Playing VOB files on an iPad located on a NAS

Hi all...I have a USB Drive attached to an Airport Extreme and would like to be able to select a .VOB file on the drive using the ipad and have it play on the device. Any know of apps that can do this without converting the files? Thanks in advance.

I have a sony camcorder that creates files in .vob format. How can I play these on my mac?
Depends on the media player and/or the Mac OS X system you are using.
1) VLC will normally play VOB files under any version of Mac OS X. VLC also natively supports AC3 DD5.1 passthrough if you have a decoder connected to your system.
2) QT X v10.3 under the current version of Mavericks now recognizes the VOB extension and can play "muxed" MPEG-2/AC3 files natively.
3) Older QT X media players which do not recognize the VOB extension can usually play such files if you change the extension to MPG, MPEG, or TS at the Finder level.
4) QT 7 based media players like QT 7 and MPEG Streamclip can play the MPEG-2 video if you have the Apple MPEG-2 Playback component installed but only MPEG Streamclip plays the AC3 natively but may have a problem with PCM audio and QT 7 may or may not play this audio depending on its type and how your system is configured.
5) As QT Kirk indicated the Apple DVD Player may play VOB files if it thinks they are on DVD media. This media player also intrinsically supports AC3 DD5.1 passthrough audio.
6) Most third-party Mac Blu-ray software player variations will also play VOB content.
7) Apple's Front Row app included on older MAC OS X systems should play VOB files.
8) Some third-party video management apps (e.g., Usher) also include a preview player that can handle VOB files.
Your biggest problem will likely be trying to decide which workflow is best suited to your particular needs because there are so many options here.

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Good afternoon.
I have several movies in DVD format and am wondering if front row will play these? If not, does anyone know if Media Central will play them?
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According to here, Media Central will play DVDs stored on your HD.
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It sounds like you have a video that is not playing at all on your iPad. I was thinking the next best thing to do would be to create an iPad version then sync that video to your iPad and try again. This article will help you with that:
iTunes: Videos may be unable to sync to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1497
Other video sources
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I can watch with iDVD and something else called VLC Media Player. I want to be able to pull off segments for other applications like making an DVD with just parts of the full file.
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It is official DVD.
with VOB files
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Try the steps in the following article about enabling Quicktime to play VOB files:
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