VOB
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A VOB file (DVD-Video Object or Versioned Object Base) is a container format contained in DVD-Video media. It contains the actual Video, Audio, Subtitle (VobSubs) and Menu contents in stream form.
VOB files are encoded very much like standard MPEG-2 files. If the extension is changed from .vob to .mpg or .mpeg, the file is still readable and continues to hold all information, although most MPEG-2-capable players don't support subtitle tracks.
In order to burn the VOB files to a DVD±R disc, other standard DVD-Video files are needed as well, including IFO and BUP files. The burning is easily done using software like Nero or Roxio Toast.
VOB files will play on a Macintosh using MPlayer, VLC media player, and sometimes DVD Player. [1]. On Windows they will play using Media Player Classic, VLC media player, Vidlizard, RealPlayer, BSplayer, or Windows Media Player with ffdshow. On Linux, they will play using Xine, MPlayer or VLC media player.
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- Container format (digital) definition and article
- Comparison of (audio/video) container formats
- List of multimedia (audio/video) codecs
[edit] Competing technologies
- VOB the container format used in DVD-Video (uses .VOB .IFO and .BUP combined as extensions), this is what ratDVD is based on and thus support everything ratDVD does
- ratDVD closed source proprietary format based on VOB (the DVD-Video container format)
- DivX Media Format (DMF) from DivX, Inc. (uses .divx as extension), includes support for DVD-Video like menus
- Matroska (MKV) open source (uses .mkv as extension) includes support for DVD-Video like menus
- OGM ("Ogg Media", standard video container for Xiph.org codecs), support everything ratDVD does except for menus
- MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4, currently support everything NUT does
- NUT patent-free open source and extensible multimedia container, currently support everything ratDVD does except for menus