Convert VOB to MPEG4

[J_Hon]

This may be a stupid question , but I'm new to this. I've been using DVD Shrink to backup my movies on my hard drive, and I plan to get an iPod Video, is there any software (preferably freeware or shareware) to use to convert the Vob files to MPEG4 format. I read that the format can be converted by changing the file extension but does it go to MPEG2 or 4?

Also on another note, I backup the movies with the option of creating AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS, but all the files always go into the VIDEO_TS. So what is the AUDIO_TS for?

Thanks in advance for any posts.

[blutach]

Ner0 Recode will do this - they call MP4 "Ner0 Digital".

Changing the file extension makes it MPEG-2 but you'll probably need to lose all the audio tracks but 1 and similarly for the subbies.

AUDIO_TS is for DVD-Audio files. For a DVD-Video, it holds nothing.

Regards

[anonymez]

I read that the format can be converted by changing the file extension but does it go to MPEG2 or 4

that is false, nothing at all will change except the file may be opened with a different program (whichever the mpg extention is registered with)

for software/guides, see here http://forum.digital-digest.com/sear...earchid=302579 or http://www.google.com

but, the best way, regarding highest quality/filesize (and completely free) is encoding with meGUI+x264+faac/ner0 he aac & using yamb+mp4box to mux the streams.