If you read my first post you would of seen that I already cleaned the disk. I have backed up many DVD's with deeper and alot more scratches with out any problem. The scratches are so small and fine on this disk it could not be the problem.
They are either the problem (and it's very likely in this case) or your original disc suffers from quality control issues even if it plays fine. But suit yourself . . .
1. Clonedvd doesn't decrypt.
2. Anydvd does.
3. If you're going to prove Anydvd can't handle the disc, the first step would have been to post
step 8 . . . and that info should be provided, regardless
So how can you say with out a doubt that it a problem with minor scratches?
Probably because I've been been burning, using this software, and helping people with it for a very long while--and I know when to recognize probable causes. The Vikings was released on dvd in 2002 in R1 (you're in R1). That's five years ago. Do you honestly believe there's a disc released five years ago that has such advanced protection that Anydvd can't handle it five years later? That's a rhetorical question. The first release of Anydvd in 2003 could probably handle this disc.
Next time, provide the information that's requested of you:
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=393 (especially 8 ).
You've got a crc error, and a disc that Anydvd can handle. Your disc has some scratches.
Let's look at your options:
"1) DVD media is dirty - you can try to clean it
2) DVD media is damaged, you have to replace it
3) Your drive is a region locked rpc2 drive, which does not allow reading of scrambled sectors from a different region and try to read a DVD from a different region.
You can try to find a rpc1 patched firmware at
www.rpc1.com
4) Your drive is an rpc2 drive that has not yet been assigned a region. try to assign one, or try to find a rpc1 patched firmware."
You say you've already done 1. "2"-- looks likely. "3"-- probably not . . . "4" well, does your drive's region code match the region of the disc? Probably not an issue . . .
Regardless, none of these options have anything to do with the Anydvd nor Clonedvd. And all the evidence you've bothered to provide strongly indicates option #2.
I trouble shoot computers for a living . . .
If you know what you're doing then you can certainly figure out this issue and other issues on your own without my furthur assistance. Good luck