I rip my physical media and only use the digital backups. The original stays safe from damage because it’s never used. Jellyfin is great for this.
downloading it now
If you send me your files, I’ll host them on my server and give you free access to it.
Bought a whole domain to share free streaming with friends and family only for none of them to bother…
As everyone else has said, make digital copies and treat the originals as backup.
Optical disks do eventually fail. Keeping them in a cool, dark place helps.
Sun (UV) makes the plastic brittle, heat cycling degrades the plastic too.
Also, digital stuff degrades too - storage needs to be on systems that can manage digital degradation.Certain modern Linux file systems (BTFRS, ZFS) have mechanisms to prevent data loss.
I’d argue you should digitize all of them and use the digital versions exclusively, while saving the physical media as your backup. this keeps the originals safe since they’re more likely to be damaged during handling than the intangible digital file is.
Yes but not so much as a backup but for actual usage. Then you keep the DVD/CD as a backup.
Don’t rely on optical media for backups.
