Bug#295974: RFP: dvdisaster -- Provides a margin of safety against data loss on CD and DVD media caused by scratches or aging.

[Vedran Furac <vedranf@riteh.hr>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : dvdisaster
  Version         : x.y.z
  Upstream Author : Name <somebody@example.org>
* URL             : http://www.dvdisaster.com/
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Provides a margin of safety against data loss on CD and DVD media caused by scratches or aging.

Dvdisaster provides a margin of safety against data loss on CD and DVD media
caused by scratches or aging.

    * dvdisaster creates error correction codes to compensate read errors
which are not correctable in the CD/DVD drive.

    * dvdisaster tries to read as much data as possible from defective
media. Afterwards unreadable sectors are recovered using the previously
created error correction code. The maximum error correction capacity is
user-selectable.

If you create the error correction code file in time and keep it at a safe
place, you have a good chance of recovering the medium contents from typical
read errors and to transfer your complete data onto a new medium.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-nitro4
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)