Error message "unsupported file type"

I know I saw this topic before, but never saw an answer. I am using mpeg streamclip...can convert all .vob files to .dv but cannot do the 1st .vob file and it is part of the home movie! I get the error message "unsupported file type". I don't have a problem with any of the other 4 .vob files.

Another thing to try is renaming it with a .htm or .html extension.
If that doesn't work either, do you have any other files from your old system? In particular, if you have your old places.sqlite file, you could use that to overwrite your new places.sqlite (bookmarks+history) file.

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