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Convert VOB (DVD) To MPEG Files- No Recoding

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Instantly convert your VOB (DVD) files to more versatile editable Mpegs! Now you can upload them to Metacafe! No Software.. No Hassle ..No Problem!



E:\khandaswami\VIDEO_TS/vts_01_3


C:\Documents and Settings\David Gardner\My Documents\New Folder (3)\VTS_01_2.VOB

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Convert VOB (DVD) To MPEG Files- No Recoding

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  • Can't change Extension

    Oookay...
    I'd love to try this, but what do I do if the names of the files are the name without the '.VOB'?
    I can put '.MPG' or something after the name, but something like Vegas will still see it as a VOB.
    Instead it will show '*name*.MPG.VOB', which just looks silly. :P

    How can I "make it show the extension" if there even is a way to do that?

    By DamageInc. 1250226718 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Better way to convert

    if you cannot change the name via this message, download WinRAR (free program, Google it). right click on the file, and press add to archive. you will be prompted with many options, and leave it to compress to RAR. it may take a while, but once it is compressed, change the .VOB to .mpeg, and extract the file. youre done.

    By hiimnickkk 1234995450 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Great idea - thanks - but there's a bug

    Hi - Thanks for the great tip. I tried renaming my VOB files to .mpg file extensions and it works -- sort of. The problem I have encountered is that when I play these renamed files on RealPlayer or try to edit a clip on Windows Movie Maker ----- that half way through the file - Every Time - the film suddenly speeds up! It's like I'm Fast Forwarding to the end.
    Please tell me what to do to stop this "Speed-up" whenever the files are played.

    Thanks for your help!

    By cyberlarry7 1234753036 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Sometimes, but not usually

    this is sort of a bullshit tip... it will work occasionally, but that's about it. if you get to work 1 out of 5 times, consider yourself lucky.

    overall, pretty hacky... NOT the way to really convert VOBs to a usable format. use mpg streamclip.

    By muskratboy 1234558505 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • this works like magic

    Wow, this works like magic, I named my VOB file to "MPEG" file and wala, it works:-)
    Thanks!

    By yanhughes 1233950461 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • NO WAY!!

    i seriously never would have thought of that! great find!

    By Harris73 1232485462 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Not working for me

    I am able to change the file extension ( that was a cute little hidden trick), but I am working in Windows Movie Maker and the file plays but no visual or audio. Should I be working in another program?

    By Living Dead Girl 1 1231846157 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • help with converting

    I can convert the file, but my home dvd's have multiple scenes and will only convert the first scenes, how do I convert the entire dvd? Also the type of file is vob, renaming the file doesn't work. Help please

    By celehti 1230930139 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Wow!!! but...

    Hey!! It almost worked... I mean when I try to load the video to Windows Movie Maker I can only hear the audio, I cant actually see the images.

    Am I doing somethig wrong?? Help!! Thanks!!

    By Micalv 1229546025 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Bull

    This is not actually converting to MPG. Media Player will already play the VOB's if you tell it to. What you are doing here is simply associating the VOB with Media Player. And Media Player opens them after it figures out there is no associated codec for a VOB file that has been renamed.

    By fizzak 1228166046 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Great tip

    VOB to MPEG convert. This is a great tip. I always suspected that there was a easy way to do this. Thank you very much.

    By riosjosh 1225684995 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Convert VOB

    Wow...what a great tip!!! I was going crazy....but now...heres another dilemma, how can you strip the audio (poor quality) and re-record?

    By bzymama 1224543746 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Great !

    Work great, thank you !!

    By johndav 1222587093 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RE Problem

    You have to open a folder (any folder), go to Tools-->Folder Options-->View. Make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" is UNCHECKED. Hit Apply and you should be good to go!

    By pearlheartgtr 1219807462 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Problem...

    When i click on Rename, it doesnt give me the chance to change the VOB extension, it just allows me to rename the actual file. How do i solve this problem?

    By lizavfc15 1213519231 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • hi!

    I have a .VOB file... i want to burn it in a DVD and make it playable in dvd player... i tried with Nero vision... but it says "transcoding failed...". Can u help me to identify and rectify the problem plz.............

    By AkilChubby 1206417176 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Dude! - U DA MAN!

    I have been going nuts trying to convert my VOB files. I say your tip and 91 seconds later I was doin' a victory dance. Thank you soooooooooo much!

    By Trikke On! 1202779437 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • 91 seconds???

      I Think only Mike Tyson can do this in that time... I converted my VOB-file in only
      9.84 seconds... "And the winner is still......."

      thank you, very tricky

      By tengers 1206491526 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Cant Change extension

    I copied and pasted the VOB file but cant change the extension to .mpg please help - It doesnt even let me change a single word

    Really need it convertef to mpeg, wma or divx

    Its a 133 mb file

    By Jay bad 1202078975 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • RE: Can't hear sound (cont.)

    O.k. this is how it worked:

    -Copy the file to the Desktop from DVD
    -Change the file extension to .MPG
    -Download: Mpeg Streamclip 1.1 (its free)

    squared5.com

    Do: File:----Open files, to open the file
    Do: File:----Convert to MPEG with MP2 Audio

    By greenpointcity 1199217576 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Converting dvd and keeping audio even

      I've learned how to convert dvd to different formats with the converter. I dont use it to convert full movies i only use to convert sports events to later upload somewhere else but im having a problem with the audio staying even on the second vob section. I trim my videos to only 10 minutes per video the requirements for uploading. The audio is fine at first but when i use the second VTS part the audio is not even and no matter what i do the audio is slower or faster than the video??? can someone help how can you speed up or slow down the audio?

      By onyxmia 1205963298 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Cant hear Sound from Video.

    I opened it in Windows Media Player and now I cant hear sound.

    By greenpointcity 1198959495 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Convert with NeroVision

      use nero movie to convert .vob in manual settings DV-Type2 .avi

      this is what i do now and have no problem editing them... you do have to convert and it does recode so it takes some time. I am not going to make a tutorial because Metacafe rejected several screencapture tut's I have made because of their "cellphone" viewing... so I will not make anymore technical videos with screencapture... sorry:(

      By detourspro 1198971301 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Help

    Ok when I convert the video it works- goes from quicktime to media player but when I try to import it into movie maker I get this saying
    C:wedding videoVIDEO_TS.mpeg could not be imported. An interface has too many methods to fire events from
    Do you know why it is telling me this or any suggestions? I have used a few different programs to convert and none of them are working!! I keep getting this error or a codec error. Any ideas? I would like to stick with this way if I can figure out why it is giving me this message.
    Thanks!

    By jdillon24 1197900911 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Same Problem

      Hi, I have exactly the same problem as jdillon. The conversion worked beautifully. (Thank-you so much!) However, when I attempt to open the mpeg in Windows Movie Maker, I get that error "An interface has too many methods to fire events from". I'd greatly appreaciate any suggestions.

      By JennyJoJohnson 1198725538 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Hey Guys...

      sorry WMM has had many updates since this post... try other editors if you got em.. i will try and see also

      By detourspro 1198906139 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH

    thank you so much i have downloaded a dozen programs to convert file .vob to .mpeg you are a life saver this was sooooo easy compared to the stupid programs.

    By capri1510 1196384309 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • help

    i just tried to do it but i can't change the file ext what can i do

    By dbiela1 1191895976 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Yaaayyyy!!!!

    Works great with Vista! I've been looking on how to do this for over a week

    By ebonyruffles 1189568299 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Sexy.

    Thanks for showing this!

    By Luciel 1172339945 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • not working with me....

    i've tried to change the extension file, stil vob file..... can you post here on the comment what other posibilities to this tweak.

    By drbj 1171194810 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Is the .vob file copied to your hard dri...

      if you try changing the .vob file on the DVD itself.. it will not work! otherwise right click> rename> change .vob to .mpeg.. it should work.. sorry if this doesn't help. otherwise research recoding .vob files...good luck!

      By Cool Tips & Tricks 1171231222 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • PLEASE HELP

      I had a dvd of a ride that me and my daughter did on vacation. So I saw your video and I copied the data and tried to rename it but now I can't view the video at all and all of the files from the disc are on my computer....could you please help me?

      By ginaoverman 1181585806 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • change .mpeg back to .vob extension

      hey gina, if you did not first make a copy of the .vob to have as back up then you should only have to change the extension name back to .vob again the icon should change back, i have done this many times and never have lost a file by switching the extension back if there was a problem. Always make a backup copy of ANY file before altering them whether it be a .vob .mpeg .doc .jpeg .txt always back it up first!

      By Cool Tips & Tricks 1182015426 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Ohhh

    Thats interesting...

    By CrazySpike 1170135181 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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