VOB conversion?

[jjsworld82]

Is it possible to convert VOB files into another, more compact format? I ripped the video right from the DVD, but after the fact I realized it was quite big. It's about 7GB and I'd like to get it down to 1/2, or maybe even 1/4 of that size. Any programs that would do this?

[Sifaga]

Which guide are you following ?

lots of programs can do this

what do you want to end up with ?

a DVD , VCD , SVCD or a AVI or MPG file for editing or something else

[jjsworld82]

I'd just like it to be a smaller file. I don't neccessarily want to be able to burn it to DVD / CD later. So whatever format keeps it small, but with good/great quality. MPEG-4 ? AVI ? I'm not sure which format is good. So I guess I need a way to convert it to one of those two.

[Devanshu]

I'd say avi...look at the guides on the left to figure out how.

[Vejita-sama]

Not avi, sounds like you want to encode to one of the many MPEG4 codecs (eg. divx, xvid, asf, etc). Many of the MPEG4 codecs have the *.avi extension but are not avi's (MS standard uncompressed video). Anyway, if you're a total newbie you might want to take a look at Gordian Knot:

http://www.doom9.org

You can d/load the software package and find guides for it there as well as it's own discussion group. Reducing the resolution to 520x390 or so at 500kbit/s produces pretty good quaility back ups often < 700 MB.