Did you set the DVDFab region code to match the discs in Common Settings->Protection? You might also try unchecking both boxes in Common Settings->Preview, disabling the read ahead cache and setting DVDFab to SPTI I/O mode instead of Auto. Please list any error codes that DVDFab produces or post a capture of the crash screen.

Try updating to 5.0.3.0

Good advice, I did not catch the old version.

Hi Organdude,

Your "Mashita UJ-120 optical drive" is the source of problem.

In short, the MatSHITa drives don't allow you to read other region DVDs, like reading region 2 disc on region 1 drive, so there is no way to fix it.

You need buy a new DVD drive to replace the MatSHITa one.

Best Regards,
Fengtao

LMAO Fengtao, tell us how you really feel about MatSHITa drives

well, I have said all I could say

Organdude, I think you have your answer. There is not much room left for doubt.

dvdfab does work on all 19 region 1 sex and the city dvds.

in fact im in the process of re-ripping (previously done more than a year ago) all of them with dvdfab then using dvdshrink to re-author, no menus, cutting off all the opening segments and ending credits.

all laptops with a matshita should come with this printed on the box.

Unfortunately DVDFab is still not scoring with “Sex in the City”!

However after changing the settings as suggested by signals (I/O Mode: SPTI, Enable read-ahead cache: disabled), I was able to get a little farther along the process. Instead DVDFab now fails to proceed in the “copy process”: Error=400(25 10). NOTE: I’ll also try the upgrade to 5.0.3.0 as suggested by Metrock to see if that helps.

Yes, I have also heard some dismal things about MatSHITa drives in general, but here’s the thing: DVDFab has and still does work fine with other region 2 DVDs, just not Sex and the City! Until now, the UJ-120 drive has actually worked OK for me, but now I’m thinking about either swapping it out or picking up an external unit if this problem manifests itself more often. (Any region-free faves or suggestions in this dept?)

Fengtao, thanks for jumping in on the thread, but I’m still convinced that the problem may be something specific to these particular disks, below is some documentation that may (or may not) shed some light on the situation: 1) the report session, 2) process failure message , and 3) the info screen.

Thanks again for everyone’s reply; any further suggestions or input is welcome!

Organdude

1) report session:

09/06/2008 9:58:39 PM info ******************** Report session closed *********************
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info Current Drive selected : 1:0:0 - MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ-120 1.01 [G] (Ide)
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info Using Patin-Couffin driver Version 1.37, Internal revision 37 - Async. Access mode
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info User default language : 1033 (0x0409h) - English (United States)
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info System default language : 1033 (0x0409h) - English (United States)
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info DLL Version 2.1.7.338
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info DLL C:\Program Files\DVDFab 5\vso_hwe.dll
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info Version 5, 0, 2, 5
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info ExeName : "C:\Program Files\DVDFab 5\DVDFab.exe"
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info OS : Personal (Build 6000)
09/06/2008 9:58:12 PM info ******************** Report session started ********************

SCREENSHOTS: 2) process failure message - 3) info screen

Organdude
Error 400 is a transcoder error. If this brought up the DVDFab report error box, I hope you sent it in. Although the developers don't put much faith in those drives, the numbers after the error code (25,10) may tell them something. Glad we were able to get you a little further along anyway. From what Fengtao and Troy512 said, sure sounds like a new derive would save you ton of grief.

i dont know if it would really make a difference but i see you have pathplayer disabled. please try with pathplayer enabled.

Info for drive [G:\] (DVDFab Platinum 5.0.3.0)

Disc type: Video DVD
Disc region: 1
Volume name: SEX_CITY_SEASON5_D1
Video standard: NTSC
Layer 0 size: 1532576 sectors (2993 MBytes)
Layer 1 size: 1532576 sectors (2993 MBytes)

CSS (Content Scramble System) protection is removed!
RC (Region Code) protection is removed!
RCE (Region Code Enhancement) protection is not found.
APS (Analog Protection System) protection is removed!
UOPs (User Operation Prohobitions) protection is removed!

Invalid PTTs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCIs protection is not found.
Invalid PGCs protection is not found.
Invalid TMAPs protection is not found.
Invalid CELLs protection is not found.
Invalid VOBUs protection is not found.
Fake vts protection is not found!
Bad sector protection is not found!
Structure protection (ARccOS, RipGuard, etc.) is not found.

PathPlayer is enabled!
Unplayable cell is not found.

Thanks Troy512 for picking up on the PathPlayer thing, it was previously set to "Enable PathPlayer when neccessary".

A little later, I'm going to try all the these settings along with the newly installed 5.0.3.0 version of DVDFab, we'll see!

Organdude