Vob files
 

hi i just been sent a video that I'm trying to open but it won't play what do you need to install to play VOB files

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VOB files are DVD format. Media Play should play them, or download VLC player

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VLC is your best bet. It'll play almost anything.

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if you open the first ifo file it will play like a normal dvd . If you just open vob files then it will only play the single vob file and not any subsequent vobs unless in a playlist

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Ive installed the VLC player and i pressed it to play the video and it just flashed and then does northing like its just a empty file

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try opening VLC and drag the VOB file onto VLC window

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Ive just done that it went to make it a video screen and flashed off

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what are you double clicking? do you have a file set or just one vob? to make sure you are opening the right file goto control panel and folder options and untick hide extentions. Then go back to your file set and right click the first file names VIDEO_TS.IFO and select open with and open it with vlc player

As I said before if you try to play a single file all it will play is the single file and not the set so for example if you try to open a .BUP file or a VIDEO_TS.VOB and not a VTS_**.VOB its not gonna play anything much

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its brings up the VLC player and then does that flash bit

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you didnt answer any of my questions
what size is the file?

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52.0 kb

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That's seems very small for a VOB file.

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Tiny...probably not even a second of video

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yeah chances are its a VIDEO_TS file with no content

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yer the file name that got sent to me was a video_ts

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what you have is a mpeg 2 file .VLC will play them but the one you have is so small (as taf said) there isn't any thing to play .What was the video supposed to be ?and have the sender just sent you the wrong file from the video folder ?

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as "I" explained the differences in the files in a proper vob set

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my mate just got back from his holiday so he was sending me a video of this roller-Costa he went on he sent it to my e-mail think it would be only about 30sec clip

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Sounds like whoever made the file messed up and ended up with an empty file. Talk to whoever you got it off and find out what size it should be

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Or the file that just shows the DVD menu.