Comments on: How do you edit .VOB files on DVD+RW?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:03:13 +0000

@Donald, it's a bit off-topic since this (old) post concerns .vob format—but nevertheless an interesting idea. You confused me a bit by mentioning RealPlayer and then YouTube, but as I understand you want to take a collection of YouTube videos and burn them to DVD using iDVD without breaking into a sweat, right? What I would try is downloading TubeTV for OS X which will either directly download from YouTube or process already downloaded .flv files. In the apps "Downloading" preferences, choose the "Apple TV" preset to get the best quality. From the "File" menu choose "Convert files" (for existing downloads) or enter the YouTube URL into the path box to automatically download and convert new content. Your converted videos will be in an .m4v container, which you can drag directly into an iDVD project and burn your DVD. Note that you can use VLC to play the .flv source files on the Mac. Also, if you extend a default QuickTime installation using Perian then iDVD will be able to handle the .flv files with no conversion; I just tried it ;-)

By: Donald

Donald — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:17:24 +0000

I am a complete MAC neophyte and a collector of old TV commercials...I have Realplayer on my PC and have been downloading commercials from Youtube and saving them. What I want to do is transfer my files a bit at a time to my memory stick...plug it in to my MAC and make a DVD that will play back....seems simple enough but as I say...I'm new to MAC and have absolutely NO skills to pull this off at the moment...I have transfered some of my files to the stick and my MAC is reading the stick but I can't burn to iDVD.....any help would be greatly appreciated.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:13:23 +0000

Not sure about that Mark; you could always convert the .vob files to a format iDVD can handle, and create a DVD that way. The other app that might help is Popcorn; I'm travelling at present but will try and remember to see if it can do this once I have my own computer re-assembled.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:00:56 +0000

I was wondering whether it is possible to create/burn a dvd
with only vob files. I have a bunch of them in order which can
be read by VLC but dont have the ifo bup files.
cheers
Mark

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:27:39 +0000

Jenny, there's a tutorial on using ffmpegX to create Flash .flv video here. You should be able to convert directly from .vob, the container format that iDVD uses.

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:34:20 +0000

As an oldie silver surfer in the uk I've recently switched from pc to mac and am enjoying finding my way round the new system. I'm trying to find out how to convert an idvd file into an flv so that I can download into a website. I'd be really grateful if anyone could point me in th right direction.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:29:56 +0000

Worth noting Matt, thanks. I recently discovered this myself when I used VLC to transcode an .flv file (from YouTube) into a QuickTime container. Incidentally, Mac users can save a handy JavaScript snippet into their Bookmarks Bar to download the currently displayed YouTube video:


javascript:window.open('http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='+window.location.href.split('?')[1].match(/v=([^(&|$)]*)/)[1]+'&t='+document.getElementById('movie_player').src.match(/t=([^(&|$)]*)/)[1]);

Once downloaded append the .flv extension to the resulting "get_video" file, and then open in VLC for viewing (or transcoding).

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:35:34 +0000

I just thought I would mention this because I can't find anyone else that did but VLC can transcode anything it plays into a number of other formats, including Quicktime and Mpeg . In the File->Open dialog there is a "stream/save" option that will let you choose a filename and encoding options.

By: sach

sach — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:15:54 +0000

wicked!!! awsome!! that what i wanted!!! yey! shall try it today :) he he b4 my bf figures it out hahahahaha cheerse smilexx

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:07:13 +0000

OK Sach. Let's say you want to convert a section of video that includes the end of one .vob and the beginning of another. Using MPEG Streamclip I'd first merge the streams then select the segment I wanted to export, like this:

Mount a DVD;
Open MPEG Streamclip;
Choose Open Files from the File menu;
Navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD and select the two (or more) .VOB files you want to join (hold down Shift as you click to select multiple files) and click Open;
Content from both clips will appear in the preview window as a seamless single stream;
Select your In and Out points from the Edit menu;
Export your selection from the File menu.