Coventing VOB to avi not playable on windows media player

I have a HOME VIDEO (i.e. There is no license no questions here) I have a program that allows to convert VOB files to avi so that I can store the video on my computer, and then play using windows media player, etc...

However, I can't get windows media player to read the file if I convert VOB to AVI using mpeg2.  This isn't a good option, but it works.   Other options for the avi settings include:
INTEL IYUV codec
Microsoft Video Codec I
XviD codec MPEG-4

With all this, when I try to run windows media player avi files which result gives me the following error:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or does not support the codec used to compress the file.

How can I get a high quality VOB to AVI conversion that will play in windows media player?  I need to find somewhere new codec?  If yes where?

Brian Smith

Welcome to the Microsoft Answers forum.

Windows Media Player and. Read VOB

Windows Media Player (and) Windows Media Center should be able to natively playback unencrypted. VOB files. As long as the whole structure is there you can point Windows Media Center in the folder root containing records audio and video TS. To display a local copy of your movie in Windows Media Center everything you need to do is Add the folder to the watch list. You can select and then ideally in your library or you can do the following to access the files using Windows Media Player.

Opening. VOB in Windows Media Player:

1 or you can right click the upper Video_TS. VOB and select Open.

2. click Select a program from a list of installed programs, and then tap OK.

3 uncheck always use the program selected for this file type.

4. click on Windows Media Player, and the family film should start playing.

If you still prefer to compress the files rather than using Windows Media Player or Media Center, you can see this technical document. This document describes the types of files supported in Windows Media Player.

 

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