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What Codec for watching ripped .VOB files?

Discussion in 'Video problems with Mac' started by mrcapone, Jul 16, 2003.

  1. mrcapone

    mrcapone Guest

    Hi - I have ripped a DVD and I want to watch it on my computer before i burn it to a dvd. First off, would i watch it in Windows Media Player, or Quicktime, and what, if any codec do i Need to get, and where can i find it? Any Help would be appreciated. Thanks
     
  2. IMRANmel

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    watch it in any player i recommend
    winDVD
    powerDVD
    or
    Cliprex DS DVD player
    even mp however it may cause problems with windows media
    u wont need any codecs to watch the ripped vob files
     
  3. blurp

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    As this is the Mac board, WinDVD and the like probably aren't what you're looking for.

    VideoLan Client is what you're looking for. Once it's installed, VLC will launch when VOBs are double-clicked. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    Quicktime will play the video only (no audio) if the file's extension is changed from .vob to an MPEG extension like .m2v or .mpg.

    DVD Player can open complete VIDEO_TS folders, but not standalone VOBs.
     
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    mrcapone, if you're still monitoring this thread, VideoLan Client is the way to go.

    The other responses apparently didn't notice this is the MAC board. Windows Media Player for Mac is a joke -- it'll only play WM-encoded files like .asf, .asx, .wmv...
     
  6. Dange

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    Joke? Who knows.. :) You can play VOB files in Media Player with VOB filters very easyly. And i am sure you can do that with MAC too.

    bye
     
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    Blurp is right. Windows Media Player is a whole different animal on the Mac. VideoLan is the standard tool for opening and playing VOB files on the Mac.

     
  8. Dange

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    Ok, if it is for MAC.
    bye_X_X_X_X_X_[small]have a nice day amigo
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