redumper

I did some research in dumping damaged dvds lately because I had some little treasures laying around that were just unusable. I had good success using DVD Decrypter (hardly available, I got my copy years ago) ignoring bad sectors in the settings, Redumper[1] and, if DVD is only scratched very badly using car-anti-scratch / polish chemicals with a lot of patience [2] (some hints: Toothpaste does not work unless it is whitening toothpaste, don't use tools like a drill, will make the problems even worse, prefer the slow process of polishing by hand). 1: https://github.com/superg/redumper 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8ET7axaNk

I'd say this project is the closest: https://github.com/superg/redumper But is not a true raw dump like we see in a bunch of other media preservation projects.

Maybe for archival Purposes you could use `redumper` (https://github.com/superg/redumper) to prevent ripping mistakes. My personal workflow: - rip the audio CD via EAC with acousticID (flac) - retrieve metadata via beets in a script completely automated - convert flac to mp3 via beets inplace convert (see below) - backup the flac files to another location - self-host navidrome and use the substreamer / dsub app and smart playlists to listen "on the go" (The Apple usb-c-to-audiojack adapter is pretty decent) - transfer this via iTunes VM to my good old iPod Nano 7g as main listening device for audiobooks If anyone is looking for fast and accurate ripping hardware, recently I updated my recommended hardware list including a linked tutorial for EAC: https://pilabor.com/blog/2022/10/audio-cd-ripping-hardware/ beets convert config

This tool will dump subchannel data: https://github.com/superg/redumper Be aware that the dumps are pretty huge, and requires a compatible optical drive to work, and take a while to generate. If you just want pure audio data, something like: https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper may be better, but also has drive restrictions.

While I am mildly disappointed that redumper[1] doesn't support low-level reading of DVDs, I have to say I'm super impressed that the README is very clear about what it does, and does not, do. 1: https://github.com/superg/redumper (linked from TFA).

Not sure why I didn't think to mention this before: One tool you might consider is redumper, it's designed in particular to handle multisession CDs, and it attempts to over-read into the disc lead-in and lead-out to catch data outside of the range covered in the TOC (particularly common in older CDs). It only outputs a final split bin+cue, but everything read, including scrambled data, toc, and subchannel/subcode, is saved for future processing. The bin+cue can be used with ISO Buster (and probably other tools) to access Enhanced CD filesystems. Feel free to reach out if you need some tips, this is what I use for my collection. https://github.com/superg/redumper/ Caveat: It is mostly intended for use with the low-level features of Plextor drives, so CD support on other drives is relatively limited; in particular it doesn't have any overla