA was good anywhere.
So here's my question... I'm on a Mac. Can I use ddrescue to grab two different disc images of the same title and merge them... and then use makemkv on the final merged .iso? Or is the disc itself also protected and this won't work?
Basically I'm following this guide for using ddrescue on the Mac. The question is about how the encryption works and how I might go about merge two partially damaged copies of the same disc where the damage is not on the same spots.
http://www.happymac.info/cms/knowledge- ... escue.html
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As many are aware Warner's HD DVDs are notorious for having bitrot. I've just been opening sealed WB discs tonight and finding fingerprints on the unopened discs. I doubt their QC/QA was good anywhere.
So here's my question... I'm on a Mac. Can I use ddrescue to grab two different disc images of the same title and merge them... and then use makemkv on the final merged .iso? Or is the disc itself also protected and this won't work?
Basically I'm following this guide for using ddrescue on the Mac. The question is about how the encryption works and how I might go about merge two partially damaged copies of the same disc where the damage is not on the same spots.
http://www.happymac.info/cms/knowledge- ... escue.html