.vob files

Common questions

How do I open a .vob file?

On Windows use VLC; on macOS use VLC; on Linux use VLC. The video files inside the VIDEO_TS folder of a DVD.

What is a .vob file?

DVD Video Object. A VOB is an MPEG-2 program stream carrying the video, audio and subtitles of a DVD title, split into roughly 1 GB chunks alongside .IFO and .BUP navigation files. VLC plays them straight from the disc or the copied folder, though playing a single VOB out of order loses menus and chapter structure.

Can I convert a .vob file?

Yes. It is usually converted to .mp4, .mkv, .avi or .mpg, either by exporting from one of the programs listed above or with a format converter.

Related pages

• .mp4 — MPEG-4 Part 14 Video The default video container for phones, cameras, streaming and everything else.
• .mov — QuickTime Movie Apple's video container — what an iPhone records and what Final Cut works in.
• .mkv — Matroska Video An open container that holds any codec plus multiple audio tracks and subtitles.
• .avi — Audio Video Interleave Microsoft's 1992 video container, still common in old archives and camcorder foo
• .srt — SubRip Subtitle The plain-text subtitle format almost every player understands.
• .webm — WebM Video A royalty-free video container built for the web, based on Matroska.
• .ts — MPEG Transport Stream The broadcast and streaming video segment format — also, confusingly, the TypeSc
• .wmv — Windows Media Video Microsoft's legacy video format from the Windows XP era.
• .mpg — MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Video The original MPEG video file, from Video CDs, DVDs and old digital cameras.
• .m4v — iTunes Video Apple's MP4 variant, used for films and TV episodes bought from iTunes.
• .vtt — WebVTT Caption The W3C caption format HTML5 video uses, essentially SRT with a header and styli
• .swf — Shockwave Flash Movie A Flash animation or game — the plugin that ran these was killed off at the end