How to get old DVDs to play one last time?

[nopEda]

Hi,

Years ago I copied a bunch of VHS tapes to DVD having been led to believe they would last forever unlike VHS which at "best" would get mildewed after a while. Later experiences with recording to DVD worked well but the first bunch I did worked well for a while and then began to 'break down' or something. Even though there are no obvious scratches or damage they got so they would freeze up and just quit playing. I could remove them and run water over them then resume play from last stop and for a while that worked ok but there are still a few where that trick won't get them to play through to the end. I'm recording them as mp4 with Active Presenter playing them with VLC media player. Can anyone suggest a trick to get them to play through one last time???

Thank you for any help with this!

David
Maine, USA

[Skiller]

The drive used to read the DVDs makes all the difference.

Do not use laptop drives. Try different full size drives. Which one works best is unpredictable. Also do not "record" but rip the DVDs using ImgBurn.

[ProWo]

Rip them to pc with isopuzzle.