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  • 400ixl
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    facade said:
    If it read the disc it would play, most likely there are some errors in the disc due to age. I suppose the disc could be non-compliant or use a key that VLC doesn't have, but I thought all the keys had been hacked/reverse engineered many years ago.
    Not at all, I have had many DVD's which would not play as a DVD, but could be ripped due to a much higher tolerance and re-read capability. Ripping a non playing DVD has been successful for years, not always if the damage is bad, but worth a go for the sake of downloading some free DVD ripping software.
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