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Old January 26th, 2011, 10:15 PM
KenKelley KenKelley is offline
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Re: Vob & Mpg not playing on ext. desktop

Chad,

I have submitted a ticket regarding this issue we have and have not heard anything as of this evening.

After doing a GOOGLE search on the subject, I've discovered a lot of folks have had issues with playing videos in the extended desktop. The search led me to an economical yet very time consuming work around.

One of the forums I visited suggested "Saving" the .vob as a different video file type. It was suggested in earlier posts to either "RIP" and save as a different file type or just change the file name. Neither worked for me as Ripping caused the guide vocals to be embedded on both channels which renders the MUX button useless. Windows 7 doesn't seem to allow a forced file extension change ("rename" the file from *.vob to *.wmv).

The work around that I have stumbled upon is this:

1. Open "Windows Live Movie Maker"
2. On the large open area to the right, click to browse for videos and photos.
3. Search for your .vob files and select one and it will open in Windows Live Movie Maker, you can even play it there.
4. Close to the upper left hand corner of the window you will see a dropdown menue button, click on it and bring your mouse pointer down to "Save Movie", then to the right and up to "For High-Definition Display" and click.
5. Give the movie a name and click save. (I recommend you save your first one or two to a different folder and test them after you have saved)
6. Close Windows Live Movie Maker and start Hoster, click on the Video button and search for the one you just saved and select.
7. Play the file and keep your fingers crossed for the outcome that you are looking for. (It has worked for me on my first attempt)

With all that being said, here is the draw back to doing this procedure for all your .vob files. It takes about 10 minutes per video to load and save and be prepared for the saved file size..... my first was double the size of the .vob (.vob = 220,000kb - .wmv 469-000kb).

My .vob collection is about 750 files. I'll pull out the calculator later but 10 minutes a file roughly equates to a lot of patience.

I hope MTU discovers a code to insert to Hoster soon so that we can just play the .vob files.

Hope this helps you. It's going to be a busy few weeks for me unless I can find a batch converter that will treat the files I have as Windows Live Movie Maker did.

Any suggestions out there?

Thanks in advance!
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