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That's what I thought at first. As I stated before: on the stand alone dvd player it plays all the way through. Plus, as a test, I played it on that older dvd rom using Power DVD, and it plays all the way through without freezing. I would assume if the disc was damaged, that it would freeze at the presumably damaged part on the disc. But twice it played through with no problems. After playing it twice, I tried to rip it again, and the results are still the same with that. I'm gonna give DVDRemake a shot. If that doesn't work, then I think I'm all out of options for the present moment.