Unable to paly a few DVDs on Quick Time player?

Hello,
I am using Quick Time player for quite some time and i find it far better that other players like Power DVD and Windows Media Player.
But i encounter a strange problem some times. I am able to play most DVDs on it but some time it fails. The error message it shows is: Error 2048, "Couldn't open the file *.VOB because it is not a file that Quick Time understands".
I would like to stress on the fact that this happens with a few DVDs only and others play normally. I am unable to understand the problem. Hope you would be able to provide some solution to my problem.
Thanks in anticipation.
Ranveer, India

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It doesn't play "Hollywood" DVD's at all.

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