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Recover DVR DVD
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recover_dvr_dvd.sh
# Install required CLI tools
brew install ddrescue mplayer ffmpeg
# Check disk
drutil status
# Copy raw data
sudo ddrescue -b 2048 -n /dev/disk5 dvd_raw.iso dvd.log
# Dump raw data to MPEG-1
mplayer -dumpstream dvd_raw.iso -dumpfile raw_dump.mpg
# Transcode to MPEG-4
cat raw_dump.mpg | ffmpeg -f mpeg -i - \
-fflags +genpts+igndts -vf "yadif" \
-c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 20 \
-c:a aac -b:a 192k -movflags +faststart \
output.mp4
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