Mpeg Streamclip opening DVD files help

I'm using Mpeg Streamclip 1.9.3b7 on a MacBookPro 15" and trying to rip a 50min episode off of a bought DVD in order to use in FCE to make a showreel for an actor friend. The file is a 1.07Gb .VOB of an MPEG Program Stream kind. When I open it in Streamclip I can only get the last 22 mins of the episode. I've tried with the other episodes on the disk and alternative episodes from a different series of the same programme and getting the same result. I'm brand new to Streamclip, so could very well be making a large schoolboy error, but after scouring forums I haven't found a solution. I've fixed timecode breaks and seem to be able to convert the twenty minutes that I have, but just can't locate the first half of the episode. Could it be copyright protection?
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Thank you.
SJ

Streamclip does not work on encrypted, protected DVD's. It is against the terms of use on the forum to discuss ways of breaking encryption. Best bet: contact the producer and get a clean file.

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