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I got a DVD, never used with cellophane intact, produced in 1993 on ebay. I thought maybe, since I didn't get a DRM warning, it predated DRM, and I could just copy it to my hard drive, so I did. Both the copy and the DVD are now corrupted and unplayable. I want to fix the DVD then rip it to my hard drive. Googling gives plenty of suggestions for ripping but none for fixing. Please help if you can. Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Did it play fine to begin with before you ripped it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It played fine before my attempt to copy it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sounds like a physical hardware problem, not software. If you played it once and there is no apparent physical damage to the disc it may be a problem with your disc drive. If you can, try playing it on another piece of hardware like a dedicated DVD player. Also, you could try playing a known good disc (that you don't mind losing) in your PC drive. This will help narrow down the cause to either the disc or the drive. I've had more drive failures over the years than disc failures. The discs that did fail were usually writable discs or obviously damaged. Most of the damage looked liked scratches of the read side or label damage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Other disc works in same drive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it play on standard DVD players? Is it a pressed copy (silver) or burned (typically purple)?

It sounds like the encryption section has degraded and can't be read reliably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's silver. I've got 3 optical drives and no standard DVD player.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you using to rip? I think DVD Decrypter lists the encryption found

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think I can rip until the data is again readable.

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