XMedia Recode is stopping conversion after few seconds

[bschneider]

Hello,
I am trying to convert a DVD directly into an MP4 file, I don't want any .vob mess if I can avoid it. So I have a 2 DVD set that I want to convert and the first DVD already bugged around a little, but after a little fumbling, XMedia Recode finally did its job, it turned out well, as expected. Now with the second DVD, it doesn't budge. Since the first one encoded flawlessly (even though it was a little stubborn in the beginning), I'd rule out that the DVD is copy-protected and that this is the problem, if that makes sense. I'm sorry, I don't know how much I need to go into detail for this, so I'll just say that I was aiming for 320 kbps Audio bitrate (the format didn't bother me so I tried both MP3 and AAC) and 7500 kbps Video Bitrate and 480p resolution. The program brings up the little progress window for a second or two and then closes and says it's finished, but the output file is 0 seconds long and 2 KB big, so yeah. If you need any further information (which you probably do, but I'm not sure where to start) please tell me, I appreciate any help.
Many thanks.

[Baldrick]

Are you converting directly from the dvd drive? Then try copy/rip the video_ts folder to your hdd just to check that it works.

You could also try other software like vidcoder or handbrake.

[bschneider]

Thank you for your fast answer. Vidcoder and Handbrake both give out error messages and trying to copy the Video_TS folder tells me the device is copy-protected. Which makes me wonder why the first DVD got encoded perfectly by XMedia Recode. Because I just checked, I can't copy the first DVD's Video_TS folder either because of copy protection. What's happening here and is there a way around it? Making it work like it did the first time? Because aside from this I'm really happy with XMedia Recode.

[aedipuss]

it would only work if you had a decrypter running in the background. anydvd would be best.

[bschneider]

Thanks for the suggestion I'll check it out. For now I guess I'll use DVDShrink and put the .vob files together with XMedia Recode, I hope this still gives me the outcome I'm looking for. Once that's done I'll test the video and check out AnyDVD. Thanks a lot for the help you two, you've sped this up a lot.