So what are VOB files

VOB files to video object files is the file format you will find on most dvd's these days. When you open up a dvd you will see an VIDEO_TS folder and an AUDIO_TS folder and inside the folders you will see files with the extensions

.VOB , .BUP and .IFO

.IFO = information file on .vob files, you can't play these files directly

.BUP = Backup of .IFO file

.VOB = Video object, your actual video

Generally burning VOB files can be done quite easily using the latest version of NERO , but there are other methods that make it easier such as converting VOB files into simple AVI's and burning the files from there.

I will go through both methods

Burning VOB files with Nero - So the steps are very simply when you have all the .ifo .vob and .bup files when burning the files, otherwise you may need to use IFOedit to create a IFOedit file , otherwise using DVD Shrink will work very well.

- Open up Nero and Click to create DVD video files DVD

- Add your .bup .ifo and .vob file to the DVD

- Click Next and Burn

Nero version may differ and I believe anything from version 6 should be able to handle VOB files.

Sometimes you want to make a CD or DVD made up of VOB files from different sources and this willl mean you need .IFO and .BUP files for the DVD to work properly.

There is a freeware IFO creation tool out there called

IFOedit Instructions can be found here (ONLY HAVE VOB FILES USE THIS or DVD SHRINK (easier) )

Another great tool out there to combine vob files from different sources is DVD Shrink

Get DVD Shrink here - this is a great tool for creating DVD's really simply and takes no real knowledge of encoding or anything like that.

If you prefer to put the DVD together piece by piece you can use the following programs which are all FREEWARE

IFOedit - IFO file

DVDSHRINK - Burning the VOB files or creating dvd's from AVI files, my favourite by far

DVD Decrypter - Decrypt VOB file back into more usable video file, ripping DVD's, good for making backup's of your DVD's

VirutalDUB - video and audio editor

You can also play the VOB files directly without burning them to the DVD, so its really simple to keep a backup of your DVD on your computer simply copy the contents of your DVD.

Now you can play those files with VLCplayer , PowerDVD or most other video players.