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17th March 2009, 08:09 AM
|  | TST Member | | Join Date: Aug 2008, 197 posts. Location: Melbourne,Australia Reputation:  | | | Converting vob file to avi???
Hi all and thanks for any help in advance.I would like to convert some of my important dvd's which are in vob file format to avi but am having trouble.I have some episodes of a great show I love which I recorded from tv,the problem seems to be that because I have 5 episodes on each disc I cant convert these to avi as the files seem to get jumbled up.I was told that xilisoft video converter would do the job so I went and bought it but either I am not using it correctly or it just cant do what I am after.I am not sure either if the problem is too that these are vob files,any help on doing this or helping with converting these would be greatly appreciated.
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17th March 2009, 09:37 AM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 7,960 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation: | | |
Have you tried using the bog standard Nero suite for this?
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17th March 2009, 10:42 AM
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Hi Albert, no i havent tried nero's,what option would I select on the nero startsmart home screen??
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17th March 2009, 11:16 AM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 7,960 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation: | | |
It is not the startsmart I think - I do not have a copy on this machine but if I remember correctly it was something like Nero Home Essentials which you could use to rip tracks and convert them.
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17th March 2009, 11:53 AM
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hmmm I dont have that program only the startsmart one,thanks anyway mate.
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17th March 2009, 11:59 AM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 7,960 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation: | | |
The Home Essentials bit was part of the whole package from Nero. Check the programme menu list for all the files in the bundle, perhaps?
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17th March 2009, 12:18 PM
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No I definately havent got that program.This xilisoft program is supposed to be alot better than that one, you can split the files and all unless I am doing something wrong.I have been only adding the vob's and not the ifo's and bup's, I might try and add those as well to see if that works. I ran a test and removed the ifo's and bup's and the vob files wouldnt play so maybe thats where I am going wrong.
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17th March 2009, 12:44 PM
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What program have you got exactly i might be able to find you a tutorial
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17th March 2009, 02:36 PM
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Hi BM, the program i have got is Xilisoft video converter.
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17th March 2009, 07:41 PM
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17th March 2009, 07:49 PM
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My favorite program to encode any video files is mediacoder. It is very easy to use and opensource.
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22nd March 2009, 09:18 PM
|  | Account Disabled | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 327 posts. Location: Finland Reputation: | | |
I use Xilisoft often, only problem it reduces the quality
I recommend WinAvi video Converter, it's designed to convert MPEG, RM and AVI to Vob, but it can do it other way around too. Doesn't reduce the quality as much as xilisoft
Bad thing is that WinAvi ain't free (but that's not a problem for a handy man)
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16th May 2009, 11:39 PM
|  | TST Enthusiast | | Join Date: Aug 2008, 247 posts. Location: Edge of the Fens, UK Reputation: | | | If you've already watched them once in recorded format, you're probably asking for help with something that's actually illegal.
Making a recording in order to watch it at a more convenient time (AKA timeshifting) is allowed, but keeping it "indefinitely ... for repeated use" is not.
Australian Copyright Council Information Sheet G25 (December 2006) refers.
(UK law on this is says the same thing, effectively)
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