Suggest a media player that can play scratched Discs

[gary4gar]

Can any one suggest a media player that can play scratched discs that contain movies or any video content better than others? And is best of best but yet simple can easy to use.
And also a cutter that can cut scene from DVD movie (VOB).

 

[grinning_devil]

reading frm scratched CD's.... ????

hmm.... i have a simple foolish step...works sumtimes...
apply a thin layer of toothpaste on the disk....
nd then try to read it...works 75% of time for me .!!!!

but ya i do use it on my CD ROM only..not on my DVD writer..
so use ti @ ur own risk!!!!!

 

[champ_rock]

What will it do @grinning.... really interested in ur little trick....
but wont the disks get corrupt totally...............

 

[vishalbhatia]

reading frm scratched CD's.... ????

hmm.... i have a simple foolish step...works sumtimes...
apply a thin layer of toothpaste on the disk....
nd then try to read it...works 75% of time for me .!!!!

but ya i do use it on my CD ROM only..not on my DVD writer..
so use ti @ ur own risk!!!!!

1 time I did the same thing but instead of toothpaste I used cold cream like ponds. I applied a very thin layer rubbed it very gently and wiped with a very soft cotton cloth. It works for me that time.

 

[vishalbhatia]

What will it do @grinning.... really interested in ur little trick....
but wont the disks get corrupt totally...............

No it won't ...............atlest with me but I have used cold cream.

 

[vignesh]

Vlc should do the job..

 

[grinning_devil]

@champ_rock
,try it out urself man.... now u have 2 options...either use toothpaste or ny cold cream !!

as far as S/W players are concerned...VLC is a nice alternative..but if the disc is really in a bad shape S/W wont do much!!

 

[kalpik]

Hmm try reading the disk with ISO Buster. And then any player will play it just fine.

 

[theraven]

reading frmo scratched disk is more of the DRIVE's feature than a media players
its not the media player reading the disc , its the drive
so im sorry if ur drive cant read it , no media player is gonna help you
moving this to software discussion
as for the which media player thread, it already exists so search for it

 

[parthbarot]

1.VLC...freeware...
2.XING...u can get it...
3.VCD Cutter (JIAO Systems)..can get it..

 

[choudang]

be4 you get all the soft..... just find one CD drive which can play scratched CD's ...... 8)

 

[raj14]

To play Scrathced disks, give it your local photo Lab, to buffer it. Buffering will cause a very thin layer of plastic to be removed, thus removing almost all scratches, below 1.01mm offcourse. as for Media Player, it totally depends on Media's Health, if it's too damaged, you WON'T Be able to play the files no matter what.

 

[Keith Sebastian]

reading frmo scratched disk is more of the DRIVE's feature than a media players
its not the media player reading the disc , its the drive
so im sorry if ur drive cant read it , no media player is gonna help you
moving this to software discussion
as for the which media player thread, it already exists so search for it

The only thing that'll help you (if you're lucky) read bad discs is a scratch repair kit. Or try a different drive. I've heard car scratch polish and in some cases toothpaste will do the job. Apply a little amount and polish with a cloth using outward strokes (not circular).

All the best,
Keith

 

[rachitar]

Get Bady Copy Pro.
I will 98% of time retrive the information from a spoil disc and save it to you HDD.
I dont know if it can be used to play a game on the CD or not

 

[cvvikram]

Even i use the Bad copy Pro to extract the corrupt cd and then try to hear songs from that...usually it works fine.

 

[q3_abhi]

Doesnt depend on the software these days too much but its the hardware that really matters.

Try using gud quality CD's n gud quality drives to avoid read errors n sratchy discs.

Remember, Prevention is better then cure.

 

[ammusk]

eh... supposedly ONIDA can but i dont see any onida jukeboxes on the net lolz

 

[Chirag]

Vlc rocks. It can play almost all the formats of videos

 

[theraven]

ok im warning u ppl
this is NOT a fav. media player thread
if u cant help the guy then dont post
if i see one more "vls is the best" "winamp rocks" im lockin this thread since its not going anywhere
if u wanna then go and post in the "fav media player thread"

 

[nishant_garg89]

dvd chopper will cut VOB's