VOB files

§Daisuke · Post by **§Daisuke** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:42 am

What Codec do you need to play VOB files? Especially on Real Player and Windows Media Player?

I have VLC Media Player which plays VOB files perfectly but i want them as part of my Library in Real Player and Windows Media Player.

Thnx.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:00 am

Play them directly? Might want to use a DVD-playing program.

§Daisuke · Post by **§Daisuke** » Sun May 01, 2005 7:16 pm

so there is no codec... this sux. I don't need a dvd-playing program cause VLC plays them perfectly i just wanna know how to play them with realplayer and wmp.

§Daisuke · Post by **§Daisuke** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:05 pm

Allright fine forget about a codec... is there a VOB-AVI, mpeg, video converter?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:47 pm

§Daisuke wrote:Allright fine forget about a codec... is there a VOB-AVI, mpeg, video converter?

<a href="http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net">VirtualDubMod</a> will read .VOB files and can convert to .AVI if you really want.

I have the feeling there's got to be some program that will demux .VOB streams to plain old MPEG-2 system files (not counting AAC, AC3, or PCM audio), but unless TMPGEnc's MPEG Tools will do it, I don't know what will.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:29 pm

Scintilla wrote:
§Daisuke wrote:Allright fine forget about a codec... is there a VOB-AVI, mpeg, video converter?
<a href="http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net">VirtualDubMod</a> will read .VOB files and can convert to .AVI if you really want.

I have the feeling there's got to be some program that will demux .VOB streams to plain old MPEG-2 system files (not counting AAC, AC3, or PCM audio), but unless TMPGEnc's MPEG Tools will do it, I don't know what will.

TMPGEnc's MPEG Tools will demux .vobs to the component streams [usually MPEG-2 video and AC3 audio].

To get .vobs to run on your computer you'll have to have an MPEG-2 decoder (I rather like MainConcept's), which can be gotten either alone or by installing DVD playing software, since that'll copy the necessary decoders to your computer. If you're smart about installing codec packs, you'll be able to find the necessary codecs in that to play both MPEG-2 and the AC3 audio that most .vobs use. Those decoders will let you play .vobs in WMP or RealPlayer.

§Daisuke · Post by **§Daisuke** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:12 pm

To get .vobs to run on your computer you'll have to have an MPEG-2 decoder (I rather like MainConcept's), which can be gotten either alone or by installing DVD playing software, since that'll copy the necessary decoders to your computer. If you're smart about installing codec packs, you'll be able to find the necessary codecs in that to play both MPEG-2 and the AC3 audio that most .vobs use. Those decoders will let you play .vobs in WMP or RealPlayer.

thnx a lot it worked perfectly. Thankyou

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:51 pm

um, this may sound stupid, but if it already ripped to your HD, can't you just change the VOB extension to a MPG extension? I've done this with my VOB files that were DVD Decryped, and they work just fine.

Isn't the VOB just a different extension for the MPG2 that a DVD player reads?

or am I missing something?

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:48 pm

808-buma wrote:um, this may sound stupid, but if it already ripped to your HD, can't you just change the VOB extension to a MPG extension? I've done this with my VOB files that were DVD Decryped, and they work just fine.

Isn't the VOB just a different extension for the MPG2 that a DVD player reads?

or am I missing something?

Most computers don't come equipped to play MPEG-2 video, which is mostly what you find in VOB files. You need to install an MPEG-2 video decoder and an AC3 audio decoder to play DVD ripped files correctly (these usually come as part of DVD playing software). If you can already play MPEG-2 files with AC3 audio, you don't even need to change the extension.