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Originally Posted by jinkas

Thanks for the help, but it turns out that my problem was bigger than just broken menus--I couldn't rip the DVDs using DVD Decrypter, copy them using Nero, or transfer the files using Windows.

Sounds like DVDs made on a stand-alone recorder. If the discs are not finalized properly, they will not work in a computer DVD drive. Most programs and Windows will act as if the disc is empty or report some type of sector errors.

About the only way to fix this is to play the DVDs on a player and capture the video. This sucks as you are re-encoding the video and audio again.

The best solution is to have the trader replace the discs.

I use TMPGenc DVD Author, it isn't the fanciest, but it will import DVD files and let you create new menus and set new chapters without re-encoding the video/audio stream.....