Burning Holes..

[daehkcid]

Alright..

This morning by opening a pack of 50 Riteks, I dropped them on the floor. I know there's dirts on the purple side of the discs. But I decided to use them to burn anyways.

The result: I got some "empty holes" after burning. That happens when there's dirty that hide the lazer when writing to the disc.

Well, there's no problem playing the disc, and there's no glitch. So I'd like to know if those holes are harmful, or is there anything missing like some video frames or audio?

I dont wanna throw away all those expensive blank discs.

Btw, how often do u get those black holes?

[barf666]

the best thing to do is verify the files after they've burned. most burning software has an option for "verify data", check that button and if it passes then you have nothing to worry about.

"black holes" can be avoided by lightly washing the discs off under cool water with a soft spounge. do not rub the discs hard, wipe them softly and the dirt particles will wash off. obviously, make sure they are completely dry before burning. think i'm crazy? netflix even recomends this method if you have unplayable discs =p

[smiller667]

If it's only dust, you should be able to get rid of it using a can of pressurized air available in e.g. photo or electronics shops ... alternatively, try the type of special _soft_ cloth used for cleaning optical instruments (or glasses).

Well ... and the "black holes" are usually the source of data errors - it's simply due to data redundancy/error correction mechanisms that you don't see any dropouts. Did you try reading these e.g. using dvddecrypter?

[daehkcid]

barf, are you asking me to wash the blank disc before burning it? LOL

smiller: nope, after burning, i play them on my dvd player and the movie plays fine. I haven't tried to rerip (or redecrypt) them.

[smiller667]

There's no way to redecrypt them (as there's no way to CSS-encrypt stuff you burn to a dvd-r :)), what I meant is, you might discover data errors which might pass unseen or as a tiny glitch on your standalone ...

And why do you lol at barfs suggestion? Once you soil them, yes, you should clean them _before_ you burn 'em ... dust or gunk on your blanks will cause diffraction of the laser beam during writing, resulting in improperly written areas on your disc (i.e. "dark holes" if there's enough dirt on your disc).

[daehkcid]

Oh, everytime i try to clean my disc before burning i always end up with them being worse then before :P Everytime i blow the dust away, I always spit on my disc.

So i thought he was joking.