[ale] DVD ripping tools & distro of choice?

[Richard Faulkner]

Some video stores have disk cleaners/reconditioners and will do a rebuff
for a minimal charge.  Screenplay Video in Lilburn offered this
service...that is up until they went out-of-business.  


On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 09:27 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 03/23/2010 03:55 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
> > Scott, I have heard that a light coat of mayonnaise and wipe down of the
> > disk can allow recovery of scratched DVDs (or at least CDs). Supposedly
> > the optical characteristics of the oil+egg yolk+vinegar is pretty
> > similar to the plastic of the CD.
> > GC
> >
> >
> Greg, just to let you know, the mayo didn't work in my case, neither did 
> the ham & swiss, kinda hard to byte,,,,,,,,,
> Since Jim Kinney advises against those scratch removers, I gues 
> Hollywood will get more of my limited funds in the near future for the 
> same item. Which by the way has anyone seen the ruling from that Ca. 
> Judge in regards to all of this? He says that owning the original you 
> are allowed to have a backup copy, but can't create or use software to 
> make that copy.
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