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I've used Quicktime Pro in the past when I was splitting .mpg files. It worked fine for me.

VOB files eh  Im guessing its a DVD rip. I dont have an answer, but i can tell you that all the aformentioned apps do not support the VOB file type...your going to have to encode it with and app like CLeaner to produce an mpeg file from it or something....(btw....DVD ripping is illegal...)

VOB files eh  Im guessing its a DVD rip. I dont have an answer, but i can tell you that all the aformentioned apps do not support the VOB file type...your going to have to encode it with and app like CLeaner to produce an mpeg file from it or something....(btw....DVD ripping is illegal...)

Yeah, it was a DVD rip. Yes, yes, it would be illegal if I was making copies of the disc and handing it out to friends. However, if I OWN the disc and I'm going on a trip, then I'll put the disc onto my computer, because it conserves on the good 'ole battery power. I also did a lot of DVD file ripping, to put together a lot of film clips in a collage of examples of good cinematography for a film class. That was especially nice, because we didn't have to keep switching discs in the middle of the presentation.

I'm also wrestling with this problem. I have several home movies on DVD that I want to edit onto one new DVD (in all cases the disks are non-commercial, home made burns). So if I understand the thread, I pull the .VOB files and convert them to MPG using CLeaner, then edit in Quicktime Pro. Do I need to use Quicktime Pro? Can I use Imovie? Do I need another other software? Help!

Well, you don't need Cleaner (unless you already have it, but you probably don't want to buy just for that, it's kind of (really) expensive), but you may need the QuickTime 6 MPEG 2 Playback Component. That's how I do it anyway. I got the playback component and I used that to put the movie file into Final Cut Pro (iMovie would work, too). However, QuickTime doesn't support AC3 or other DVD audio formats, so all you'll get in Final Cut is the video. So, I power-up Audio Hijack and capture the audio right out to AIFF and then sync it to the video in Final Cut Pro (in the timeline, you render a small portion where you can see someone's lips moving and use that as a sync point). Then I'd export the whole load of it as whatever format. You could do the same thing that I did with FCP with iMovie and QT Pro. You would use QT Pro to change the .VOB file to a .DV file, so that iMovie will take it. Then do the same thing as in FCP (syncing, chopping, whatever). Also, if you have a capture card, or a DV bridge, or a DV camera that can do bridging, you could just capture the video straight to DV off of the DVD or VHS or TV or whatever. I like playing the format game, it's fun! Hope that shed a little light on everything for everyone.

-KW