Jay, I use AnyDVD and DVD2One 1.5.2 which decrypts and shrinks at the same time and does a pretty good job and is fairly quick. It takes 20-30 minutes on a commercial DVD. Mark is right, they are getting trickier with the structural protection. AnyDVD can usually handle it and they have constant updates, sometimes it can take them a little time to get the update out. You can try it out for free to see if it works for you.
I sometimes find that if you can get another copy of the title you are trying to back up that your encrypting/ shrink programs will work. I did have one a while back that I couldn't copy, The Legend of Zorro. I was able to finally get it done by using decryptor and then Shrink, but AnyDVD couldn't crack it for a week. You can usually back up the movie portion with no problem, they always hide the invalid VOB is the special features section. It took some playing with DVD Decryptor's setting to back up the whole disc. I believe DVD Decryptor has a setting which will remove invalid VOBs, but it's not a default setting so you have to check it.
DVD Decryptor is such a great program, it still works even after not being updated for over a year. I use it to copy all of my non-commercial DVDs now days. I just wish I would have figured it out a lot sooner. I sure would have saved a lot of time versus using Nero and VSO.
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