I have ripped a couple 20 dvds to svcd using dvd2svcd (of course) along with TMPGEnc & I found a stange thing today....normally I play the rips on my standalone with the comfort of my couch...LOL! But this morning I stuck one of my rips in my dvd-rom drive after making a copy for a friend of mine...it will not play using Power DVD xp...here's the kicker - all my other rips will & it will play in my standalone fine??? They were all ripped the same way, all on TDK media, all with the same programs...???:sly: