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.

  • @ElderWendigoEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    What do you mean by professional made? The color of any dyes doesn’t really enter into it.

    Mass produced CDs were physically stamped foil laminated with plastics. Writable discs regardless of quality, professional or otherwise, worked on a completely different principle which would fade (or rot) over time. Pretty much every other problem is physical and not rot.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•7 months ago

      Professional made = original and paid very expensive, 15 euro in 1991 which was insane

      I don’t know the terminology but if I listen to it, it skips and if I shine a light through it , I see many small holes