Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing them (www.theverge.com)
from sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org to homevideo@feddit.uk on 08 Mar 21:11
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Comexs@lemmy.zip on 08 Mar 21:37 next collapse

many of the discs produced by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) between 2006 and 2008 are failing prematurely

he (Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader) says the most reliable way to look for playback problems — DVDs that won’t load at all, freeze while you’re watching the film, or have unplayable special features.

Crusader’s video description links to some Google Docs, one of which is a list he compiled showing what he believes are “known rotted DVD titles” he found reported online

I skimmed over the article to see if whether or not if they’re just gonna send you another DVD or if they’re gonna do it through other means. I couldn’t find anything.

UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk on 08 Mar 22:39 collapse

I read elsewhere that they will replace the disc if they have any stock which is unlikely as most of the titles are out of print. Apparently you can pick another film instead. A like for like replacement.

Gerudo@lemm.ee on 08 Mar 22:34 next collapse

As a side note, it’s been years since I’ve done backups. Is handbrake still the standard?

marius@feddit.org on 08 Mar 22:39 collapse

I’d say it’s makemkv. It’ll give you a pretty big file though as it’s not compressing the video bug giving you the original quality. You can run it through handbrake afterwards to reduce the size. Makemkv even does bruray and uhd bluray

Gerudo@lemm.ee on 08 Mar 22:52 next collapse

Oh nice, I like the option of no compression being there.

aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 03:51 next collapse

Use both together. MakeMKV can be tied to Handbrake’s plugin system to decrypt and then encode a compressed file.

(Enable Handbrake collaboration through MakeMKV)

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 22:40 collapse

I have hundreds of discs, this will be a challenge… It’s not enough to check the date range, I’ll need to check all the Warner discs. :(

aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 03:54 collapse

You’re going on an adventure!

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 05:30 collapse

Good excuse to get a media server going again… But now I need to invest in more storage.