N00b mac user - dvd ripping & burning help please

Hi
I have got Mac the Ripper and bought Toast Titanium for my iMac but cant manage to get a copy done yet.
I have tried to rip 2 DVD's using Mac the Ripper and on both it has come up with a warning at the end saying the video has 'bad sectors"
I then open Toast and using the DVD_Video from Video_TS option and drag the Video_TS folder from the DVD I have ripped to Toast as instructed it starts compressing and then brings up a box saying
Quote:
" The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = ILLEGAL REQUEST
Sense Code = 0x24
INVALID FIELD IN CDB
I have also tried using Handbrake to rip the dvd's but that scans the dvd saying its scanning the titles but then just freezes
Anyone have any ideas please?? Its an Intel iMac.
BTW purely legal, making copies of ones I've bought for daughter so she can take on holiday with us
Thanks

Some DVDs especially those made by sony and disney are mastered with bad sectors on purpose as part of the copy protection process. Mac the Ripper is not very good when it comes to these discs. I have to use my wife's pc with dvd fab decrypter to copy these discs. It is not the fault of the imac by any means. Every disc I have copied except for those made by sony or disney since I got my imac have been perfect. Toast could be giving an error because the file from Mac the Ripper may not be playable. Try playing them first with the dvd player or VLC player to see if they work. If they do, make sure you have updated toast to the latest version. Good luck>

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