I forgot to add that sometimes after reporting that it can't find the cd and do I still want to rip it, I say no and MC will crash (silently shutdown). I turned off automatic YADB lookup to see if it would help but it still will try unsuccessfully when doing multiple rips.
Media Center Registered 11.1.194 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Unknown 991 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2095 MB, Free - 1425 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive F: BENQ DVD DD DW1650 Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: No / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive F: BENQ DVD DD DW1650 Addr: 0:0:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Drive G: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A Addr: 0:1:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes /