[KLUG Members] Converting a VOB to an MPEG

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > 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.

Doesn't seem so.  I only copied off one file and it plays with audio.

Kino also will not open it.

> 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!  :-)

Thanks.