[QUOTE=GregiBoy;96745]Yep, Fab has the ability to bypass the Region coded without Other Software enabled.
And as stated, it could be one of your issues with both Fab & Other Software competing to remove encryption/regions, etc.
The hints & tips have been given to you for a reason... Coz they usually work!!![/QUOTE]
No doubt, you are right!!
My problem is that DVDFab 8.0.5 works!! The newer release doesn't... I think that 8.0.5 should (or shouldn't) work in the same manner as the newer version. Of course, all of this could be caused by the configuration file not moving over when I upgraded... because I seem to remember this problem happening before, and I was able to configure around it. But I am darned if I recall what option I had to set (or which program, for that matter). In other words, I've have seen this before, and I don't remember how or if I was able to fix it. It may be that in all of the programs I have played with over the years, this problem occurred in one that got left by the wayside.
Oh well, 8.0.5 works, I am happy with that (for now anyway).
PS: I couldn't tell you why, but I canNOT rip a PAL disc without Other Software active. DVDFab refuses the disc (or rather Vista refuses it), if Other Software is not active. I am running Vista 64 Ultimate, and it doesn't like discs with a different region code... because Other Software acts as a "driver", it can catch things before Vista notices an out-of-region disc in the player. Or at least that is my limited understanding of things. I believe that there is a competitive product sold by DVDFab, perhaps I should switch to it. I think it is called Passkey -- if I were to switch over to the DVDFab equivalent of Other Software would that fix my issue?