VOB files

dvideo wrote on 8/3/2006, 11:51 AM

can anyone easily describe VOB files. I've been refering to the files on a playable DVD as video TS files, but I'm noticing allot of people calling them VOB files. whats the difference?
thanks

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jrazz wrote on 8/3/2006, 11:53 AM

VIDEO_TS is the folder in which the VOB files reside along with several other file formats that are encrypted files made from your mpg2 files.

j razz

dvideo wrote on 8/3/2006, 12:40 PM

I thought that might be the case-----thank you.

grh wrote on 8/3/2006, 6:39 PM

And FWIW, "VOB" stands for "video object". It's a glorified MPG file, but contains additional information.

johnmeyer wrote on 8/3/2006, 8:38 PM

The VOB contains the video, all the audio tracks (remember, you can have lots of different audio tracks on each video), the subtitles, and also some navigation information, all interleaved together so that at the moment the disc is being read, your DVD player can extract the audio track you have selected, plus any subtitle, and play this synchronized to the video, while ignoring the other audio and subtitle tracks.