converting VOB

[gatefan810]

Whatever comes before a newbie, that's me.

I've got the basic gist of things. This is what I have so far:

I've ripped video clips of my favorite show from a dvd, and saved them on my hard drive, using dvdshrink. Now I have a bunch of bitty VOB files.

None of my software will edit VOBs (those SOBs!). I'm trying to convert to avi using dvd2avi. After going through the process, the tutorial says I should have two files, a .d2v and a .wav; only a .d2v file is created, and none of the edit programs recognize it.

Any ideas? Should I use a different program to convert the VOBs? Or to a different format?

Thanks!

[manono]

Hi-

If you're using DVD2AVI (obsolete for the last 2-3 years), and getting a D2V project file and the audio, then you're going about it the wrong way for a beginner. Open your VOB in AutoGK, and either set a final size for 2-pass encoding, or a target percentage (for 1-pass encoding, with no guarantee of the final size) and let it go to work. There's an included tutorial (not really needed) which is also online:

http://www.autogk.me.uk/modules.php?name=TutorialEN

and a bunch of guides here and at Doom9.

[kadzbiz]

If it helps, a VOB file is simply another MPG file, so you can just rename the extention to MPG if that helps with your conversions.

[gatefan810]

If it helps, a VOB file is simply another MPG file, so you can just rename the extention to MPG if that helps with your conversions.

Well heck, that did it! Thanks sooooo much. I'm sure there's an easier way from the get go, but at least all my little clips are on the storyboard, and I've added the music, just have to fine tune. It's a Ben Browder vid from Stargate. Next vid is Apophis.

[gatefan810]

Hi-

If you're using DVD2AVI (obsolete for the last 2-3 years), and getting a D2V project file and the audio, then you're going about it the wrong way for a beginner. Open your VOB in AutoGK, and either set a final size for 2-pass encoding, or a target percentage (for 1-pass encoding, with no guarantee of the final size) and let it go to work. There's an included tutorial (not really needed) which is also online:

http://www.autogk.me.uk/modules.php?name=TutorialEN

and a bunch of guides here and at Doom9.

I have to thank you also, for some reason today I was no longer able to change the file ext from vob to mpg. So I used the AutoGK to convert the vobs to avis. Worked out great. I even figured out how to add the original audio to one of the clips in the vid...

Getting there...thanks to all that responded.

[Noahtuck]

If it helps, a VOB file is simply another MPG file, so you can just rename the extention to MPG if that helps with your conversions.

Although a lot of the time you can just change the ext to mpg to do what you need to do, although it does not always work correctly, they are not actually "simply another MPG file" as a VOB can contain multiple audio tracks, subtitles, ect.

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?V#VOB

[gatefan810]

Open your VOB in AutoGK, and either set a final size for 2-pass encoding, or a target percentage (for 1-pass encoding, with no guarantee of the final size) and let it go to work.
and a bunch of guides here and at Doom9.

Talk about one step forward and two steps back; now the issue I'm having, after converting the files with AutoGK, the program (AutoGK) closes and will not open unless I re-start the computer.

Any clues?

[manono]

No, no clues offhand. Did you look in your Sys Tray (lower right corner)? If it's there, you can right-click on it to restore it to the desktop. Failing that, what happens when you do a CTRL-ALT-Delete and check the Processes tab? Do you see it in there? If so, you can right-click and "End Process". Then you should be able to open it again normally.