I confirm this behaviour with different hardware. I have a late 2006 Core 2 Duo Macbook, running 10.6.2, all the current updates. I use 32 bit versions of Handbrake and VLC as recommended. My DVD drive: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D: Modell: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D Version: KBVB My drive too is flashed to RPC...