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.VOB File Name Extension - DVD Video Object Files

This section describes what is .vob file name extension or DVD video object file.

.vob is the file name extension for DVD-Video Object files. A VOB file contains the stream data for a movie formatted as multiplexed video stream, audio streams, and subtitle streams.

The format of a VOB file is MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group) standardized by ISO as ISO/IEC 13818.

VOB files on a DVD-Video disc are automatically fetched and decoded by the DVD player machine, or DVD player application on a computer.

A stand alone VOB file can be opened and played by DVD player applications like Media Player Classic.

On a DVD movie disc, you may see more that one VOB files, becauses a movie vidoe is usually divided into VOB files with 1,073,709,056 bytes or less.

Sections in This Chapter

.MP3 File Name Extension - MP3 Files

.WAV File Name Extension - WAV Files

.WMA File Name Extension - Windows Media Audio Files

.ISO File Name Extension - ISO Files

.DAT File Name Extension - VCD Media Files

.INF File Name Extension - AUTORUN.INF Files

.IFO File Name Extension - DVD Infomation Files

.VOB File Name Extension - DVD Video Object Files

.AVI File Name Extension - Audio Video Interleave Files

.MPG File Name Extension - MPEG Files

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2007
.VOB File Name Extension - DVD Video Object Files