Each title on the DVD has aĬorresponding series of VOB files. The naming pattern for the remainder of the VOB files The VIDEO_TS.VOB file contains the main background screenįor the DVD. To attempt to extract? Thankfully there is a pattern to the order of There are several VOB files on any given DVD. Information we are attempting to extract. VOB files are the ones of interest to us because they contain the video BUP files areĮssentially backups of the information contained in the IFO files. Such as total running time and the number of chapters. That the DVD player needs in order to understand the disc’s structure A basicĭVD, one without complex menus or additional data content, will contain ChooseĬommand-O, navigate to the DVD, and open its VIDEO_TS folder. You want to retrieve footage from and launch MPEG Streamclip. MPEG-2 Playback Component, it’s time to get to work. Now that we have found the right tool, let’s getĪfter downloading and installing MPEG Streamclip and the QuickTime MPEG Streamclip is capable of handling thisĬonversion quite well. Movies that are going to be used in iDVD should be in DV format with anĪudio sample rate of 48KHz.
Important consideration, since Apple recommends that for best results Interested in the conversion from VOB files to DV format. Since I eventually want to put the edited footage on DVD, I am most MPEG Streamclip can be used asĪ video player, but its file conversion capabilities are what caught my On Intel processors through Rosetta, and on PowerPC Macs. The current version of MPEG Streamclip can run
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MPEG-2 files you will need to purchase and install the QuickTime
QuickTime 6 under Jaguar and QuickTime 7 under Panther and Tiger.Īlthough the program itself is free, in order to examine VOB and other
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This program is compatible with Mac OS X 10.2 and higher. I looked around for a while before I found a program called MPEG Into something that iLife can comprehend. Before we go anyįurther with the project we need a tool that will convert these files More audio files, and possibly subtitles, in one file. In the case of DVDs, muxed files typically combine video, one or Involves combining several streams of digital information into oneįile. The second problem presented by VOB files is that they haveīeen muxed. First, these files store the video content that we want in aĬreates standard DVD files, iDVD does not import Before being imported and edited, VOB files must beĬonverted to a format the iLife suite understands.Ĭonverting VOB files for use in iLife or Final Cut Express presents two Most consumer-level video editing software-including iMovie and FinalĬut Express. Important thing to remember is that these files present problems for Players store their video content in a series of DVD Video Object DVDs capable of being played in set-top DVD I insert the DVD into my Mac, and it plays without a hitch, but that’s Spent several hours recording tapes to the TiVo in real time, and halfĪn hour or so later the DVD is burned and I’m ready to pop it into the The “sneaker net” days, but that’s a minor inconvenience. To burn the files to DVD to put them on the Mac. TiVoToGo still isn’t available for the Mac, so I’ll have It’s time to start transferring andĮditing tape.