Strange DVD ripping problem

[rude_skankin]

Okay here is the story:

Just got Superman 2 DVD (region 1) widescreen. Want to back it up, can't due to DVD drive not recognizing DVD. Tried EAZYVCD v1.12, Smartripper v2.41, DVD Genie v4.1, Power DVD XP, My Computer -> explore DVD drive, all with the same result: no DVD in drive. I thought that something may be wrong so tried other DVDs and they are all recognized, save this one. I have never heard of this problem before. I made sure the darn thing worked in my stand alone DVD player and it plays. I even cleaned the disc and that doesn't have any effect either. I have a region 1 DVD-Rom so I am baffled as to why this is occuring. If anyone knows a fix or workaround for this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Anthony

[poopyhead]

what brand of dvd-rom you have? for certain brands, certain DVD titles are just hard to play..my new artec 16x can't recognize some DVDs and has similar problems with yours....

[Kazorp]

I have the same problem, I have a Aopen DVD player, I've seen this problem on a few sights I think the only answer is that I might have to buy a high end reader, could persons who have played this on their DVD player let us know what brand they have.

Thanks.

[rude_skankin]

Well the only solution for this was using a different dvd-rom. That sucks though because not everyone has access to another DVD-rom. Well anyway that's how I solved the problem.

[sumibas]

i have a piooner 116 dvd rom. i have palyed the spider man on that and also ripped it too.

[Wetmonkey]

hey check to see if your OS has the most recent updates, i know that 2k and xp both have had issues with certain dvd playback, and there have been microsoft updates to solve a list of these problem dvds, no clue but it could help out and not require you to get another reader