VOB to MKV and vice-versa (no re-encoding)

[Garry13]

Hello. I'm not a noob but need some help here. So I have downloaded a few Music video DVDs lately. I used AVIDemux to trim and save individual videos and saved them in .mkv container. There is no option to save in .VOB in AVIDemux. However I plan to make DVDs in compliant "VIDEO_TS" format hard copies to play on my Blu-Ray Player. What program do you guys recommend? There should be no re-encoding, just change in container format. I'm on a mac. Thanks! PS I found a few threads on this topic but they are a decade old.

[ProWo]

You could use clever Ffmpeg-GUI in a Windows VM.

[jagabo]

I used AVIDemux to trim and save individual videos and saved them in .mkv container. There is no option to save in .VOB in AVIDemux.

Doesn't the Mac version support "Mpeg-PS Muxer (ff)" for output? Your DVD mastering software might support the resulting MPG files. Or changing the extension from .MPG to .VOB might work (VOB is a slightly modified MPG).

If that doesn't work you can try using ffmpeg (a Mac version is available) to remux from MKV to VOB:

ffmpeg" -i "Video.mkv" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "Video.vob"

[Garry13]

Doesn't the Mac version support "Mpeg-PS Muxer (ff)" for output? Your DVD mastering software might support the resulting MPG files. Or changing the extension from .MPG to .VOB might work (VOB is a slightly modified MPG).

If that doesn't work you can try using ffmpeg (a Mac version is available) to remux from MKV to VOB:

ffmpeg" -i "Video.mkv" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "Video.vob"

Yes there is option to save in Mpeg-PS Muxer (ff). Never knew it existed. It allows to save in ".mpg" format. Thanks, I'll try that in future edits. I've found ShutterEncoder GUI which uses ffmpeg code. Just tried a few conversions, it worked fine .mkv>.VOB 👍

[Garry13]

You could use clever Ffmpeg-GUI in a Windows VM.

Thanks!