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Have a .vob file... now what?

Mar 7, 2004 6:41AM PST

I'm editing some DVDs and have a series of .vob files. But my DVD burning software (*) only allows me to include .mpg, .mov, .rm, etc... typical stuff, but no .vob.

Is there s/w to convert the .vob to .mpg?

(*) I am using Ulead Moviemaker 2 and Ulead VideoStudio 7 which came with my ADS Instant DVD package.

Are there other DVD authoring software packages that accepts .vob as input?

I tried renaming the .vob to .mpg... The video plays, but the "time" is all wrong. Plus I've read other drawbacks to doing this.

Any suggestions?

-Phil

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 7, 2004 10:01AM PST

I'm having the same problem EXCEPT I can't get my avi and mpg files to VOB files to burn them to my DVD player.

DVD Shrink will let you read your VOB files to DVD.

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Re:Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 8, 2004 9:43AM PST

I have DVD Shrink but does not recognize the individual .vob files. It only seems to work if I have copied an entire DVD to my laptop.

-Phil

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 7, 2004 4:03PM PST

Don't know much about moviemaker2 but are you sure studio7 won't do that for you?

As Hmharris said, dvd shrink will do it for you; do a search on google and download it. It's free.

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Re:Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 8, 2004 10:08AM PST

VideoStudio 7 doesn't let me choose .vob files.

I have DVD Shrink, but I get an error... See other response in this thread.

-Phil

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Re:Re:Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 8, 2004 6:22PM PST

On either moviemaker or VS7, can you import dvd files? I have Ulead dvd moviefactory2 where you can import .vob file and edit the file. On the file type you would select " all*.* " (and VS7 id more expensive than moviefactory2 so it should have that capability).

Of course this is not for changing .vob to mpg but for editing purpose; I think it will do ok or is there other reason why you needed mpg file format? I really have not work with this because my captured files are in mpg format to start with.

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Re:Re:Re:Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 9, 2004 9:47AM PST

I can select the .vob file as you explained. But I get an error message: File format mismatch. Sad

-Phil

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what? Simple.
Mar 8, 2004 11:57AM PST

Use DVD2AVI to convert.

Use VIRTUALDUB to transcode that to your selected .AVI format.

Hints:
a. Use http://www.google.com to find these.
b. They're free.
c. If you are going to edit/combine, be consistent with the .AVI format/bitrates.
d. I won't tell you how to use such since the web sites document it.

Bob

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what? Simple.
Nov 30, 2004 2:40PM PST

Hi, I tried that and I get an error message when done:
"ClassFactory cannot supply requested class "
So..what didn't I do?
Thanks,
Pam

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I can't tell. Here's why.
Nov 30, 2004 8:45PM PST

With only what's in your post, what can be done?

My guess is you didn't follow directions or didn't install something that was needed. But I can only guess and with just what you posted, likely a bad guess.

Bob

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 8, 2004 11:00PM PST

TMPGEnc will recode to mpeg for you.

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Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Dec 1, 2004 1:47PM PST

I dl'd that and now it says that vob cant be supported.

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Mar 10, 2004 12:04AM PST
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Re:Re:Have a .vob file... now what?
Mar 10, 2004 8:42AM PST

This site is too good to be true? What's the catch? I would be cautious about downloading from a site like that? Does it install Spyware? Virus'?

-Phil

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Re: Have a .vob file... now what?
Nov 30, 2004 12:53PM PST

HI,
Did you resolve your problem> I have the same problem. The files are .vob. I only want one of the symphony files. Have it saved on my hard drive, but none of my programs can match it. I want to save it to post on my website. (have permission) After you tell me which program is best, is it only the vob file I have to worry about?
Have never put a video on my webpage before.
Thanks for your help.

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See if this helps...
Mar 25, 2005 3:31AM PST

The answer very much depends on what you want to do with the vob files? Heres a few suggestions.

1) I've several vob files that i've backed up from a DVD, but I forgot to backup any of the IFO files! Remember that vob files contain the actual video, audio, and subtitle streams but the IFO files contain the chapter data etc.

My vob files are about 7gb and I aim shrink these to 4.3gb then back them up to a standard dvd+r. I use DVD shrink but this will only accept VOBs if the associated IFO file is available, hence we must first recreate an IFO file. To do this use a freeware program called "IFOEdit", do a search on Google and you'll find the download. Within IFO edit there's a button around the bottom middle that says "Create IFOs" click this then select your VOBs and select the destination directory as the same as source.

No open up DVD Shrink and all should work as usual, remember that the chapter and menu data will be lost so your end DVD will be a single track.

2) If you want to extract the video and audio data to say a MPEG2 file for editing then this is a little more involved but the following should work: You'll need VobEdit and TMPGENC (Free version within the first 30 day trial period) both can be downloaded for free. If TMPGENC has expired you'll need to buy TMPGENC plus or TMPGEnc Express, I've been unable to find an alternative.

First open up VobEdit and on the bottom button bar select open, find your first VOB file within the collection and click open. Next click on the "Demux" button, check the "demux all video streams" and the demux all audio streams". Click OK and select the output directory, click save and wait.

You should now have at least 2 files depending on how many video and audio streams were within your vob files. One of the files ends with .m2v and the other with .ac3 the first is the video stream and the second the audio. If you've multiple of each then I'll let you figure out how to determine which streams your after.

Now we need to mux these 2 files into a single MPEG file. Open up your choosen version of TMPGENC and on the file menu select "MPEG Tools". Select the simple "Multiplex" tab, on the drop down box select M-PEG2 VBR, then in the next 2 boxes select your video and audio input streams finally determine where your output file is to be located and click the start button.

You should now have your MPEG file. I'd now use a program such as TMPGENC DVD Author to burn this back to a DVD as you have control over chapter positions etc.

Hope this helps,
UKSamo