How to Convert DVD to MP4 with VLC on Mac/Windows 10

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VLC Media Player is among the popularly used players as it is portable and works on all types of platforms. This open-source player supports an array of video and audio formats and compression methods. The player also works as a decent disc ripper and allows converting your DVD to MP4 format. You can convert DVD to MP4 with VLC on Windows as well as Mac systems. Below listed are the detailed steps on using VLC to convert to MP4.

(You may also want to know about how to play VOB files on Windows 10 details)

How to Convert DVD Files to MP4 Using Wondershare UniConverter

• Part 1. How to Use VLC to Convert DVD to MP4 on Windows 10
• Part 2. How to Convert DVD to MP4 with VLC on Mac
• Part 3. Fail to Convert DVD to MP4 with VLC? How to Fix?

Part 1. How to Use VLC to Convert DVD to MP4 on Windows 10

For your Windows 10 PC, VLC works as a decent disc ripping tool as it facilitates converting DVD contents into MP4 format. Once converted, the files can be played on a wide range of devices and players without any need for a DVD player.

Steps to convert DVD to MP4 by VLC on Windows 10 PC:

Before proceeding with the steps below, insert the DVD into your Windows 10 drive.

Step 1: Open VLC Media Player on your Windows 10 PC. From the main menu, click the Media tab on the top-left corner to open a drop-down menu and choose Open Disc. A new pop-up window will open. Alternatively, you can also select the Convert/Save option from the Media tab and then select the Disc tab from the pop-up window.

Step 2: Under Disc Selection, check the box for No disc menus. At Disc Drive, browse and choose the DVD location.

Step 3: Open drop-down menu next to the Play button on the bottom-right corner. Choose Convert from the list.

Step 4: A new Convert window will open from where choose MP4 as Profile format under Settings and location of the converted file and its name at the Destination File tab.

Step 5: Finally, click Start to turn DVD to MP4 with VLC.

Part 2. How to Convert DVD to MP4 with VLC on Mac

VLC also works great on the Mac system and, just like its Windows version, supports changing your disc content into MP4 format.

Steps for DVD to MP4 conversion on Mac:

Insert the DVD into your Mac drive before proceeding with the below steps.

Step 1: Open the VLC Media Player app on your Mac system. From the drop-down menu at the File tab, choose the Open Disc option.

Step 2: A window with your disc information will open. Click the box for Disable DVD menus. At the bottom left corner, check the box for Stream output.

Step 3: Hit the Settings button that will allow you to a new window. Here check the File option to get the ripped disc as a file on your Mac. Hit Browse to select the location where you want to save the converted disc. In a pop-up window, choose file name and location at Save As and Where tabs, respectively. Click the Save button to confirm.

Step 4: Next, Open the drop-down menu at the Encapsulation Method and choose MPEG 4. Make the needed video and audio settings. Click OK to confirm all the settings.

Step 5: Finally, click Open to start converting DVD with VLC Mac.

Part 3. Fail to Convert DVD to MP4 with VLC? How to Fix?

VLC is undoubtedly a robust media player that also supports video conversion and DVD ripping features. Since the player is not a professional DVD tool, several issues may encounter like changing DVD to MP4 with VLC with no audio, no format supports, and others while you try to convert DVD to MP4 by VLC. Some of the common drawbacks or limitations of using VLC for DVD conversion are as follows:

• Limited format support: While converting your DVD to video, VLC supports only a limited number of formats like MP4, WebM, OGG, and a few others. So if you want your discs to be converted into an array of formats, VLC won't prove to be a workable solution.
• Slow conversion: The DVD to the MP4 conversion speed is slow, and thus, if there are a number of discs to be converted, it will take a lot of time.
• Lack of additional features: VLC supports basic ripping of DVD discs to MP4 format without any additional features or functions like video settings, editing, adding special effects, and others. So if you want to customize your videos while converting, VLC won't help.

How to fix the failures of converting DVD to MP4 with VLC?

The best way to fix the above and other limitations while you use the VLC player to convert DVD to MP4 is to use a professional tool, and here we recommend Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate). This expert video toolbox allows converting your DVDs to MP4 in high quality. It also can support converting MP4 to DVD easily. A wide range of other formats for the conversion is also supported. The speed of conversion is 30X faster, owing to the APEXTRANS technology of the program. There is a complete video editor that allows video trimming, cropping, cutting, adding special effects, and adding watermarks before converting to MP4 format. The program works on both Windows and Mac systems.

So when your VLC media player converts DVD to MP4 function does not work to your expectations, Wondershare UniConverter proves to be the best alternative.

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Steps to turn DVD to MP4 by using an alternative to VLC:

Insert the DVD disc into your PC drive before proceeding with the steps below.

Step 1 Launch Wondershare DVD to MP4 converter and load disc files.

Open Wondershare UniConverter on your PC. From the Converter tab, click Load DVD, and from the drop-down menu, choose the disc that you have inserted.

A pop-up DVD Load Model window will open to ask you to insert Main Movie or All Movies. Choose the desired and click the OK button.

Step 2 Edit DVD videos (Optional).

The added disc files will appear on the program interface. To trim, cut, crop, add special effects, and other editing features, click one of the editing icons under the thumbnail image. Make the needed changes from the pop-up Edit window and click OK to confirm.

Step 3 Choose MP4 as an output format for DVD to MP4.

Once editing is done, open the drop-down menu at the Output Format tab. From the Video tab, choose the MP4 format and the resolution of the output file.

Step 4 Convert DVD to MP4 with UniConverter.

Select the location on the PC where you want to save the converted file at the File Location tab. Finally, hit Start All to start the process of converting DVD disc to MP4 format.

Conclusion

We all know that converting DVD to MP4 is becoming a trend. Using a proper tool to convert DVDs is essential, so you can use a VLC media player to convert DVDs to MP4 directly. But if you want to edit the converted MP4 videos, you can try Wondershare UniConverter, which also has a feature screen recorder to record your DVD movies directly in MP4 format.