[Martyn Gough]

I’ve been trying to bring .VOB files into Premiere Pro CS5 from a dvd and have been having the same problem where it will only play the first chapter from the DVD and not the whole video. I have tried exporting the .VOBs from VLC and Adobe Media Encoder to other formats but it still just plays the beginning chapter only.

The SOLUTION I found was to use a DVD ripper called Handbrake to rip the .VOB file to .m4v and then import them to Premiere Pro CS5. (Note: we’re not using this ripper because the dvd is encrypted here. It is just to get a video file that isn’t in chapters)

1 – Open Handbrake
2 – Select the ‘VIDEO_TS’ folder on the DVD (you may have to upgrade VLC)
3 – Specify the destination and choose .m4v
4 – You can choose H.264 or MPEG-4 codec
4 – Import the new file.

Worked for me.