Record with vlc media player mp4 date?

We love to film on vacation and have some dvds of it. Now I would with the vlc media player these (not copy-protected) movies record so a few minutes. But he saves that in such a funny format, which can only play on the laptop. And it's annoying to always convert that first. Can you somehow record in mp4 or something? Or is there a better solution?

Mp4 is a container format.
DVDs usually use an MPEG-2 codec.
I'm assuming you want to have an MPEG-4 ASP or AVC video as a target? In that case you have to convert it accordingly.

In mp4 "record" is not possible.

Uh, ok? I would be enough if you can play it on the smartphone