Vob file conversion

[Sci-Fi-Fan]

Simple question, is it possible to strip the mpeg2 video/audio from a set of vob files to an avi file Without re-encoding?

In other words keeping the video/audio data unaltered, just swapping the container to avi?

Thanks

[sekininsha]

not possible ..

[LoRd_MuldeR]

MPEG-2 video in AVI is pretty unconventional, although I think ffdshow can handle "MPEG in AVI" ;)

Anyway, MPEG-2 video together with MP2 or AC3 audio can be stored in a MKV or MP4 container absolutely fine. So why not go with one of these ???

[stax76]

I would rather convert to x264 but if you don't want to convert then reauthoring using DVD Shrink could also be a option.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

If you have enough space available, the best option is always to NOT re-encode at all. That's the only way to retain full quality.

Re-encoding to a non-lossless format inherently destroys some quality. Re-encoding to a lossless format retains full quality, but will be much bigger than the original.

IMHO storing your Video-DVD's as MKV files (e.g. created with MakeMKV) on the HDD is a pretty comfortable way. More convenient than ISO files or "VIDEO_TS" structures.

It allows immediate playback without having to mess with DVD specifics. Playback on a "standalone" device is a different story, of course...

[Sci-Fi-Fan]

Thanks for the suggestion Lord Mulder, I tried MakeMKV which would be perfect except the only thing that can play it is VLC. And the playback in vlc is sluggish/jittery.
If i rip the dvd prog to a single vob, its playable in most players altho wmp crashes on exit and again vlc's playback is sluggish.

[Inspector.Gadget]

MakeMKV's output should also be playable in any DirectShow player with the appropriate splitter and decoders installed. Sounds like you don't have a Matroska splitter.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Sci-Fi-Fan, please try MPlayer (http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer) or MPC-HC (http://www.xvidvideo.ru/content/view/858/2/). Both come with "native" MKV support and all the required decoders included.

Or use any other DirectShow-enabled player with the help of HaaliMediaSplitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/) + ffdshow (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/) ;)

[CWR03]

If you rip the DVD with a program that deselects every stream except the video and main audio, you will have a .VOB that contains only what you want. If you're playing it on a PC, changing the extension to .AVI will only affect what software will open it. There would be no benefit whatsoever in this case in remuxing the streams into a new container.