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  1. Hi

    I'm looking for a way to "inspect" large numbers of discs. I want to make sure the discs are readable and playable.

    This I want to do to DVD and Blu ray discs, movies and games (PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox).

    Is there any reader that can read all sorts of disc?
    Any program that can do this?

    Thanks in advance.

    Regards Johnsson
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    Yes.

    Read these two:
    - Verify after burning? What's a TRT scan? PIE/PIF?
    - How to Test the Burn Quality of CD/DVD Media

    That should answer everything, and then some.
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  3. Originally Posted by lordsmurf View Post
    Yes.

    Read these two:
    - Verify after burning? What's a TRT scan? PIE/PIF?
    - How to Test the Burn Quality of CD/DVD Media

    That should answer everything, and then some.
    Thanks for the information. It was an interesting read.

    Sadly it doesn't help me at all. I'll guess I wasn't specific enough. The testing of the disc aren't on any burnt disc. Testing of disc is going to be done to factory made discs. Eg the movie Titaninc from Warner (or whatever), or the game Call of Duty for PS3 from whoever made that game.

    It's not uncommun for discs to be unreadable, from scratches or any other reason. If there's a scratch then it's likely not useable, i wanna know if a disk is useable or not.

    Hope this make sense.
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  4. Don't get hung up on lordsmurf's link describing how to verify DVDRs.

    Disc quality checkers don't care if it's a burned or commercial DVD in most (all?) cases.

    I use Nero's CD-DVD Speed to check either one for errors, scratches, etc. However, as noted in the links, the results you get from any verifying software may or may not give accurate results as far as predicting playability.

    (I have no experience verifying game discs.)
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    He's not gonna do a Wii disc on a computer unless he gets a special LG drive which hasn't been made for several years.
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  6. And many discs have bad blocks intentionally as part of their copy protection scheme.
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