Program to convert DVD .vob files to MPEG-1?

Is there an Amiga OS4 program that can convert DVD .vob files to
MPEG-1 format? If not OS4 is there a preferably free Windows program that
can do it?

The VOB files are from DVD recordings of my son playing football. I'd like to
convert them to mpeg-1 so I can capture frames using M-Pegit.

Thanks in advance!

@ktadd

YES

ffmpeg on os4depot.

try

ffmpeg -i video.vob output.mpg

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Thanks but when I do that I get a bunch of information
about the audio and video in the source file but then
the whole thing ends with the following error:

"Unsupported codec (id=86020) for input stream #0.1"


The VOB file is from my Sony DVD camcorder. Is there a
way to make ffmpeg try to force the conversion?

@ktadd

nope ffmpeg cannot decode one of the streams as its doesn't have a codec for it.

Amigasoft maybe able to help or comment if there is a new version with updated codecs ?

You could try mencoder
http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/edit/mencoder.lha

Full manual and guide for it use including options can be found here:-

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/encoding-guide.html

DVplayer should be able to play VOB files.

http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/play/dvplayer-demo.lha
http://www.os4depot.net/share/video/misc/avcodec_lib.lha
http://www.os4depot.net/share/audio/misc/a52_lib.lha

Cant remember if its that works in the demo version but its well worth registering DVplayer.

You can go then pause the video and grab the required screen using sgrab

http://www.os4depot.net/share/graphics/misc/sgrab.lha
http://www.os4depot.net/share/library/misc/jpeg_lib.lha

@ktadd

Just had a quick play with mencoder

DVD_VR:VIDEO_TS> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_minrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=9800:acodec=mp3:abitrate=128 -o Ram:Test.mpg VTS_01_5.VOB

the 15 value is for PAL
replace with 18 for NTSC

@Jurassicc

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It'll eat all your ram

@Jurassicc

and if you add and omit VTS_01_5.VOB:

dvd://1 -dvd-device a1ide.device:1

it reads from the dvd disk

BYE

@ktadd

what a powerful program.........

@afxgroup

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What is the difference between Mencoder & ffmpeg? They both appear to do the same things.