On 29 January 2006 at 2:05, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 22:28 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > > I've got a DVD-A disc with residue on it, which won't wash off, and > > which causes a lot of skipping. If this were a CD, I'd just use > > cdparanoia to rip it, then burn a fresh copy. Does anyone know of > > something like that for Linux? FWIW, I put the disc in my DVD+/-RW > > drive (Lite-on, if it matters) and its type wasn't recognized. > > Hmm, if the drive can't recognize the disk you might be screwed, you may > have better luck with a better drive. Any chance you have access to a > Plextor? Plextors are very nice. I have one of their CDRW units. Are you saying that you have a Plextor drive that recognizes a DVD-A disc? No, I don't have access to a Plextor DVD drive. I looked up their current models on the web. None of them say anything one way or the other about compatibility with DVD-A. Thanks... -- Kevin