Problems with watching / ripping DVD - How to debug?

[gsoper]

I'm trying to rip a DVD for use on a Netbook. I'm running 1.15 under Windows XP. Initially I'd been trying to rip the main feature, so Media -> Convert / Save then choosing the disc, the title and the chapter. After clicking Convert / Save I kept the default "H.264 + AAC (MP4)" profile and set the Destination File as a .mp4 file. I kept Display the output un-ticked and then click start. All seems well with it progressing at faster than real-time but after about five minutes into the feature it silently fails and returns to the default VLC window as if I'd just opened it. I've since realised that if I simply try to watch the feature it fails at about the same point without any message.

How can I work out what is going on? I assume there's a log file somewhere? Can anyone think what the problem might be? I've watched the DVD on a standalone player without issue.

Many thanks,
Geoff

[gsoper]

Reading elsewhere on the forum I've realised what I have to do to get debugging information. The following is what is output when VLC stops while watching the DVD:

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dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_NOP dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_CELL_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - cellN=2 dvdnav debug: - pgN=2 dvdnav debug: - cell_length=35118000 dvdnav debug: - pg_length=35118000 dvdnav debug: - pgc_length=480654000 dvdnav debug: - cell_start=27907200 dvdnav debug: - pg_start=27907200 main debug: EOF reached main debug: finished input main debug: thread times: real 1m0.984375s, kernel 0m0.046875s, user 0m4.281250s avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) stopped main debug: removing module "avcodec" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: [0] 2 0 main debug: [1] 2 0 main debug: [2] 2 0 main debug: [3] 2 0 main debug: [4] 2 0 main debug: [5] 2 0 main debug: [6] 0 0 main debug: [7] 0 0 main debug: [8] 0 0 main debug: [9] 0 0 main debug: [10] 0 0 main debug: [11] 2 0 main debug: [12] 2 0 main debug: [13] 2 0 main debug: [14] 4 0 main debug: [15] 2 0 main debug: [16] 4 0 main debug: [17] 4 0 main debug: [18] 2 0 main debug: [19] 4 0 main debug: [20] 4 0 main debug: [21] 2 0 main debug: [22] 2 0 main debug: [23] 2 0 main debug: saving a free vout main debug: removing module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: thread times: real 1m0.906250s, kernel 0m0.031250s, user 0m0.265625s main debug: removing module "a52" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `a52 ', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "a52tofloat32" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" main debug: removing module "bandlimited_resampler" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: thread ended main debug: thread times: real 1m1.015625s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: removing module "aout_directx" main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing aout main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES main debug: removing module "dvdnav" main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 1m5.671875s, kernel 0m0.968750s, user 0m1.093750s main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play main debug: destroying useless vout qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input directx debug: DirectXEventThread terminating directx debug: DirectXCloseWindow directx debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY qt4 debug: releasing video... main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvd://5:1' : 3531.860 ms - Total 3531.860 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3531.860 ms) qt4 debug: Video is not needed anymore main debug: removing module "qt4" main debug: removing module "directx" main debug: removing module "vout_wrapper" main debug: removing module "blend" main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: removing module "yuvp" main debug: removing module "swscale"