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How to read vob, ifo, or bup DVD files?

I have some DVDs on a hard drive. Each is in its own folder and composed of the above file types. Windows can read them through Media Player. Does the Mac have anything that can read these?

MacBook Aluminum, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on May 13, 2009 10:40 PM

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May 13, 2009 11:10 PM in response to 4thSpace

If they are true DVD files which it looks like they are then use +DVD Player.app+. It's in your applications folder.
Open DVD Player and press ⌘O, a dialogue box will appear. Navigate to either the folder containing the VIDEO_TS files or the DVD parent folder itself and DVD Player will play it.
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May 13, 2009 11:24 PM in response to 4thSpace

Two things I would try then, if you have toast burn the DVD to disc and see if that works or use [VLC|http://www.videolan.org/vlc>.

You're not selecting the actual VOBs themselves are you because they should be greyed out?

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May 13, 2009 11:34 PM in response to 4thSpace

No, it's just the easiest and most well known option. As far as I know you cannot just burn VIDEO_TS folders to a disc and hope it'll play, hence my suggestion.

But try VLC first if you haven't already. But I've edited my last post-have you re-read?
Gotta go out for a while now-C ya.
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May 14, 2009 2:12 AM in response to 4thSpace

The VOB, IFO and BUP files should be in a folder named VIDEO_TS. If you drag the VIDEO_TS folder to DVD Player's dock icon, the movie should play. You can make a DVD from the VIDEO_TS folder using DVD Imager
<http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html>
and Disk Utility.
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May 14, 2009 8:15 AM in response to 4thSpace

4thSpace wrote:
+If you drag the VIDEO_TS folder to DVD Player's dock icon, the movie should play.+

Sorry, that's a big negative.


It should though. Just tried it. Maybe you need to drag DVD player prefs out temporarily. Or something amiss with Launchservices perhaps?
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How to read vob, ifo, or bup DVD files?

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