[KLUG Members] Converting a VOB to an MPEG

[Bruce Smith]

> How does one go about turning a VOB video/mpeg file of a DVD back into a
> "normal" MPEG file?  I've copied the file from the DVD to my home
> directory, and it plays in gmplayer,  but Mac's iMovie doesn't want to
> open/import it ("Invalid Format").  Doesn't open in iDVD either.

My memory is sketchy on this, so this may not be worth much.

IIRC, a DVD has it's video and audio in two separate files.
There are a number of Linux programs that will combine them.
(if that's what you're asking :)  It's also MPEG-4 (I think).

Command line programs that either split or combine them, or have
something to do with the overall process - to get you started:

 mplex, tcmplex, replex, mpeg2desc, dvdauthor.

One with a nice GUI is:  avidemux2

Good luck!  :-)

 - BS