It may also be the player. As the player gets older, it can't play certain dvds. You can test this by playing the same disk in your blu ray player. The blu ray can play them better.

Disc rot is an extremely rare thing, I have well over 1000 movies and only one stopped working. To be honest with you it looks like you don’t know how to handle your disc, buffing a movie should be a last resort if it doesn’t work, because once you scratch the first layer of a DVD you are potentially putting cracks in the protective coating that will allow air to get in and rot your disc overtime.

@billwilliams4247

7 күн бұрын

I have well over a thousand discs of dvds and blu rays and not one of them look like this. I've been collecting for over 20 years. I also think this guy is doing something critically wrong.

@michaeldietz2648

7 күн бұрын

@@billwilliams4247 agreed every movies I own looks exactly the same day as I purchased them. I’ve taken such good care of them and over 20+ years I’ve been collecting movies only one didn’t work, It was a Blu-ray That somehow was probably manufactured incorrectly because it stopped working like six months after I purchased it. People claiming they’re having problems seriously need to learn how to handle their disc properly.

Clayton, THANKS For Trying to Inform ! From the sounds of it most of your exanples appear to be manufacturing defects. Problems encountered in the middle of the movie are from reading the middle tracks of the metal ring as the main feature is recorded on the disc from the inner circle to the edge. Nice of you the show the typical appearance of the rotting metal recording layer as it starts. Other than for the purposes of this video, what reason is there to keep "rotten" freature? When you buff a disc do you use the same micro size for all types of disc such as CD, DVD, & Blu-Ray? I had used an inexpwnsive machine to remove scratches from used DVDs, but it consumed too much time and gave up as it was not worth the effort.

I start collecting my DVDs in 2003 they not stretch or broke I I had them over 20 years

I have my Warner Brothers DVDs for 20 years and it still work

One of my Val Lewton double features DVDs from Warners rotted and won't play past the logos. The crummy part is that one film, "I Walked With a Zombie," is not available on HD yet and I no longer own my laserdisc copy. Fortunately the other is on BD. I have only one other disc in my collection that rotted: "Trinity and Beyond," which won't even make it past the intro before breaking up into blocking and freezing up.

@speedyboishan87

11 күн бұрын

Try a demo of Leawosoft Prof Media to copy the DVD i have had good success with the app with discs that have disc rot.

If its WB ask them in a email to replace them. They will replace it for free regardless of reciept just say you dont have it.

I got out my Interview with the Vampire, cause it was a box case like in the video, played about half thru and it froze. I think that is the only box case like that that I have.

i have a few warner bros' cardboard snapper case from the early 200s, and those are one of the best quality discs i have. but mine is region 3, so i guess the quality and standard for these discs, even from the same studio, is not uniformed or properly standardized in all regions... 😞

@MrMissingReel

2 ай бұрын

They were made in a different country and factory....that's why.

are european PAL dvds suffering from this?

@MrMissingReel

2 ай бұрын

Not to that extent.....I have hundreds of DVDs and only two discs are affected by "disc rot" or manufacturing defects. Both of them were special editions of "Terminator" and "Silence of the lambs" by MGM.....these are the two that I'm at least aware of. But in the US it seems to be a huge problem....but not in europe....at least not yet.

I replaced a lot of my dvds with Blu-ray’s and 4Ks.

@MentalDeviant

10 күн бұрын

Now I'm happy that I've replaced most of my favorites on Blu-ray and 4K. I haven't had issues with my DVDs though.

That's why I always check them before I buy them

@wonderjadden6929

2 ай бұрын

Me Too.

@cinematimewithjason

2 ай бұрын

@@wonderjadden6929 even with the vhs tapes

@weldonyoung1013

Ай бұрын

Doesn't always work. Old severe oxidation (or other chemical contamination) of the metal recording surface will be visible to the naked eye. Visual inspection of "previous viewed" discs is still recommended for any damage to the plastic protective layer the laser reads through. And some plastics also turn yellow on DVDs which can block laser light when it becmes dark.

I thought that it was just the WB 2006 thru 2009 cardboard case releases that were dry-rot casualties?

@IDoctor_WhoI

18 күн бұрын

The cardboard discs don’t have disc but they do skip it’s been a ongoing thing on its own

the only good thing about dvd's are that people are basically giving them away. you can get them for literal pennies.

@MentalDeviant

10 күн бұрын

Maybe at yard sales. All the thrift stores are charging 2 to 3 dollars. And regular used stores charge 5 to 8 dollars. And if it's a rare title it can be anywhere from 15, 20 to even 50 on eBay. There was a time where you could get them for a dollar regularly but they're becoming more collectible apparently.

Sometimes a surface scratch will stop the disc from playing. In the past, rental stores used to fix them in a machine which used a paste

@weldonyoung1013

Ай бұрын

Yes it is much like buffing. However with higher density discs, like Blu-Ray and 4K Blu-Ray, the "paste grit" or abrasive needs to be as fine as possible.

@artyfhartie2269

Ай бұрын

@@weldonyoung1013 Some use a little toootpaste on cotton buds and rub gently under water. You need to know what you are doing though

@weldonyoung1013

Ай бұрын

@@artyfhartie2269 wouldn't think fine polish of toothpaste would remove enough plastic to make even a very light scratch disappear. You're right about being careful - just like cleaning a disc use radial movements.

@artyfhartie2269

Ай бұрын

@@weldonyoung1013 If toothpaste can clean enamel on teeth, it can remove scratches on plastic and more

I tested around 50 Plus DVDs s from Warner Brothers. None of them play at this point I stopped collecting physical media I give away everything I had it was just a waste of money

@ohgodwhy9853

2 ай бұрын

I've never heard of much issue outside of Warner releases. Personally i think i would've kept everything except warner

@michaeldietz2648

2 ай бұрын

Yah that sounds like BS, how much is giant movie studios paying you to spread misinformation to try and get people on the streaming??? I have well over 1000 movies and they all work perfectly fine only one movie didn’t work in 20 years. 

@LubbockBabesFan

Ай бұрын

@@michaeldietz2648 💯

@MentalDeviant

10 күн бұрын

Okay so Warner is the only one that I heard had has a big problem. Why is that a reason to get rid of all of your movies. Also this isn't a problem with Blu-rays that I know of. And with me personally I haven't had any problem with my Warner DVD so far. If all 50 of your Warner movies were bad I'm wondering where you keeping them in a garage?

@ronaldwilliamson7963

10 күн бұрын

My definition, if Warner Brothers DVDs are bad, so are MGM and RKO. This involves thousands of movies.

I haven’t had problems with Warner bros but I had it with FOX /mgm

My WB dvds from early 00's are ok, these are Region 4 made in Mexico.

@ClaytonCaplinger

5 күн бұрын

I agree that most of the WB discs I have are made in Mexico however, these discs are region 1 rather than 4 or else they would not run in my player.

buffing and buffering are two different things.

@evilash9753

3 ай бұрын

Calm down sparky, he misspoke

Most of these are fairly cheap on blu-ray.

I don’t have that issue

@Lorfarius

2 ай бұрын

with some discs can just happen overtime. Used to see it all the time when I was collecting laserdiscs.

i have experienced this with my 4 favorites dvds my dirty hairy 4 favorites dvds(other than the first one) freeze at certain parts my clint eastwood 4 favorites comedies also freeze i pirated all of these because i feel like i was ripped off. if i pay for a movie it should last. i shouldn't have to pay for another copy that will most likely rot.

@UMAMIMAMU

3 ай бұрын

Fun fact: If you own an original copy of something (such as you with your Dirty Harry dvds) it's 100% legal to download a "backup" for yourself, thus it _isn't_ "pirating" !

@ohgodwhy9853

2 ай бұрын

@@UMAMIMAMU That's actually not true. But i don't feel he's wrong for doing so

My exorcist 3 still work Mars attacks all snapper case

@ClaytonCaplinger

3 күн бұрын

I also have Exorcist 3 and it still works. I don't have a copy of Mars Attacks.

@antoniomiles

3 күн бұрын

@@ClaytonCaplinger my John Carpenter fog it got disc rotten but it's still play

Not as bad as brainrot.

@MentalDeviant

10 күн бұрын

Yep you better not listen to too Much rock and roll 😂

Might be better off using a DVD recorder and copying the movie off a pre-recorded VHS tape. I've had good results doing this. The quality is pretty good.

Just stream it

@ClaytonCaplinger

10 күн бұрын

I have a Roku but my wifi is unreliable at times.

@dlarge6502

8 күн бұрын

Ok genius, where would you stream each of these, right now?

@ClaytonCaplinger

8 күн бұрын

@@dlarge6502 The Warner Bros titles I mentioned are probably streamed on Max since it is a subsidiary of that company. Braveheart is probably on Paramount + since it is a Paramount release. Public Enemies is likely on Peacock since it is owned by Universal. Lastly, I'm not sure who owns the streaming rights to Before And After since Hollywood Pictures is defunct.