Hi,
Talk about a harry problem. I found a hair protruding out of my CD
drive. It must have been on the DVD. After removing it, I hope things
work ok.
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 17-Nov-08, at 11:11 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
Another more specific suggestion for something to use to clean CDs
and DVDs before ripping:
You can also go to the photo section of your drug store (or
chemist's in the UK), or into a camera shop and ask for a photo
cleaning cloth. That should get you a small microfiber cloth about 8
inches on a side that can be used to remove smudges and fingerprints
from photos or slick magazine paper surfaces before you scan them
(they're also used to clean surfaces of photos or clippings before
they get put into albums and scrap books), and can be used to clean
Camera lenses, web cams, CDs and DVDs, computer monitor screens, and
scanner platens. These are washable and reusable and generally have
a special weave that make them particularly scratch-free compared to
the general-purpose microfiber cloths you can buy in the household
cleaning products section.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Yeah definitely don't do that.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 15:28, Chris Gilland wrote:
I'd imagine cleaning a dvd with a piece of toilet paper would be
too rough? I also thought about using a baby wipe, but then was
like, ya know, that may not be a great idea, as these things have
aloe lotion in them, so that may film up on it and ruin it more.
I dono, what do yall think. Probably notta good idea, wouldn't
you say?
Chris.
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Subject: Re: DVD formats
The way I usually do it is to take a damp, soft cloth and brush
the dvd in a crosswise pattern on the bottom. Alternatively, you
can buy a cd cleaning kit that usually includes a cloth and some
cleaning solution, but I've never needed one. The cloth and
water have always worked for me.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 17:15, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
I know it sounds dumb, what I am about to say, but how do you
recomend cleaning a disk?
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 16-Nov-08, at 1:54 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
If it is taking that long to rip the DVD you'll want to clean
off the disk. It shouldn't take any longer than a half hour or
so to extract a 7 gig dvd--remember, mtr is not doing any sort
of encoding it is just copying and removing any encryption.
From the sounds of it you're getting stuck, probably on a
fingerprint or a scratch. Clean the disk off and try it again.
The actual encode can take up to two hours or more, depending
on the CPU speed and encoding options. But that's done in
handbrake, mtr does not do that.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 16:41, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
All,
I am just wondering what the different options are for
ripping DVDs with Mac The Ripper. MTR has the default of
extract the entire dvd, but what can I do to have it rip
faster. Is there things I don't need? It has taken over two
hours to rip and is still having a while to go. it shows up
as 7 gig and point 31. Maybe I don't need other laguages, I
have no idea.
Thanks for listneing,
Alex,
