VOB to MPG - What to use?

[Thingy]

Hey everyone, new user here with a simple question:

I don't want to ask a question that has been answered already a thousand times, but I've searched for this topic and, unless I have missed it, the existing posts don't quite cover what I'm looking for.

I think it's a common newbie question, so here goes:

I have converted an old VHS tape to DVD using a DVD recorder. The file on the DVD is now in VOB format.

What I want to do is take the VOB file and convert it into a different format, preferably MPG. I then want to edit the MPG accordingly. What conversion programme is best to use for this?


I have tried it before, using free software that I have since forgotten the name of, each time unsuccessfully, the file either corrupted and had no sound/picture, etc. There seem to be so many different packages available but some of them are very involved and I don't want to do anything terribly technical, just a simple conversion that many people seem to have mastered.

Can anyone suggest something basic, to convert and then edit with?


Thanks in advance.

[Baldrick]

This has been asked 8 million times. See https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/169081-How-to-convert-DVDs-back-to-MPG-files-for-re...thor-or-reedit

If you want free tools use vob2mpg and then edit with mpg2cut2.

If you want the best tool, use videoredo. It can also import dvd vobs directly.

[hech54]

VOB2MPEG

[jagabo]

Womble occasionally has free giveaways of their products.

TMPGEnc can remux VOB to MPG.

[Thingy]

Thanks for the responses. I knew it had been asked many times before but as I mentioned the other topics that I found were covering a more indepth request than the relatively minor task that I want to perform is.

I previously tried VOB2MPG before but the results were not very satisfactory at the time.

[jagabo]

Try Baldrick's suggestion of Mpg2Cut2. It can open one or more VOB files and export as one MPG file.

[Thingy]

OK everyone, I'm back to this subject from a couple of weeks ago.

I have another similar, related question to this topic.

I've tried the VOB2MPG software, and the results are very, very poor, resulting in a pixelated, blocky MPG file.

Are there better results in converting VOB files to AVI files?

I've since realised that I can edit AVI files in Adobe After Effects, which, whilst horribly complex, is a better editing tool than, say, MPG2Cut2.

So, opinions? Is it best to stick with VOB2MPG or try a VOB to AVI programme?

Thanks.

[Baldrick]

Vob2mpg does not reconvert the video. It must be something else that is wrong. What do you play with? Does the dvd vob look okey?

[aedipuss]

OK everyone, I'm back to this subject from a couple of weeks ago.

I have another similar, related question to this topic.

I've tried the VOB2MPG software, and the results are very, very poor, resulting in a pixelated, blocky MPG file.

Are there better results in converting VOB files to AVI files?

I've since realised that I can edit AVI files in Adobe After Effects, which, whilst horribly complex, is a better editing tool than, say, MPG2Cut2.

So, opinions? Is it best to stick with VOB2MPG or try a VOB to AVI programme?

Thanks.

hehe. that's interesting as vob2mpg doesn't change the video at all. zero. whatever it looks like in the vob, the mpeg-2 vob2mpg produces is exactly the same, just without the vob wrapper.

[True Colors]

As far as converting VOB to Mpeg....... you are strictly changing from one container to another...... correct?

There is no re-encoding of the actual content or anything of that nature....... correct?

TC

[Thingy]

The VOB is fine, it has perfect image playback both on regular DVD player and on my PC.

I played the MPG back on the regular Windows player, and the results are definitely blocky, in the same way as failing digital TV picture.

And I am simply running the VOB file through VOB2MPG, and nothing else.

[Ai Haibara]

Have you tried playing it using a player other than Windows Media Player, like MPCHC, or VLC?