~ How to play files copied from a DVD? ~

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I've a DVD that has some sentimental stuff on it, it was put together from copied (digital) home movies.

I want to copy it onto a hard drive for safe keeping. So, on my Mac, I have dragged the files into a folder on my hard drive and have ended up with the following


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When I open up the folders I see nothing in the 'Audio' folder and see the following in the 'Video' folder


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In words of one syllable (please, this way above my pay scale) how do I play the video on my Mac?

Cheers :beerjug:

Andres
 
RedRick Esq. said:
I would try importing it into I movie and the saving it in that format

Hard to explain really but worth a go
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I did....... my limited knowledge (or the fact it doesn't work?) meant I fell at the first hurdle; it wouldn't import.

I also tried changing the file extensions to .MOV with no joy.

That's about as far as my techy knowledge goes :blast

Andres
 
Open .vob files with VLC player.

Goldwave can also process them and you can use it to split them into separate tracks.

Ah, only audio.
 
Different format on the DVD - PCM, MP2, or AC-3

You could convert the .vob's to webm (html5) and view them in your browser.
 
Outtomunch said:
My Mac plays them direct from the disc drive so surely I don't need to download an extra player? Or do I??

Andres
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Mac (and PCs) will treat the VOB files on a DVD as what they are - a DVD - and play them using a DVD player. To play the files locally, you will need a video file player such as VLC. Macs have a supplied player called QuickTime which plays files (.MOV .AVI etc) and plays the DVD itself, but strangely doesn't play .VOBs individually. VLC is a great player which I use on both MAC and Windows.
 
lmg said:
Mac (and PCs) will treat the VOB files on a DVD as what they are - a DVD - and play them using a DVD player. To play the files locally, you will need a video file player such as VLC. Macs have a supplied player called QuickTime which plays files (.MOV .AVI etc) and plays the DVD itself, but strangely doesn't play .VOBs individually. VLC is a great player which I use on both MAC and Windows.
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I understood that! That's great and thanks for taking the time to explain :)

Andres
 
I used to be able to play them, haven't done it for years, but I think I used the Apple DVD Player and pointed at the video folder and an obvious looking file and I remember it working?

If you don't have any luck, give me a buzz.
 
tuftywhite said:
I used to be able to play them, haven't done it for years, but I think I used the Apple DVD Player and pointed at the video folder and an obvious looking file and I remember it working?

If you don't have any luck, give me a buzz.
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The Rioja is now open so I’ll be having a bash tomorrow - thanks for the offer :thumb2

Andres
 
the universal players such as (VLC) are agnostic they don't't really care about the odd extensions found in the bits that wrap DVD files together...(it's a little bit of code) there's are better ways to rip DVD files into a more universal format such as mpeg4 H.256 (these are essentially .mov files and self contained)

better still these don't require VLC and and so make the file shareable and universal in it own right that might be a simpler way to proceed..?

it's abit like asking what oil should you use....

video is just a massive pain there's a million ways to do similar things...
 
Someone found a program in which you can change the resolution of the video. I have a couple of videos in 4k format, I would like to reduce their size to 1080, since this resolution is not displayed normally on the monitor anyway. And it is not much needed.
 
use creative cloud it's simple enough and they use to do a free trial
 
Use video compression programs, usually you can change the resolution of the video in them. But I think the loss of video quality will be for sure. Since you are changing its dimensions, the frame quality should deteriorate there and the pixel density will be less.
 
Are there no programs without loss of video quality? I just tried changing the resolution in video compression programs. They do not have such functions, the video format is simply compressed there and the empty fields that are in the file are removed. That's about how it works, but it doesn't change the resolution of the video.

Loiq - Thanks for the hint about creative cloud, I'll try to do something there.
 
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