VOB to MOV

Anyone have any tips on a good freeware for converting VOB files to MOV?

If its material you own or have license to, MPEG Streamclip works well. But you'll get better quality by capturing from the original acquisition tapes/files. DVD-Video is highly compressed.
-DH

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.vob to.mov Conversion

I have used Quicktimempeg2 for conversion of .vob files to .mov files to import to fce for diting. But it's not that good. It's creating jitter in the result conversion. Are there any other software recomendations that I can use for converting .vob files to quicktime media .mov files that is more effecient?
Thanks

MPEG Streamclip

Clip in 16:9 from VOB to .mov via Mpeg Streamclip gets squished in FCE

Hello! This is a weird one, but I'm sure there's got to be a way -- any help much appreciated.
I've been given a DVD to edit. No raw footage.
- I used Mpeg Streamclip 1.9 to open the DVD's VOB files
- From Mpeg Streamclip, I exported to Quicktime using Apple DV/DVCPRO-NTSC compression. Here's the catch: The default size for that setting is 720 x 480, but that created a too-narrow, warped QT movie. So, I exported in 854x480 (16:9) and wound up with a beautiful mov file that looks just like the DVD. Clearly, our DVD was shot in 16:9.
- In FCE Easy Setup, I have chosen both DV-NTSC and DV-NTSC Anamorphic, but either way, once in the Sequence the footage is vertically squished down to a short & wide size. (Note -- yes, I began a new sequence and re-imported after changing easy setup).
- In hopes it was maybe just a canvas issue, i exported to qt -- still squished.
FYI, If I export from mpeg 2 in Apple Motion JPEG A at 16:9 my file is fine in FCE's canvas -- BUT it needs rendering. For this project I'll be doing tons of cuts and changes and I just can't have render issues. I'm considering rendering once, exporting and re-importing. But . . . there's got to be a better way I feel.
Anyone who can lend a hand, thanks in advance!!!

I May have found my own answer... From a reply to an older message, deeply burid in the archives. FROM NICK:
From the menu bar: Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup > DV-NTSC Anamorphic > OK.
Then: Sequence > Settings > Load Sequence Preset > OK.
I did this and the windows changed to 16:9...
Now, I assume I need to assign all 4:3 clips as anamorphic and position as necessary...
Hope it compresses and all... I have a Sept 1 deadline.
BY THE WAY... when I reread the manual after having been using FCP for several years now, it made MUCH more sense. I learned a bit about stuff I didn't know I had questions about... I suggest everyone do a reread once in a while... (or read it at least once if you never have)

Converting vob to mov

I've recently purchased an intel iMac and want to convert existing dvd .vob files to something that can stream such as .mov.
I've done a search on Google, but most apps are for Windows. I was wanting to do this without having to install boot camp and XP.
Any ideas?

Thank you SJA, that was extremely helpful After I converted the vob file using ffmepgX, I dragged the mov file into iMovie and exported it for web streaming. Now the videos should stream for WiFi without a hiss....

PSE 9 doesn't recognise videos .wmv, .vob or .mov ???

Hi,
The program doesn't recognise the file extension .mov de Quicktime or .wmv de Windows.
What do I need to do so I can work with those files?

Do you mean PSE 9? Or do you really mean Premiere Elements 9? If the latter, you'll get a lot more help with video questions in the PRE forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements

QUALITY - .MOVs to Encore, but video quality horrible -- DVD

Hello,
I am a newbie to Encore and video processing, alike - I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me in the ways of High Definition/working with conversion to DVD in Encore.
I'm currently working on making a DVD with a main menu which links to a main feature, Previews, Contact screen and chapters. All of the items for these categories were originally .SWFs and have been converted to .MOVs (using the Moyea SWF to Video pluggin). Not sure if that makes a difference, but the DVD has been completed without any problems, works well in the preview, comes out in the specified 16:9 ratio and links properly. Here is where I feel like I'm walking around in smoke: I would like to build to DVD so that it can be viewed on the Computer as well as TV. But I really want High grade quality video. It seems to me that their was a slight loss of quality from .Swf to .MOV, so I've tried experimenting with everything from the Encore Settings, reading numerous posts on this site and using different conversion formats (MOV, AVI and VOB). I loved the quality when I took the .SWFs to .VOB (however Encore still transcoded and in the end I lost the amazing clarity). After building, when I play the DVD on the computer the quality is a bit hazey (even exchanging the .VOBs for .MOVs.) As of now, my setting are as follows:
PROJECT TRANSCODE PRESETS:
MPEG2-DVD
High quality, VBR transcoding for progressive-frame content (max bit rate =9)
25 fps (the .swfs were built at 24 fps - does this matter?)
quality 5.0
192 kbps, 48kHz, Dolby Digital
VBR, 2 Pass, Min 1.50, target 7.00, Max. 9.00 mbps
Field order: none (progressive
16:9
min bitrate: 1.5
target bitrate: 7
Max bitrate: 9
M frames: 3
N Frames: 12
Video Noise Reduction has been checked and pushed to 100
Deinterlaced was also checked
(what am I doing wrong?)
Right now, I'm so determined to get the best quality - So, I've begun exporting the entire Encore project to .SWF to see if this will do the trick. In the meantime, how can I build to DVD with the highest quality possible?
Than you all in advance.
AC

This is correct, the .swf/.flv files are so compressed that you will only retain the quality of the origional file at best. I've tried this for months and about a Terabyte of files and have found only 1 way to get a good quality DVD from an .flv/.swf.
Connect 1 computer to a TV to play the .swf/.flv. Connect the out connector from the TV to another computer with Premiere installed via the graphics card and then capture the video as it is playing in premiere in the highest quality you can. This can make 30 minutes of compressed .swf into a 10+GB DVD video file. Then after capture, edit and send/export to Encore, make your DVD and then encode like normal.
This has been the highest quality DVD from .swf/.flv that I have been able to achieve.

How do I load quicktime movies made in Quicktime 7 to iMovie11?

I have made several movies using an older version of iMovie and burned them to dvd using iDvD. Most are stills made into a movie. When i want to play the movie, i click on Quicktime Player, the Player switches me to QuickTime 7 (i have the Pro version) then it plays fine. I would to move this movie to iTunes and use AppleTV to watch it.
Neither iMovie 11 or iTunes witl open it. Quicktime 7 will not export it. Any suggestions?

I have made several movies using an older version of iMovie and burned them to dvd using iDvD. Most are stills made into a movie. When i want to play the movie, i click on Quicktime Player, the Player switches me to QuickTime 7 (i have the Pro version) then it plays fine.
When iDVD authors your DVD it recompresses the iMovie edited audio and video data to MPEG-2 video and PCM audio compressed data which is then multiplexed together as blocks of video data interspersed with blocks of audio data in a single data stream to provide spatial synchronization of the audio and video data during playback. This data is then placed in one or more VOB file containers representing your movie for use by DVD media players. If you try to play this content in QT X under Snow Leopard, the player will refuse to play the file because "muxed" MPEG-2 content is not natively supported under this OS. On the other hand, MPEG-2 video support was added to the QT X v10.1 player. Normally, if you do not have the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component installed on your system, Lion's QT X v10.1 player will also refuse to play "muxed" MPEG-2 content in a VOB or MOV file container and nothing further would happen. However, if you have the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component and the QT 7 v7.6.6 Player installed, then the content can be transferred to the QT 7 Player which does support certain "muxed" MPEG-2 content formats in VOB or MOV (also MPG and MPEG) file containers but not in a TS file container which QT X v10.1 also supports (along with MPG and MPEG file containers).
I would to move this movie to iTunes and use AppleTV to watch it... Neither iMovie 11 or iTunes witl open it. Quicktime 7 will not export it. Any suggestions?
Basically, DVD authored content is not "natively" compatible with the QT embedded structure unless additional support is added toyour system or the file container is modified. That is why Apple includes a DVD Player specific app with you system sofware so you can play such "authored" content. Further, unless you can fool iMovie into thinking your "muxed" MPEG-2 content (normally multiplexed MPEG-2/AC3 compressed data) is located on a camcorder device, the iMovie will refuse to access the special iMovie import software component which converts "muxed" MPEG-2/AC3 data to all I-Frame MPEG-2 elementary video stream and converts the AC3 audio data to an elementary AIFF (Linear PCM) audio stream and places both in an MOV file container with "in" and/or "out" timing offsets to reduce possible loss of synchronization in a temporal synchronization file environment. In other words, "muxed" MPEG-2 (GOP) spatial sync content is not edit compatible with QT's current iMovie temporal synchronization environment and therefore, iMovie will refuse to import/copy the content to iMovie for editing purposes.
The normal method of for manually converting DVD authored content for re-editing in iMovie is to convert the VIDEO_TS folder data or the VOB title set to an iMovie edit compatible compression format. For instance, the VIDEO-TS folder content can be converted by HandBrake to H.264/AAC files which are edit compatible with current versions of iMovie. However, since you appear to have the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component installed, MPEG Streamclip may be a better choice since it allows you to convert to any QT edit compatible compression format supported by your system codec component configuration, as well as, supporting AC3 content if included in the VOB if authored using other third-party apps. I normally use AIC/Uncompressed or HiRes Pro 422/Uncompressed intermediate editing formats here. The object being to create a low-compression, hight-quality intermediate file for editing so as to prevent further loss of visual quality when editing the content. This work flow does, however, tend to create very large editing files and so many users may elect to use a smaller H.264/AAC intermediate file for editing and simply "live with" possible reduction in final visual quality.

Unable to sync QT clips with fcp sequences.

After converting some .vob files (using ffmpegX.app) into xxx.VOB.ff.mov files, and then importing those into an fcp project, I cannot bring the clips onto the timeline without getting an out-of-sync messages and the red rendering line on Timeline.
Also, when I try to save this project for offlineRT editing by recompressing the project files, I'm shown that the new offlineRT destination file total will be three times BIGGER than the original media file.
After spending hours comparing settings between the clip to sequence, I've given up and decided to post this message in hopes somebody can help me explain what I'm doing wrong.
Here are the clip and Sequence settings:
With the clip selected I go to Tools>Analyze Movie>Clip and I get:
Video Track 1 (179.0 MB);
Frame size: 640 x 480;
Color Depth: 24-bit;
Codec: mpeg4 at Medium Quality;
Frame rate: 29.97;
Average Data Rate: 186k/sec
Audio Track (Stereo, 9.8 MB);
Duration: 00::16:26:22;
Average Data Rate: 10k/sec;
Format: 16-bit, Stereo;
Sampling Rate: 48.000 khz.
I've set the sequence settings to:
General Tab:
Frame size: 640x480 NTSC (4:3)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square (same as clip settings)
Field dominance: Lower (Even) (not sure about this one?)
QuickTime Video Settings:
Compressor: MPEG-4 Video
Quality (I moved it from 100 to 50%)
Audio Settings:
Rate: 48 kHz
Depth: 16-bit
Config: Channel Grouped
I did read on one site to Click the Load Sequence Preset and set it to Software Preset but this option is not available for me. So I set it to DV NTSC 48 (4:3) and every time I do this I have to go back up to the Sequence Settings Aspect Ratio and reset that back to NTSC (4:3) to get proper Frame Size.
Hopefully, this is enough for somebody out there to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I downloaded Streamclip.app and followed your directions, but I still can't get the clip and sequence to harmonize (still can't bring the clip onto the Timeline without needing to render it). I did try letting FCP adjust the codec for me when I first brought the clip into the Timeline, but that didn't work.
Can you please tell me which Sequence Preset I should use (that FCP offers) that will work with this codec DV/DVCPRO - NTSC at Medium Quality (I did what you said and still can't bring the clip onto the Timeline without needing to render it. I did try letting FCP adjust the codec for me, but that didn't work.
The problem I'm having now is that the codec you recommended (DV/DVCPRO), which I used to convert the VOB file to a .mov file in MPEG Streamclip.app, is not available as so named in FCP's list of compressor/codec options. Can you please tell me which Sequence Preset I should use (that FCP offers) that will supply the 29.97 fps that will work with DV/DVCPRO - NTSC at Medium Quality? I've tried the DV NTSC 48 kHz and that doesn't work and makes rendering necessary.
thank you again for any help you can give me.

Pro-Res doesn't seem to work with QT 7 Player?

I just exported a ProRes video to my desktop and was horrified to find that it didn't play.
The screen remained white and only the audio appeared to work making me feel I had wasted a lot of time.
After a couple of minutes I decided to try MPEG Streamclip and was relieved to find that the video played OK.
It was also fine in QT X Player.
I assume that QT 7 Player was created before the advent of ProRes and therefore is not capable of handling it.
Is this correct or is there some way to get it to play in QT 7?

all the best to Kailash (who ever ...) ... and no, '18th' should be a fully functional file name ....
you do know, that some characters could have an 'effect' in the OS, as . or / .... ?
e.g. never begin a files name with a dot - poof! - gone, vanishing, invisible, although existing on drive!
and stuff from the 'converter fraction' often have file names as avatar/stolen/vob/divx.mov ... that doesn't work either ....

Final Cut 6 Video Formats

Apple claims: "With native support for virtually any format", I was trying FCP6 in a friends office, I tryed many .mov and even .avi xvid compressed and seems to import fine, but the only format doestn work well is .vob files, they are imported the same way as previous version of FC, you can import video but the audio is not imported any one had tryed this too? Any idea? I didnt want to convert .vob to .mov or dv is a lot of work and PC apps like vegas video can import .vobs

Unfortunately, VOB are not an editing format due to the compression, etc.
If this important, try MPEG Streamclip, or just get an inexpensive PC and editing in Vegas.
FCP also doesn't support direct import of MXF files.
It can't be all things to everyone.
And that statement really has to be taken in the context of what FCP is and that is a video editing application.

How to Put DVD/Video on iPod, PSP, Computer, Zune,...

Many Mac users have iPod, PSP and other portable devices, but they can only enjoy songs and videos from iTunes or buy them from internet, because there is seldom nice Mac DVD and Video covnerter for iPod, PSP and other devices. Today I will introduce you an excellent DVD/Video converter for Mac: Aiseesoft DVD Converter for Mac It allows you to put your own DVDs and you own videos on your iPod, PSP, Mac Computer and other players on Mac.
This article aims to show you how to put your DVDs and videos on your iPod, PSP, Computer, Zune, Xbox and other players for Mac users.
Part 1. Convert DVD for Mac with AiseesoftDVD Ripper for Mac
Step 1. Load DVD
Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM, run DVD Ripper for Mac, click “Load DVD”, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your DVD-ROM, and Click “Open”.
Step 2. Set output format.
This best DVD ripper for Mac provides you output formats as many as you want. Just choose one from the drop down list “profile” according to your portable player.
If you are very professional with your player, you can also set your output parameter values such as Resolution, Frame Rate, Bitrate and Sample Rate and so on.
Tips:
1. Trim:
If you want to rip only a part of the DVD movie, please click “Trim” button and drag the “Start trim slider” to set the start time and “End trim slider” to set the end time. (a). You can also do that by clicking the “Start trim button” and “End trim button”(b). The third way you do that is set the exact Start/End time at the right of the pop-up window and click “OK”.
2. Crop:
If you want to remove the black edges or you want to rip a certain area of your video, please click the “Crop” button. You can do this either by drag the frame around the movie (a) or set the crop value: “Top, Left, Bottom, Right”.(b). Another way to do that is choose mode from “Crop Mode”(c).DVD Ripper for Mac also allows you to choose the output aspect ratio above the crop panel, “Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3” are available.
3. Effect:
If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Volume”.
Click “Start” to begin your conversion.
Part 2. Convert videos for Mac with AiseesoftVideo Converter for Mac
Step 1. Choose “Video Converter for Mac” on the main interface.
Step 2. Add video
Click “Add File” to load your video that you want to put.
Step 3. Choose output profile and settings.
You can choose your output format from the drop down list and you can set the exact values of your output videos, such as Resolution, Frame Rate and so on.
You can do the video editing as the same way of convert DVDs.
After getting your satisfying video, then click “Start” button to start your conversion.
If you are a window user, Aiseesoft DVD Converter Suite is your best choice.
It is the perfect combination of Aiseesoft DVD Ripper, Aiseesoft Total Video Converter and Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer. With this powerful DVD Converter Suite, you can easily convert DVD and video to all the popular formats: MP4, H.264, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 3GP, 3GPP, VOB, DivX, Mov, RM, RMVB, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc
And transfer your iPod songs and videos to your computer easily.

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Problems with Videora??

I have been using videora to convert my homemade videos to play on my ipod (why apple even put "convert selection to play on ipod" on itunes 7 is beyond me...cuz it doesn't work). Anyway, just wondering if I should expect any problems with this software and what types of problems to expect.

if you dont mind 320x240 (not the new high resolution avc), use handbrake for windows (free) or NERO 7 ( easy to use and transfer files in one click).
IF you want 640x480, you can do with quicktime.
If you videos are in AVI format (from a DV camcorder) , just open in QUICKTIME and export to the right size. If they are in .vob (DVD) format, you need to convert .vob to .mov and then use quicktime to convert it...

Sound track becomes unsynchronized in PRE12

Using a off the shelf Toshiba VHS/DVD copy machine I converted all my old VHS home movies to DVD. The resulting files are in (.vob) file format.. They play normally with most media player software I have access to. I am editing these videos now for content, adding titles etc. and creating a cleaner more presentable DVD. Using PE12 in expert mode I add the files to the timeline, do my titles and edits and then review the finished product. Sometimes, about halfway through a project I notice the soundtrack will suddenly get out of sync by about 3-4 seconds. Is there a tool or a fix for this ? I am not deliberately or knowingly deleting any part of the soundtrack without removing the same section of corresponding video...PS this phenomenon does not occur in certain other editing software I have tried...but I much prefer PE12....PLEASE help.

The file format appears to be the issue as I tried converting to .mov and so far it worked at least on one file.....Thank you for the advice......
AVR I will try to respond to your questions as it may still be helpful but I am after all a consumer and not a tech..so forgive what may seem two dimensional answers.....
The sound tracks are verbatim from original VHS sound recordings. They were converted to DVD with a over the counter Toshiba VHS to DVD burner/player. I determined the file format was .vob by looking at the files on each dvd I created in this way.....
I have tried to pull or rip files in both manners after I found the sound track issues....first I tried to pull them into PE12 straight from the home made DVD... Noting the same soundtrack issues I then loaded the DVD files to my hard drive and then tried to pull them into my project from there....same sound issue. I then edited the same files and successfully burned a DVD with a normal sound track using the MS Moviemaker software....however this is not the software I prefer....but, using it to convert vob to mov helped me make a file I can use in PE12 now....
Last, the editing I have mentioned is to cut sections of the video/audio out for time, irrelevant material or just bad video...I add titles and subtitles on additional tracks... the original timeline is always edited in whole sections..... never just video or just audio... and...yes I have tried to play the entire video in PE12 before any editing takes place... same sound issues.... it is with out a doubt, a compatibility issue with vob files and PE12.....so converting to another file format should should be OK and only a minor inconvenience.....
PS..something that may deserve another "Topic" or may be relevant here is the "style" option has stopped working in my titles module. I was using it to make very nice shadow letters in my titles and text.... after about three edited videos.... "Style" is now blank. I was thinking of reloading PE12 once my last project is burned and I have no more projects to lose..... suggestions?
Thanks very much for your time...............

Convert dvd video files to play on my ipad

I have an ipad 2 and I have a lot of dvd-files (vob, avi, mov,...) and I search for the right sofware to convert them to play on my material.
Is there a software in the itune store to do the job ?

There is a pc version of handbrake but I'm not sure if it works the same way it does on Mac
Another thing you can look into, Walmart has been advertising making digital copies of DVDs you own for $2 each (excluding Disney). Could see if that can help you. I have zero idea about the details.

Grabing TS Files from Homemade DVD from Camera?

Ok, so for some reason I though I would be able to create a data DVD (apparently I didn't, I created a copy dvd) and now have 1.3 GB of 7+ clips in VOB format.
So, the question is how do you convert these files?
I opened iDVD and it said to open iHDmovie, so I did, then of course I realized it won't see the DVD media VOB files.
Sounds like I will have to do some rendering uggggggg and super uggggggggg.
The question is, with this home movie, what is the easiest and most painless way to do this? Then import to imovie, then to iDVD?
thanks!

Hello musiccomposer,
have a look here:
Dan Slagle's Unofficial iMovie FAQ: Using Mpeg (DVD)
footage
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
Matti Haveri's website: How can I edit MPEG or
convert DVD or MPEG to DV
ttp://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_aMacintosh.h
tml#editconvertMPEG
Tools:
MPEG StreamClip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstream
clip.html
Apple MPEG2 PlayBack:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
DVDxDV
http://www.dvdxdv.com/
hope this helps
mish
Ok, well got the mpeg2 for quick time....then I get this alert
QUICKTIME cannot open the file VTS012.VOB, the movie contains an incorrect duration (-2014)
I also have Toast Platinum, and can't get that to work.
This is causing a lot of headaches!!!!!!
If I re-boot, or use the mac DVD player, the movie plays fine, mind you, it's a home movie about 1.3 GB large, in addition in toast when I try to rip, I get an error that says 4 files can not be used, then I get about 4 seconds of playing time when reviewing what it can read with NO sound!
What I did was copy the mini DVD's to larger ones (so I would not damage the orginal), so much for trying to make a client happy
It's movies of her son.
I have until Friday to sort this out!
thanks

VOB to MOV

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