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This question is mostly directed to matthew.
As we both know, bad original discs are becoming more common, even directly out of shrinkwrap. The discs may look fine, but they aren't fine in these cases. With dvd movies and Blu-rays, discs may even play fine and be defective. Similarly, the same thing can happen with game cds.
What happens when the original disc is actually defective when using Game Jackal? People maybe jumping up and down claiming that Game Jackal doesn't work with a specific game when the problem may be the disc is defective, no? That issue certainly isn't Game Jackal's fault, and given the thousands of situations I've dealt with in the Anydvd forums, the fact is most people are too stubborn (or worse, frankly) to accept the fact that they have a bad original disc.
That situation is pretty hard to diagnose since a lot of copy protections cough up bad sector reads anyway under normal circumstances. Would it be impossible for Game Jackal to cough up an error message stating, "Your disc may be defective. Try replacing it"?
The reason I'm asking is due to your response here: http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=186886&postcount=8
As we both know, bad original discs are becoming more common, even directly out of shrinkwrap. The discs may look fine, but they aren't fine in these cases. With dvd movies and Blu-rays, discs may even play fine and be defective. Similarly, the same thing can happen with game cds.
What happens when the original disc is actually defective when using Game Jackal? People maybe jumping up and down claiming that Game Jackal doesn't work with a specific game when the problem may be the disc is defective, no? That issue certainly isn't Game Jackal's fault, and given the thousands of situations I've dealt with in the Anydvd forums, the fact is most people are too stubborn (or worse, frankly) to accept the fact that they have a bad original disc.
That situation is pretty hard to diagnose since a lot of copy protections cough up bad sector reads anyway under normal circumstances. Would it be impossible for Game Jackal to cough up an error message stating, "Your disc may be defective. Try replacing it"?
The reason I'm asking is due to your response here: http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=186886&postcount=8