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what is the 'DSL' file that seems to appear from time to time on DVD's?

rotuts posted 2008 Aug 20 10:35

as above. when you look into the contents of commercial DVD's these were on some TV shows from the library cheers

terryj posted 2008 Aug 21 19:29

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terryj posted 2008 Aug 21 19:30

rotus: Socks says it best twosocks : Q: What is a DSL file? Damaged Sector List. When MTR (in Legacy+ engine only) encounters damaged sectors it logs them and at the end of the rip creates a file (DSL) that it places in the ripped movie folder along side the VIDEO_TS but I'm curious, this would only appear on RIPPED commercial discs, not on actual store bought commercial discs.... :roll:

rotuts posted 2008 Aug 22 09:24

thanks for the double reply Ive looked into it and one of the discs out of 5 was 'ripped' and replaced as the original was damaged. the question is, will they play normally? wouldnt want to get to episode 82 and not find out what happened! thanks

terryj posted 2008 Aug 22 13:27

if the person ripping and backing it up knew what they were doing, then you should be fine. If they didn't , well then you'll soon find out....:-)

rotuts posted 2008 Aug 22 16:48

Noooooo! how can I find out! is there any way to 'Test" the DVD? maybe Yade X w the cursor? how can I possibley watch E 83 W/O E82 cheerfullness your way! :shock:

terryj posted 2008 Aug 24 14:08

what I mean by that rotus, is that you'll only find out by playing the dvd. no real way to "test" it other than THAT way.....

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