Having difficulty converting .VOB formated videos.
by thomas benton
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Oct 5, 2009 at 11:01:15 pm
Greetings
I recently received a Batch of clips in the format (.VOB) clips from a client. I attempted to convert them to .DV and .MOV files but lost the audio in the process. When they originally came they played in a video player called MPEG Stream clip, with the audio and picture.
Even if I take the original .VOB files and put them in FCP the audio does not play.
I have not worked with these files before today and I am feeling a little perplexed as to why the audio is taken away after converting. Does anyone have any information about how to remade this situation?
Re: Having difficulty converting .VOB formated videos. by thomas benton on Oct 5, 2009 at 11:39:33 pm
As it turns out the .VOB files are MPEG program Stream. I have not seen any sign of a separate audio file. but that does not mean that they don't exist. When I open them up with VLC the clips still have audio.
Any further Ideas?
Thanks
Thomas.
Re: Having difficulty converting .VOB formated videos. by Eric Peters on Oct 6, 2009 at 12:42:16 am
Once you open the .VOB file up in MPEG Streamclip, you want to go to File > Export to Quicktime. This will allow you to export the .VOB files to quicktime in whatever format you want with audio included. You don't want to try to edit with the .VOB files directly.
Re: Having difficulty converting .VOB formated videos. by Rafael Amador on Oct 6, 2009 at 1:14:41 am
Open the Stream Info window in MPGStreamclip and see what are you dealing with.
Export to QT should work.
Digg a bit in MPGStreamclip. Is a tool that you, video maker, should know how to use it.
[thomas benton]"Even if I take the original .VOB files and put them in FCP the audio does not play. " This is the kind of things that makes crash FC.
VOB is not any kind of editable file.
rafael
Re: Having difficulty converting .VOB formated videos. by Rafael Amador on Oct 6, 2009 at 3:09:27 pm
[Shawn Bockoven]"Convert to MPEG with MP2 audio" FC won't play MP2 audio.
[Shawn Bockoven]"then export the new file to DV" This ay you get a DV Stream (.dv) file. That's the iMovie native files. They have to be rendered in FC.
If you want to extract the full quality of the VOBs, convert to 8b Uncompress or Prores.
rafael
