[dvd::rip] ripping stops short, incorrect framerate is the problem

[Ben <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just begun using dvdrip and have continuously run into the same 
problem that a lot of others have.  When I try to rip a dvd it stops, 
saying "ripping stopped short, this is most likely a problem with 
transcode, libdvdread, libdvdcss..."  So after careful examination and a 
lot of googling and whatnot, I have somewhat narrowed down the 
problem...sorry, if I am way behind you guys here, but bare with me.   
When I read the dvd initially, it reports the framerate as 29.97 (which 
is the correct framerate) and it reports the total frames accordingly.  
But when I go to rip the dvd it stops short.  Then when it redisplays 
the TOC after I close the error message window it shows the framerate as 
23.976 and the total frames adjusted according to that.  But when I went 
and watched the clip that got ripped, what do you know, it is complete.  
So, somewhere along the line something misinterpreted the framerate and 
only ripped at 23.976, hence the "ripping stopped short" error because 
it only ripped 23.976 frames per second instead of 29.97.  That means 
that a 60 sec clip (which i've been experimenting on) should have 1798.2 
total frames at 29.97, which is what is displayed initially.  But after 
getting the error when I try to rip it says that only 1438.56 frames 
were ripped and then in the TOC it adjusts the framerate to 23.976 and 
the total to 1438.56.  Sooo...I don't know where to go from here, this 
sounds like a problem with libdvdread or transcode.  I have experimented 
with different version combinations of each one and have reached the 
same results.  Because the clips are ripped completely, just at the 
wrong framerate, I assume that transcode throws away frames and rips at 
only 23.976 fps for some strange reason.  Although this sucks because I 
lose a lot of initial quality, I intend to transcode to xvid at 23.976 
fps, which has been successful with no noticeable artifacts or other 
crap.  I would love to rip at 29.97 without error.  Has anyone else 
realized this?   i read awhile ago about jorn discovering something 
similar.  I have noticed no difference with subtitles on/off either. 

mandriva 2006 2.6.12 with transcode-1.0.2-0.1.20060plf, 
libdvdread3-0.9.4.5mdk, 
libdvdcss2-1.2.9-2plf,Video-DVDRip-0.97.6-0.1.20060plf
i've also tested the source and plf rpm dvdrip 0.97.12 with the same 
problem.