Help with converting VTS.VOB files into anything quicktime can play

you can use mplayer OS X 2 (application works) this just plays the file. snapz pro can sometimes capture video files in mpeg4

vitor.papito wrote:
I downloaded videos but I can't open them, I guess it is because of the file type, which extension is VTS.VOB.

.. what do you mean by 'downloaded' ??

there're two, on this board well-known tools which do the conversion, but I don't like to support... 'downloads' ...

Message was edited by: Karsten Schlüter

Anyone sharing VOB files on the Internet is a bandwidth idiot.
Anyone downloading these files is trying to get something protected by copyright and deserves all of the wasted time and effort of their folly.
Want a Hollywood DVD? Go to a store and buy it.

Thats a little unfair. I have archived my old home movies to dvd and thus vob files using a philips dvd recorder with firewire input. Now i would like to re edit these with my lovely new Mac. Not all converters are thieves and we should steadfastly treat each other with the respect due to fellow humans. If they are dishonest then they will suffer in the long run, lets not let those who are dishonest provoke negative attitudes in ourselves. I have found a programme HANDBRAKE invalid in reediting this archive.
Please dont put this information to poor use.

Taking you at your word:

You need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html

which is free, as well as the the Apple mpeg2 plugin :

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/

which is a mere $20.

Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

Thanks a nice solution that will sort my problems while protecting copyright. Everyones happy!

There are legitimate reasons for having copies of VOB files on a computer. But those would not be downloaded to it.
You only download from the Internet or networks. You don't download from a DVD. You open a file.

Did you manage to get these downloads to covert your VOB files into something iMOvie could work with? I have downloaded both but imovie still isn't playing my movies only showing me the thumbnails. Any help you can provide Please??

HayleyJT wrote:
Did you manage to get these downloads to covert your VOB files into something iMOvie could work with? ..

illustrated advice here... :
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/convertdvdstodvs
Using Streamclip