VOB to AVI or MPEG 2?

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:44 pm

Hi Cablehogue

Try this.
First make sure that From File¡VPreferences¡XShow Messages when ............¡¦is ticked¡¦
Start a new project.

You say you use VS 10, Ken said that VS 10 will import the vob files to the timeline, that is correct.
Right click timeline and select import video, select the vob file.

The process asks you (Do you want to perform pre-process to make it editable)
You have the choice of Yes or No, the obvious is Yes.
This ¡¥processes the file¡¦, to be honest I do not know what is going on here.
I think you said the process failed.
Ok
Have you tried the NO option, the file is still loaded to the timeline.

Do you get that far...

If not then I would suspect the video file as being corrupt.

Try playing the vob in one of your media players, does it play ok.

Have you tried importing other Vob files or is this the only problem one?

When you import a compatible video you should see an info window asking you to match the project properties. But you must import to a new project.
Select details, the right hand panel shows the video files properties.
Use your mouse to select and copy and paste to the forum.

One question, where did you get the Vob file from.? If its been ripped from a dvd using another program then that may be the problem.
If its from a commercial disc then that too will cause problems.
So where is it from?

Cablehogue · Post by **Cablehogue** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:48 am

Well, I finally got things working the suggestions from the last two posts and using SUPER to encode. I got two of the clips I needed edited but now SUPER is giving me trouble. It won't encode some of the VOB files I'm putting into it. It will only encode part of them then stop. Any suggestions?

EDIT - Just to clarify, SUPER encoded a few of the files perfectly fine but then all of a sudden, it stopped encoding correctly. It only would do parts of files and now I can't get it to work correctly again.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:18 pm

There is still some information that has been requested that I can't find replies to. Namely "Cablehogue" has been asked where the VOB came from and most importantly IMHO. has he/she got the folder VIDEO_TS. Without this folder that contains VOB, BUP and IFO files I don't think he/she will completely succeed in converting these files. Again IMHO the IFO file is a bit like a VSP file in so far as it doesn't contain the actual video content but it does hold information as to how the VOB file (that does contain the video content) should be parsed. I say this as I use AVS Video converter and the current version will not convert a VOB file but it sails throught the corresponding IFO file. You could select a VOB file in previous versions of this software but it would display a message to the effect that the conversion may not be complete. It recommended using the IFO file. The new version will only convert the IFO file.
So if Cablehogue has the VIDEO_TS folder I suggest trying to convert the IFO file.

klingon_master · Post by **klingon_master** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:10 am

I found with the various editing programs I use if I tried to edit a VOB file if the file was composed of multiple little clips it would screw up. I would take my Hitachi DVD Camera and try to edit the files I downloaded from the DVD RW+ disk in the Camera and I would run into problems if there was more than 1 clip on the disc.

Since my DVD camera also accepts DVD-RAM discs I tried using DVD-RAM discs in the camera. I have a Samsung DVD drive in my computer and It can read the VRO files made from the DVD-RAM disc just fine. The video editing software can edit the files just fine. I found programs such as Sony Vegas 8 and Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 can edit the VRO files better than VOB files.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:39 am

I had never heard of a DVD-RAM disc before but have just had a quick read up on them. Can see the advantages. When you get the VRO files do you get any other files to "go with" them like the IFO files with the VOB system. If not it may well be that the DVD-RAm VRO files contain the sort of information that the IFO files carry in the VOB system. That may make them edit easier! Interested to hear you further comments on this

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:01 pm

A "DVD-RAM" disc is one of those re-writeable DVD's that you get in a DVD Recorder. Unlike a conventional DVD they are used much like a Hard Drive where you record various TV programs, then delete the one's you have watched making room for others.

The few I have seen have a "Menu" that is more of an Index of available recordings than anything else.