Converting .vob files

[Hector Melendez]

I saw far ago a tutorial from Doogs Adobe Encore Tutorial:rename a .vob file to mpeg; from David Garet. I can’t find it this time. Check if you have better luck

[George Socka]

just rename the original xxx.vob copied from the DVD to xxx.mpg using windows explorer. nothing else

[Vince Becquiot]

To be honest that may or may not work. Sometimes the timeline will only show the first 5 minutes or video, depending on how it was encoded, also editing an mpeg2 isn’t an exact science.

If the suggestions above don’t work, just google .Vob converter (am I gonna get sued if I use the word Google without a capital letter ?) , there are plenty of free or shareware software outhere that will do that for you, and convert to uncompressed AVI if all possible.

Vince

[Alex Jusay]

Jim,

somebody asked that same question about a month ago. Rename your VOB files to MPG, then import in Premiere. You will notice Premiere indexing the video in the lower right corner of the screen (where audio conforming was before). Drag it to the timeline, press enter to make a render of the clip and then export to AVI, making sure to uncheck the RECOMPRESS option in the render dialogue box. The clip should export to avi fast. Just reimport your new AVI. Hope that helps.

Alex

[James W. hawk]

Thank you to everyone for the help.

Since I first posted my question, I have done more research on this issue and I will share some of that with you. But before I do that I want to go back to the beginning.
I took the source material vob files through the NERO 4 convertor and it DID convert the vob files to mpeg2. However, every so often, the mpeg2 playback would skip a very small portion of the audio only (annoying!!!). The original video (in vob) plays flawlessly on a stand-alone DVD player so I know there are no issues with the source material. But the original program was filmed in 1975, so maybe going to mpeg2 is the problem. I am going to try again by converting to mpeg1. Maybe there was not enough information for an mpeg2 conversion.

As stated earlier, here are some quotes found during my research:

“I know that VOB is coded as a form of MPEG-2, but what I want to do is to convert a VOB file to a normal MPEG-2 file that can be edited in Premier or other editing software.”

“What you need to do is use a DVD authoring program to create the other required files (.IFO, etc) for compiling a usable DVD.”

“…my understanding here was that although the encoding in mpeg2 and VOB is the same, the headers are different, things such as filesize in mpeg2 was limited to 4 bytes hence the 2gig file limit, VOB only being different in that it had the bigger offset and lengths so to convert from one type to the other didn’t require encoding just rewriting…”

My research, in addition to the above, came to the conclusion that if you simply change the vob extension to mpg, mpeg1 or mpeg2 there is a high probability of problems down the road, i.e. files not being recognized by the NLE editor or a finished product DVD that would not play properly.

At this point I am going to try two different approaches. One is the mpeg1 conversion and the other is a different convertor than NERO 4. I found a convertor called ConvertMovie that flies the Microsoft flag on their page and thought that this might be a good and reliable program.

Please share any further thoughts that you may have.

Thank you again for your assistance.
Jim

[Paul Meyers]

Try ‘ImTOO DVD to AVI Suite’ https://www.imtoo.com/dvd-to-avi-suite.html

There’s a free download to try and $45 to buy. I use this program with great results.

[Vince Becquiot]

I agree with Paul, that’s your safest bet.

Vince

[Phocas Kroon]

I capture in AVI by playing the DVD on a stand alone DVD player connected to the analog input of the camera via fire wire with very good results.

Phocas Kroon

[Forkart]

My favorite is yasa video converter. It does a good work on converting vob files.
https://www.yasasoft.com/

[Motti88]

Try DGindex (you can google to find it) – a nice free DVD to Mpeg convertor.
I just finished a project that had a lot of DVD source material & it worked great (You can even mark the In & Out of the segment that you need).

Hope this helps,

Gal Mosessco Kariel