I don't even know if such a thing exists or how to describe it, thus my lack of Googling about it. I was wondering if there exists an app that can scan poorly recorded DVDs for bad blocks and (possibly rip and) play back just the good blocks without freezing like normal DVD apps do. Or is that stuff still military/FBI/CIA grade material not yet released to the public?
I don't know if it would work on a dvd-movie, but you could try to use iso-buster
also any dvd ripping software may be able to pull it off esp if it's not a commercial dvd
[me=nergal] is not supporting the pirating of fbi protected items
Yeah ISO Buster, but it's rather limited in the free version. DVDs are pretty durable though!
Some DVD ripping software like DVDFab HD Decrypter, DVD Decrypter, etc., can retry failed sectors, now rather it works or not is down to just how bad the condition the disc is in, and how good your drive is at correcting errors. If it fails in one drive try it with another drive - which is the reason I have a horde of extra branded drives laying about. If it's just a regular data DVD you've burned you can use ImgBurn instead of DVD Decrypter.
Here's one tool I've used for years, it's just a regular read operation just how Windows works which can be used on any disk/disc type you've got, it's called Emsa DiskCheck (it supposedly doesn't support Windows Vista/7 yet) - note you have to get a free activation license key to use it which is available on the page I linked to.
Edit:
Added in the comment about ImgBurn.
Another option is Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier.
Write up and info on it here
wait roadkill works on optical? Sweet
Another option is Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier.
That's an awesome tool which now has a permanent home on my PC. Good suggestion!
Some suggestions in an old thread on here. Old Thread
None of it worked, but good suggestions nonetheless.
edit: fwiw, Steradent worked for teeth, not for DVDs.
Unfortunately they are commercial video DVDs. The problem is that they were pressed (recorded at manufacturing) bad. No scratches or such. That Roadkil app looks interesting. I'll give that a try.
Thanks everyone!
I'm still waiting for an HDS burner to use the WORM technology, and the supposed 50 years of data integrity which will probably really only be 5 years at best.