[gentoo-user] {OT} Problems playing back DVD

[John H. Moe]

Hello all,

I've just gotten Scrubs Season 8 on DVD (as well as House Season 5 and a
Dylan Moran DVD), and have found, to my chagrin, that I can't seem to
play or rip it on my computer.  SMplayer, VLC, Xine, K3B, DVD::Rip and
AcidRip all seem to have the same basic problem:

libdvdread: Can't seek to block 3362902
libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 18 (VTS_18_0.IFO).

I know the DVD drive is fine, as I've ripped (and watched) all of the
House and Dylan Moran DVDs after trying Scrubs the first time.  The DVD
seems to be fine, as I can play it on my laptop using Windows and
InterVideo WinDVD (comes with many HP laptops).

As near as I can tell, there's some sort of encryption that libdvdread
can't read (yet).  Can anyone recommend another player that may have
success?  I was under the impression that Xine, Mplayer and VLC were the
main three, and most others used one of the first two as a playback
engine anway, but maybe there's others I haven't heard of yet that do
better.  Or does anyone know a good DVD playback/ripping guide that's
fairly current?  Or perhaps a) how long I can expect to wait for someone
to figure out the encryption, and b) how I might help with my specific
DVDs?  Any info (especially current info) that might help would be welcome.

John Moe