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ashby - Mar 6, 2006 - 8:49 am

loyal mac users...

I'm having trouble using quicktime 7 and vob files, i have over the weekend purchased and downloaded the mpeg-2 codec from apple and can successfully watch the movies, however i can't listen to them.? after much research on the apple website and google newsgroups i found that this isn't so much supported....

THIS CAN'T BE TRUE IS IT???

If anyone has had success watching vob files in quicktime using the mpeg-2 codec please help..

Thanks

philippe99 - Mar 6, 2006 - 9:25 am

Ashby, welcome to macosx.com

I do not know how Appl's mpeg-e codec is supposed to play, but could you have a try to the free VLC player (www.videolan.org) to view you vob files: if VLC plays sounds, we're sure that the VOB files are good and that the problem is on the QT side.
VLC is so powerfull (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html) that I never use Apple's built-in DVD player and related codecs.

Regards
Philippe

ashby - Mar 6, 2006 - 9:48 am

Thanks for the response, i have vlc installed and everything works perfectly, i get outstanding sound and pcture quiality from vlc, quicktime on the other hand again outstanding picture, just not sound!!??

i agree with your post regarding vlc, i myself find it amazing...my problem is that frontrow dosen't support (atleast i'm not aware of it) vlc...i have all these movies and want to watch them from my tv with a mac mini, instead of on the computer in the office..

philippe99 - Mar 7, 2006 - 1:50 am

Well, I understand that your issue is wider than simply bypassing QT and related codec. I do not own FrontRow, so I re-open the question.
Good luck and thank you for using macosx.com
Philippe

ashby - Mar 7, 2006 - 7:30 am

thank for your post, i'm not that familiar with frontrow either...all i simply want is for quicktime to open and play vob files with sound?! i tried that mpeg-stream lastnight and didn't have much success, i mean it encoded /exported my movie with sound but i wasn't that impressed with the results...

i gues i'm just going to have to keep looking for some software to suite my needs.

red

earthsaver - Mar 7, 2006 - 7:36 am

Why not skip FrontRow, connect the Mac mini to the TV, and select the TV in VLC as the video device?

- Ben

ashby - Mar 7, 2006 - 9:23 am

that would work, except i love that interface from frontrow, not needing anything but the remote...it would be nice!

earthsaver - Mar 7, 2006 - 12:32 pm

You might want to use a utility to convert your VOB files to QuickTime-compatible formats. Try OpenShiiva, e.g.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18765