Premier Elements 11 .vob Import?

Can Premier Elements 11 import .vob files? (I dub home movie VHSs to DVDs w/a Samsung DVD-VR375 DVD & VCR machine.) When I copy my DVD to my hard drive on my computer, I can play my files just fine. But when I want to edit my video to get rid of some of the video I don't want to keep, my Windows Movie Maker won't allow import of my .vob files: they must be of a different type (extension). I've tried just saving the .vob files as .mpeg, but that either doesn't work entirely, or only a portion of the video in the 1GB .vob file converts. I don't trust .vob conversion download software from the internet due to previous experiences. So, I'm looking to Adobe for a solution...Thanks!

chrisrole
It is unfounded to make the generalization that "Premiere Elements doesn't like the VOB file type.
And, it is not correct to refer to your suggested fix as a conversion form VOB to MPEG-2. There you are talking about VOB a container and MPEG2 a video compression.
The conversion if ever really needed is from MPEG2.vob to MPEG2.mpg. We have been through all this in these threads and you have agreed on the latter point at least. Yet you
maintain the same script when you continue to post in the Adobe Premiere Elements Forum two to three year old threads as you have been doing in the last 48 hours.
You maintain that you have tried to use a .vob file and gotten a VOB not supported message in your specific case and have found your suggested fix in suggested conversion software (which needs to be purchased from what I see). I have yet to see the important details of your version of Premiere Elements and computer operating system and details on the production of these DVD-VIDEOs that you are using.
Premiere Elements does support DVD video files from typical DVD-VIDEO structure and has a convenient feature to get these DVD video files (VTS_01_1.VOB and the rest in that series) into a Premiere Elements project to be edited and processed. See Add Media/DVD camera or Computer drive/Video Importer - exact wording of path depends on version.
It is one thing to share what worked for you in your specific circumstances (which are not clear), but another thing to convert all that into a generalization which distracts the Premiere Elements user from using an excellent and convenient feature built into Premiere Elements.
Be advised...I am not employed or affiliated with Adobe in any way. Just a Premiere Elements user who visits this forum a lot. My only interest is in my fellow Premiere Elements users.
ATR

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