The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/parkerlreed on 2024-09-29 06:59:04.

Inspired by http://flay.jellybee.co.uk/2011/01/how-to-get-files-off-unfinalized-dvd.html

That post helped me recover a 20+ year old mini DVD I had recorded with some video of my father on it.

Figured I would pay it forward by making it easier for others to do the same.

https://gist.github.com/parkerlreed/fd6dccfcdd6b3202b478cfe383ef5eb2

[parker@parker-framework ~]$ dvd-saver 
Available tracks:
Track 1: Size = 1024 KB
Track 2: Size = 67584 KB
Track 3: Size = 928 KB
Track 4: Size = 1357856 KB
Enter the track number to extract: 4
363321344 bytes (363 MB, 346 MiB) copied, 331 s, 1.1 MB/s