Re: Netbsd DVD stuff croakes

2025-07-15 Thread DTB
On Tue Jul 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM MDT, Todd Gruhn wrote: Advise regarding 'ripping' CD and DVD? I have never done this ... multimedia/dvdbackup seems to be a useful tool for this though I have not personally used it. "Ripping" here is a colloquial but popular term for backing up the video from a

Re: Netbsd DVD stuff croakes

2025-07-15 Thread Todd Gruhn
HUUUH? Each drive does both CD/DVD -- I might have types this in wrong ... On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM DTB wrote: > > On Tue Jul 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM MDT, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > Advise regarding 'ripping' CD and DVD? I have never done this ... > > multimedia/dvdbackup seems to be a useful too

Re: Netbsd DVD stuff croakes

2025-07-15 Thread Todd Gruhn
>> Visually inspect the disc to ensure it isn't dirty or scratched, and if it >> is, >> clean or polish it. HMM, I will try this first -- Thanks for the idea >> Ripping is also useful to avoid this issue in the first place - I used >> to rip DVDs before (or while) watching them to ensu

Re: Netbsd DVD stuff croakes

2025-07-15 Thread DTB
On Sat Jul 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM MDT, Todd Gruhn wrote: I have NOT tried to rip a DVD (or CD) yet. You should consider doing so. DVDs and especially CDs have a limited shelf life and we're coming up on the decades where they're all going to delaminate. LaserDiscs (due to their age) and HD DVDs (d

Re: Whats this group?

2025-07-15 Thread ignatios
hi, On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 07:15:02PM -0400, Todd Gruhn wrote: > I noticed that is goes to 'Netbsd-Users-List' . > > Is this correct? Shouldnt this go to 'Netbsd-Users'? > > Is there a difference? Netbsd-Users-List is the lists "display name" in the mail header. netbsd-users@netbsd.org is the