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

[Lotesdelere]

Moved to the Coffee Corner because IMO this has nothing to do with VLC.

You should use a lens cleaner for your drive and if that doesn't help enough then wax your disc as explained on this page:
https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/ ... d-dvd.html

[Hardcore Games]

USB DVD drive are inexpensive