How to merge VOB files....

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I've seen about eleventy-billion shareware programs through a google search that will do this. Anyone here have a suggestion as to which one I should check out?

Looking to merge 6 VOB files into a single file for playback in a museum.

Thanks.
 

Gooberlx2

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These are from the same DVD title?
command line:

copy /b vob01.vob + vob02.vob + .... merged.vob

If not, use something like avidemux and just append the files to the end of each other. Then copy the streams to an mpeg2 file (.mpg)....or compress if desired.
 
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Jun 27, 2005
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These are from the same DVD title?
command line:

copy /b vob01.vob + vob02.vob + .... merged.vob

If not, use something like avidemux and just append the files to the end of each other. Then copy the streams to an mpeg2 file (.mpg)....or compress if desired.

Thanks... will try that.
 
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Hmm.... I downloaded the program you suggested but it will not open an .vob file. Any other suggestions?
 

queequeg99

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Did you try the copy command that was suggested? It's worked fine for me in the past.

Please also note that you may run into problems playing a single huge VOB file. I'm not sure of the exact length, but I believe that anything over about 1GB is outside the DVD spec (which is why you have multiple VOB files on a single DVD). I don't know why the spec has this requirement but it does. Unfortunately, some media player programs are aware of this limit as well and choke on huge VOB files. Theater Tek does not. Just an heads up as you proceed.
 

C1

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This is actually very easy.

Presumably the VOBs are being extracted from existing DvD videos either on disk or in file format. So here's what to do - uses DvD Shrink 3.2.

1. With Shrink, extract just the video segments of interest and back them up (using Shrink). This will, in each case, create a playable movie of just the extracted portion (ie, VOB of interest).

2. With Shrink, append the separate movies and back up the composite. This creates a playable composite (VOBs end to front) movie file or transfer to DvD playable media which ever is preferred.
 

Gooberlx2

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This is actually very easy.

Presumably the VOBs are being extracted from existing DvD videos either on disk or in file format. So here's what to do - uses DvD Shrink 3.2.

1. With Shrink, extract just the video segments of interest and back them up (using Shrink). This will, in each case, create a playable movie of just the extracted portion (ie, VOB of interest).

2. With Shrink, append the separate movies and back up the composite. This creates a playable composite (VOBs end to front) movie file or transfer to DvD playable media which ever is preferred.

I believe DVDShrink also gives the option for extracting/re-authoring to a single vob file.
 

C1

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Yup. Looks like youre exactly right.
I just personally never had need to do an exact VOB.
Ive always been interested in extracting a video (clip?) portion.
Usually the portion is just a piece of VOB, but it could also span VOBs.