VLC does not give any type of error message. It stops as it does when it's finished converting a file. There is no bad spot in the original file, it plays perfect, as does the 4 minutes of the file that VLC converts.
While trying to convert larger files (above 500 MB), VLC stops short of the full conversion. In this particular case I am trying to convert a full movie (900 MB) from AVI to WMV. VLC is stopping around the 4 minute mark every time. The small file that is produced plays fine, but I can't manage to ge...
Ok, I figured it out. FYI for other users having this problem - simply change the audio codec to MP3. I did this via command line, now converts beautifully! (I realize this is most likely a simple newbie problem, but hopefully others can learn from it).
Ok, after pouring over posts for nearly an hour, I'm forced to go ahead and ask... After transcoding a file from Xvid to WMV, I have lost audio when using all other players than VLC. All my codecs are installed and up to date. Plays fine in VLC, but I use Windows Media Center to feed files to my XBo...