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Did it play fine to begin with before you ripped it?
Yes, although VLC was the only program able to play it.
It played fine before my attempt to copy it.
It sounds like a physical hardware problem, not software. If you played it once and there is no apparent physical damage to the disc it may be a problem with your disc drive. If you can, try playing it on another piece of hardware like a dedicated DVD player. Also, you could try playing a known good disc (that you don't mind losing) in your PC drive. This will help narrow down the cause to either the disc or the drive. I've had more drive failures over the years than disc failures. The discs that did fail were usually writable discs or obviously damaged. Most of the damage looked liked scratches of the read side or label damage.
Other disc works in same drive.
Does it play on standard DVD players? Is it a pressed copy (silver) or burned (typically purple)?
It sounds like the encryption section has degraded and can't be read reliably.
It's silver. I've got 3 optical drives and no standard DVD player.
What are you using to rip? I think DVD Decrypter lists the encryption found
I don't think I can rip until the data is again readable.