Handbrake: "No title found" on some DVDs

Well, the title is sums it all up quite nicely:
Handbrake works like a charm for most of my DVDs but it doesn't work at all for some of them:
[sigi@arch ~]$ handbrake-beta -i /dev/dvd -o some_dvd.mp4 -m x264b30 -a 1
HandBrake 0.8.5b1 (2007042001) - http://handbrake.m0k.org/
1 CPU detected
Opening /dev/dvd...
No title found.
HandBrake has exited.
Anyone with similiar experiences or a useful hint for me?
Cheers Sigi

barebones wrote:
Does
handbrake -i /dev/dvd -t 0
show any titles on the dvd?
Occasionally, handbrake won't recognize some of the titles on a dvd for me. Sometimes cleaning the dvd and makeing sure there are no smudges on it will fix that though.
handbrake -i /dev/dvd -t 0 revealed that title 1 and 3 were empty and that the movie was on title 4. Its works great now!
Thank you barebones and waltm for your help!
Cheers Sigi

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