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I did move the ifo/bup files to a new folder but didn't know what to do after that.

LOL - read my posting again, slowly not in a hurry:

@mgr:

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move (from the VIDEO_TS folder) all files with an IFO extension (*.IFO) to a safe place elsewhere (not to damage them) and copy or rename all files with extension .BUP to the same name with extension .IFO **(copy .BUP .IFO)
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As said before: you can upload that torrent for me (hint: name it something like damaged rip - for mgr only) and send me a PM

@looselips:

I'm confused by your first method but have tried ifo editor and keep getting errors. I downloaded dvdlab but have no clue how to work it. I tried another program that's supposed to automatically fix it called fixvts & vobblanker and now it will play for like 42 minutes then freeze.

That method is really easy:

move (from the VIDEO_TS folder) all files with an IFO extension (*.IFO) to a safe place elsewhere (not to damage them) and copy or rename all files with extension .BUP to the same name with extension .IFO (copy *.BUP *.IFO)

There should be a BUP file for every IFO file when the rip was ok (like VIDEO_TS.IFO/BUP, VTS_01_0.IFO/BUP and so on).

My second suggestion (IfoEdit) : as I said before: you need good knowledge of the structure to use IfoEdit.

DVDLAB2: after creating a new project select "File" -> Attach external VTS (with the existing VTS_XX_y.IFO files) and try to compile the resulting DVD.

As a last resort I can offer you: upload your current DVD rip (with the error) and send me a PM. I can move the torrent file to a hidden section and can download your files and I'll hope I can find out what is wrong For that solution I need the "unrepaired files" though - not the files after you applied fixvts and/or vobblanker.

I'll probably just upload it for you. I did move the ifo/bup files to a new folder but didn't know what to do after that.

I'm confused by your first method but have tried ifo editor and keep getting errors. I downloaded dvdlab but have no clue how to work it. I tried another program that's supposed to automatically fix it called fixvts & vobblanker and now it will play for like 42 minutes then freeze.

That method is really easy:

move (from the VIDEO_TS folder) all files with an IFO extension (*.IFO) to a safe place elsewhere (not to damage them) and copy or rename all files with extension .BUP to the same name with extension .IFO (copy *.BUP *.IFO)

There should be a BUP file for every IFO file when the rip was ok (like VIDEO_TS.IFO/BUP, VTS_01_0.IFO/BUP and so on).

My second suggestion (IfoEdit) : as I said before: you need good knowledge of the structure to use IfoEdit.

DVDLAB2: after creating a new project select "File" -> Attach external VTS (with the existing VTS_XX_y.IFO files) and try to compile the resulting DVD.

As a last resort I can offer you: upload your current DVD rip (with the error) and send me a PM. I can move the torrent file to a hidden section and can download your files and I'll hope I can find out what is wrong For that solution I need the "unrepaired files" though - not the files after you applied fixvts and/or vobblanker.

Another method to try befoe uploading: save the video_ts.ifo file (or even better: all .ifo files) to another place and renname (or copy) all .BUP files to .IFO. The .BUP files are supposed to be a backup copy for the igo files, might be a rip mistake changed a bit/byte in the original ifo file and is still OK in the backup version.

I see anothery possibility to analyze the ifo files with an IFO Editor programm (Google for IFO editor) - I use the program IFOEdit (hxxp://www.ifoedit.com). Be aware though, you need some knowledge about IFO file structure to edit an IFO file.

The last possibility I see: Try to import the VTS_XX.Y files into a capable DVD authoring program and let that program create new .IFO / .BUP files for you.

DVDLAB 2 is capable to handle such things

I'm confused by your first method but have tried ifo editor and keep getting errors. I downloaded dvdlab but have no clue how to work it. I tried another program that's supposed to automatically fix it called fixvts & vobblanker and now it will play for like 42 minutes then freeze.

I see anothery possibility to analyze the ifo files with an IFO Editor programm (Google for IFO editor) - I use the program IFOEdit (hxxp://www.ifoedit.com). Be aware though, you need some knowledge about IFO file structure to edit an IFO file.

The last possibility I see: Try to import the VTS_XX.Y files into a capable DVD authoring program and let that program create new .IFO / .BUP files for you.

DVDLAB 2 is capable to handle such things

Ah - ripped with ISO buster - which content part of the DVD did you rip then, the UDF-Part or the ISO9660-Part to copy the files to your hard drive? Was it a newer DVD the it could happen that you need a newer version of ISO Buster because of IIRC only V 2.6 of ISO buster has correct UTF support.

Did you try to play your ripped copy with a real Software DVD player like Nero Showtime?

I ripped the part to copy files to my hard drive. It was Sting from Falcon Studios which is an old movie and I rented the movie. I have ISO buster 2.6. I tried playing with vlc player and it will play up until the menu screen but when I click on play movie or try to click on a chapter it will freeze. I burned a copy and tried playing on my dvd player and it would freeze at the menu screen. I was thinking of uploading it to see if someone else could fix it but don't want to piss off people who might download it.

Did you try to play your ripped copy with a real Software DVD player like Nero Showtime?

Just to get a bit more info: did you crunch the DVD during the rip?

I don't understand, what does "crunch" mean?  I copied it using ISO buster and it copied w/o errors only when I went to playback did i notice it wasn't working. I had already sent the rental back so I couldn't copy again.