Opening VOB files in VS Pro x2

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:51 am

I have two camcorders, one Sony DVD202E and a new Canon HG10. I bought VS Pro 2x as it will open the MTS files that my Canon uses. Unfortunately VS will not open my VOB of IFO files that the Sony produces. As I will be mixing the clips from both cameras in a couple of projects it is importatnt that I keep the best possble quality from the Sony files. They are already of much less qualtiy than the Canon MTS files so I was concerned that if I convert the VOB of IFO files to an acceptable format I would loose even more quality. Just by chance i thought, with tongue in cheek, I wonder what would happen if I just changed the .VOB extension to .MTS? Magic it worked. I can now import all my VOB clips straight into VS with no loss of quality, the audio sync is perfect and I can't find anything that has gone wrong!
I thought this might help others though I suspect I will get it in the neck from any techies who read this

Suppose I should add the codicil "Make a copy of your VOB first"

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:27 pm

Thanks for that tip on changing the VOB extension to yet another, and finding that VS will accept it. It's not surprising though, since VOB is more of a container, like AVI. The MPEG-2 files are just held inside the VOB, along with other pertinent data so that DVD players will be able to understand them...

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:45 am

Good tip, well done.