help.. ripped dvd.. now the dvd won't play in my comp

[REDi]

Ok.. i got lock stock and 2 smking barrels. anyway i ripped it, however I just tried loading up teh dvd in dvd2svcd, and it says it can't find an ifo file from the dvd. if i try playing the dvd using powerdvd i get an 'unknown fileformat' error. wtf?? the dvd was just working! any ideas??? I'm using winxp, with a pioneer 106s (16x slot load) and nver had any problems iwth it.. ok strange.. i popped in private ryan.. both powerdvd and dvd2svcd loaded it fine.. then put lock stock back in and now it's recognized.. wierd.

[rhegedus]

I had a similar problem after installing some dvd ripping software a few months back. The dvd would play but stutter espcially in full screen mode - the bigger the picture the more cpu usage, indicating that powerdvd must default to software decoding if anything is changed. I tried everything, including uninstalling the software, re-formatting the drive and even trying a different dvd player to no avail. I was beginning to get paranoid, thinking that the bios settings had been changed, but then a friend suggested using different dvd playing software. I now use Matrox CinePlayer with no problems) and use the same ripper software. In short, get rid of PowerDVD - it's crap!