[MEncoder-users] Trouble reading a DVD

[Aaron Digulla]

Pepe wrote:

> Yesterday I recorded a movie in my dvd-recorder. Unfortunately it seems some 
> seconds were bad recorded. When playing in the dvd-recorder, when arrives to 
> that zone it just simply display some big blocks for just a moment, and then 
> everything goes fine. In my other dvd-player, the image freezes and then skips 
> some seconds and the movie goes on.
> 
> I wanted to pass the movie to xvid, but mplayer (and I think mencoder will do 
> the same) when arrives to the damaged area trys to read the bad sector(s) 
> forever. I have to kill it.
> 
> Any way to read or just skip those bad seconds? 

Try to make a copy of the DVD (for example using dd_rescue or something
similar). mplayer should be able to play the copy.

Regards,

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