Oh My god, this is the coolest thing. I have a HP Media Center so I should have learned this stuff along time ago, but I'm not one for watching dvd's because I never had a dvd player.

I would watch them on the DVD lightscribe thing on my computer. But that ceased to work recently.

I then went online and learned about dvd copying and dvd ripping. It's legal (at least I think it's legal), if you don't share the dvd and keep it on your hard drive after you buy it. It's like backing up your dvd.

So I went online, joined a dvd tech group and all of last night the guys were teaching me how to use the dvd ripper I downloaded.

Let me tell you. It took me a while to learn the ins and outs. But I successfully burned an older dvd of a movie I bought at a store.

However, it won't let me rip a dvd that Alan bought me.

So if anyone of you can figure out why it let's me rip some dvds, and not OTHERS (like the movie that Alan purchased for me), I would sure appreciate it.

I just want to watch this movie and until I get myself a stupid DVD player, this dvd is just sitting around.

Help please!!!

If you don't want to post about dvd ripping, just private message me.

Thanks much

Melody (besides being a sprouter, I am now a ripper), lol