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Subject: Re: Converting .vob to .mp4
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:18:03 +0000
James Griffin wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I ripped some DVD's the other day, I the .vob files on my hard drive
> and I used vobcopy to rip the data.
> 
> Now i'd like to convert these files to mp4. I've seen a number of 
> examples online about how to do this using either ffmpeg or mencoder.

The last time I tried this sort of thing I used Handbrake and it
produced better results than I've ever had from following online
examples. Unfortunately I haven't been able to build it from ports for
quite a long time. If you have easy access to linux I'd suggest using
that.