8 Gig DVD???!!!

[Joules]

Just bought a DVD+RW (Ricoh one)...But, I naturally have some problems!

I own a DJing DVD, featuring Qbert. This DVD only works about 20% of the time (to play), and 80% of the time it crashes. I have tried winME and WinXP, and various DVD playing proggies...(WinXP Media player seems to work the most!).

I dont know why it usually fails, but it seems to be a reading problem, ie it reads too slow. When it does work, it usually jerks alot.


Strange thing is, the DVD is listed as having over 8 gigs of data! Again, winME and winXP sais this, and a DVD copy using Nero creates an 8 gig image file.....(which naturally doesnt fit onto the blank).

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

I have tried to rip this video. Im new to all this, and havent really had the time to figure it all out yet. But when I try DVDRipper, it works up to info file 25. Then its "locked" (no idea what this means). There are about 48 inf files, as there are about 48 scenes.


Also, the DVD seems to be in a strange format. It has 4 camera angles. It is NOT region encoded. And its designed to continuously loop most of the chapters indefinately until you hit forward.

Any ideas on how to copy it, or get it to play?

Thanx all in advance, Joules