Ripping a DVD to mp4 h264 errors

[PeterInToronto]

I am trying to rip a DVD to an MP4 file with an H264 codec in Windows 7, using VLC 2.02 Twoflower.

The command that I am running is:

vlc dvdsimple:///D:\ --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp4a}:standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst=C:\\bogus\\HatFieldsAndMcCoys.mp4}

At the beginning and end of the rip, I get the following:
Streaming / Transcoding failed:
VLC could not open the encoder.
Streaming / Transcoding failed:
VLC could not open the encoder.

The file does get created, but there is no audio.

I hope this is a simple issue that has a similar workaround.

Thanks in advance!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

try acodec=mp3

[PeterInToronto]

Thanks, changing the Audio codec to mp3 resolved the error dialog, and the transcode succeeded without any indicated exceptions. But...when playing back in VLC, the audio is skippy/garbled. It audio and video plays in Windows Media Player. When streaming from a web page, there is no audio at all.

Here is the audio codec information from the transcoded MP4 from VLC (where the audio is garbled):

Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)

I do have another h264 encoded file, which wasn't transcoded from VLC, and it plays both audio and video perfectly in VLC, Media Player, and when streaming from a web page (via HTML5's "<VIDEO>" tag.).

Here is the audio coded information from the non-VLC transcoded file (where the audio is perfect in all players)

Codec: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)

Is there a reason why the mp4a audio codec cannot be used?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Seems like a bug in 2.0.2