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play vob and other formatted video in osx itune without converting its format.

Hello all.

How to play vob, avi and all other formatted video in itune OSX Mountion lion (10.8.4) without converting its format.

thanks in advance..

Regards..

Mahendra.

Mac mini (Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 3:29 AM

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Sep 11, 2013 5:16 AM in response to AlmightyTech

Unfortunately itunes won't play videos in .vob or .avi format, they are both (essentially) Windows formats. That means Quicktime hates them as well. Quicktime will play .avi files but it's usually a hassle (see the first link below).


The solution is to convert the files to mp4 format. Handbrake is a an app that many community users recommend. I use it to convert DVDs and it works great.


Here are some reference articles that may help:


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1536 - Quicktime playing .avi files

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3526 - Adding media formats to Quicktime so they will play

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php - Handbrake download

play vob and other formatted video in osx itune without converting its format.

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