Play VOB files from hard drive?

[NixNeon]

I know it is possible to just rip a dvd to hard drive and play back the vob files with excellent quality, but it plays at a reduced rate. Is there a way to play it at normal speed with out re-encoding?

[Mac Sidewinder]

Posting your question more than once is against forum rules.

If you use windvd you can create a playlist (other programs can create a playlist also).

Mac

[Dromhus]

Power DVD should suit your needs quite nicely. All you gotta do is swith over to 'file mode' and load up the VOBs

[NixNeon]

The options sound good, but is there away to make all the VOB tile into one large file without re-encoding? I need it to play in Windows Media player.

[Nosferatu]

As it was said PowerDVD XP 4.0 is best player available on net so I don't see any reason why you should use WMP which is simply crap.
I could be wrong but vStrip is able to rip all VOBs from disc into one large file, however be prepared for 4 GB limit if you use FAT32 partition.

[NixNeon]

the reason I need it to play in wmp is because I have Media Center Edition so if it doesn't play in wmp then it won't play in Media Center. Please I need Ideas.

[oddyseus]

Mine WMP plays DVD from hd with menus etc. It isn't that hard. download and install the ax filters from doom9 site that handle m2v and ac3 playbak and u r done.

[NixNeon]

Thank you for the reply. I have gone through the filter section. I assume the filters of which you are talking about are the "Fraunhofer video and audio Codecs" ? And these will allow me to play back direct from the V0B files at normal speed?