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When I record to DVDs, I always add error correction using dvdisaster.[1] In addition, I sometimes have par2 files[2] on the DVD as well, though it's probably
by pmoriarty 6y ago
When I record to DVDs, I always add error correction using dvdisaster.[1]
In addition, I sometimes have par2 files[2] on the DVD as well, though it's probably better to just have additional dvdisaster ECC instead.
It's a good idea to periodically go through all your old backups and transfer them to new media, or at least make sure the old media still works and start recovery on them right away if they don't.
[1] - http://dvdisaster.net/ http://dvdisaster.net/
[2] - https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline
- sitkack 6y agoI have had good use of FEC for archival purposes, plenty of testing but I haven't had to use it in anger. This isn't the same tool I used, but it is derived from it, https://github.com/randombit/fecpp https://github.com/randombit/fecpp
- sloshnmosh 6y agoI had pretty good luck using a program that could be programmed to extract all readable sectors first and then go over and over damaged areas to try and recover the data. I can’t recall the name of it but it had a picture of the developers cat on the GUI. (If it is one of the ones you mentioned already I apologize) Bad link on dvd disaster.
- walterbell 6y agoArchive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20180428070843/http://dvdisaster.net/en/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180428070843/http://dvdisaster...