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I've tried to rip a DVD a couple times now and it doesn't seem to work. I follow an instructional video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQKtxto7C4 or type "vlc dvd rip" in youtube). But each time I try it, as it starts to stram, VLC shuts down and I get the Windows error message "VLC...

Thanks Arite.

I had already tried that before I posted. I guess it just isn't working for me

Thanks for helping though. I appreciate it.

Dean

Anyone? I was assuming this would be a simple thing. Am I wrong? Should I buy a program that converts formats instead?

For audio files I want to encode into mp3 (from both m4a and wma)

For video files I want to encode into mp4 for iphone (from avi)

Thanks.

I actually tried to do what you explained already and it hasn't worked yet. I also already checked out the link you posted, but it seems to describe the process for an earlier version of VLC (since I can't seem to find any transcode wizard...)

So I've been using VLC for years, but only to play videos. What I'm wanting to do know is three things: 1) Convert itunes music (m4a) to mp3 2) Convert wma to mp3 3) Convert various video formats (mostly avi) to whatever my iphone plays (mp4, m4v, mov, I think) 4) Rip some music off of video So can ...