VOB Converter

Convert VOB files online for free


Drop or upload your .VOB file
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How to convert your VOB file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VOB file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert VOB to another file type

The converter easily converts your VOB file to various formats - free and online. No VLC media player or or other Video software needed.

  • VOB to MP4
  • VOB to MKV
  • VOB to MP3
  • VOB to MOV
  • VOB to AVI
  • VOB to PI3
  • VOB to F4V
  • VOB to PM
  • VOB to DRC
  • VOB to RLE
  • VOB to PRN
  • VOB to WEBM

Convert a file to VOB

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Optical Media Container" formats to VOB without using software like VLC media player or a similar tool.

  • YOP to VOB
  • ASF_O to VOB
  • SDX to VOB
  • FILMSTRIP to VOB
  • XMV to VOB
  • THD to VOB
  • WEBM_DASH_MANIFEST to VOB
  • ANM to VOB
  • SOL to VOB
  • SSF to VOB
  • EA to VOB
  • V210X to VOB

About VOB files

The .VOB (Video Object) format is the core container used in DVD-Video media. It multiplexes MPEG-2 video, digital audio (typically AC-3, DTS, or PCM), subtitles, and menu navigation into a single stream. While this format defined the standard definition era, relying on .VOB files today creates significant friction. They are notoriously large, often segmented into 1GB chunks (e.g., VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB) to satisfy legacy file system limits, which breaks a single movie into disjointed files. Furthermore, .VOB files are frequently protected by Content Scramble System (CSS) encryption, preventing playback without decryption keys, and are unsupported by modern HTML5 browsers, mobile phones, and tablets. To make this content usable, the best practice is to convert .VOB to MP4 (H.264) for universal playback on devices like iPhones and Androids. For archiving with multiple audio tracks and subtitles intact, MKV is the preferred container. For audio extraction, you can strip the video and save the soundtrack as MP3 or WAV. Specialized 3D software users may occasionally encounter .VOB files as Vue Objects, which require E-on Software's tools and are unrelated to video.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VOB file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert VOB file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND or MA, you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "DVD Video Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to VOB, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "DVD Video Container" category.



The VOB Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VOB converter.