Help! Not Encoding Full Movie

[rent]

Sorry if this problem has been posted before, but I can't seem to find it.
Here's my problem:
I put in my DVD and it opens a little too quick for my liking (because for previous ones it opens a lot slower). So I put all the usual settings and click Rip. Then for some reason, it goes up until 0.36% and then freezes, then suddenly speeds up and finishes. Once it's ripped the final movie comes up to be only 29 seconds long.

Nothing's wrong with the disc, it works perfectly fine on a DVD player or computer. It's region 2 - I've already ripped previous DVDs which are region 2. And I've tried to rip it on both HandBrake and MediaFork but I still get the same problem.

Any suggestions?

[baggss]

Read the last 4 posts in THIS thread. That is what is happening and that is how to work around it.

[rent]

thanks for the tip baggss, except is there any other way I can do it without having to use DVDOneX because the free trial only allows you to do a 2 hour max movie and my dvd is longer than that

[baggss]

The only other way I know of is to:

A-Go to the MacTheRipper forums and make a donation (~$34) and download the latest Beta Build (r14) that should remove the zero cells while ripping the Video_TS folder to your Hard Drive.

B-Wait for MacTheRipper 3.X to be released to the world, but no on knows when that will be.

Other than that, no.

[Eileron]

If you have Windows, get Rip4Me. It'll bypass most blank cells and that with ease...and it's free. Handbrake's still the best encoding option though.

[baggss]

I guess that will work, if you're using Windows. I'm working under the assumption that most here are using Macs.

[rent]

thanks Eileron and baggss for your help.
I am using a Mac but I guess I can try Rip4Me because I've got Windows as well. and since I'm desperate, it's worth a try!
thanks again