I have been using Mpeg Streamclip quite often for the past year and have never had any problems until today. I was trying to convert a VOB (ripped from MTR) to Mpeg with MP2 audio, and, well, it did convert it, but when I tried to open the converted mpeg file in either quicktime or MPEG Streamclip, both applications quit. I opened the converted mpeg in VLC and the video was very garbled.

The original VOB (ripped from MTR) plays fine in VLC, but does not playback as well in MPEG Streamclip, resulting in random blockiness and... how can I describe this... jittery frames? For instance an unmoving object's outline jitters.

The specs of the VOB used are:

Type: VOB program stream

Duration: 0:55:34
Data Size: 1.96 GB
Bit Rate: 5.05 Mbps

Video Tracks:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 480, 16:9, 29.97 fps, 7.50 Mbps, lower field first

Audio Tracks:
128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 192 kbps
129 AC3 3/2, 48 kHz, 448 kbps
130 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 192 kbps

Stream Files:
VTS_03_1.VOB (1023.83 MB)
VTS_03_2.VOB (984.27 MB)

This happens on both of my Mac Mini's, one a 1.25Ghz G4, and the other a 1.66Ghz Dual Core, both running Mac OS X 10.4.11.

Is the bit rate too high for MPEG Streamclip to handle?

Thanks for reading!
-P