these are region 1 dvd's.
toy story 2 is a multi angle dvd. i havent tried TS1 in a while as it is over at my parents from the last baby sitting.
i am using dvd decrypter 3.5.4.0, i have tried ripit4me, dvdfab decrypter, etc. no luck
i also tried the latest vtsfix and vobblanker as well.

i have tried ripping the main movie, all, ripping by stream...no joy

as for using something else besides wmp, i dont know. my xbox connects to my mce machine and streams the movie from there. so not sure exactly how it all works. but it is something i will look into