It is not supported to use HandBrake and VLC to rip DVD to WMV and remove copy protection. If you want to rip encrypted DVD to WMV video, an open source DVD ripper is not a good choice. Just continue reading to rip a DVD to WMV for free. From this article, you can get the detailed steps to rip video or music from DVD to Windows Media Player or more. In spite of WMV, you can convert DVD to MP4 and other compatible formats as well.
If you want to copy a DVD onto a computer with Windows Media Player, you need to use a DVD ripper to extract DVD content. Thus, you can convert DVD to WMV format to get DVD playback on portable players and video-sharing websites. It is also common to share WMV files over social networks. You can play WMV videos with Windows Media Player directly. WMV is one of the most popular video formats in Windows operating systems.