Step 1: Provide your VOB files using the button above or by toss and let go.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Fetch your converted MP4 files.
VOB to MP4 Conversion FAQ
How do I convert VOB to MP4 without re-encoding the video stream?
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When the VOB and MP4 containers can both carry the same codec (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1), the converter falls back to a remux: the elementary streams are copied byte-for-byte into the MP4 container and only the wrapper changes. A remux of a 1 GB VOB into MP4 typically finishes in 5-15 seconds with zero quality loss. A VOB holds MPEG-2 video, AC-3 or PCM audio, and DVD subpicture subtitle streams, split into 1 GB segments by the DVD spec. Almost every MP4 in the wild is H.264 video with AAC audio; the container also legally holds HEVC, AV1 and VP9.
My VOB footage shows comb lines on movement — will that carry into the MP4?
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It will unless you deinterlace, and VOB content very often is interlaced because the format comes from the broadcast and DVD era. Interlaced frames store two half-height fields captured a fiftieth of a second apart; on a progressive-scan phone or monitor that reads as horizontal combing on anything that moves. Turn on the deinterlace option and the encoder weaves the fields into whole progressive frames before writing the MP4. VOB is the Video Object container found in the VIDEO_TS folder of every DVD — an MPEG-2 program stream with DVD-specific navigation data added.
My VOB recordings are split into numbered parts — does MP4 have the same limit?
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No, and that is one of the better reasons to move. The VOB container has a practical single-file ceiling that long or high-bitrate recordings run straight into, which is exactly why old captures arrive as part1, part2, part3. MP4 has no equivalent limit, so the pieces can be rejoined into one continuous file. VOB is split across files, may be CSS-encrypted, and carries navigation packets that confuse general-purpose players.
My VOB has several audio tracks — do they all survive into the MP4?
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Not dependably. VOB stores multiple audio streams as first-class tracks, but MP4 playback support past the first track is inconsistent, so most players will only ever expose one. Choose the track you actually want before converting; the others are better extracted to their own files than left in a container that hides them. VOB preserves the whole DVD payload — multiple angles, multiple audio languages and subtitle tracks all survive inside it. MP4 only supports one widely-honoured subtitle format (mov_text), and multi-track audio is unreliable outside desktop players.
Why does my VOB file fail to convert to MP4?
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Almost always DRM. Some VOB files are encrypted at the bitstream level by the store or software that issued them, and an encrypted stream cannot be decoded by us or by anything else without the licence key. Files you recorded, exported or downloaded unprotected convert normally; a licensed purchase will not, and no converter can honestly promise otherwise.
Will the MP4 play in a browser when the VOB would not?
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Yes, and that is usually the whole reason for the conversion. A VOB embedded in a web page either shows a broken player or forces a download, because browsers ship no decoder for it. MP4 plays inline through the native HTML5 video element with no plugin and no external application. MP4 is the safest possible delivery target — every phone, browser, console, editor and Smart TV built in the last decade plays it without extra software.
Is it worth converting old VOB recordings to MP4 at all?
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For anything you intend to keep, yes. VOB belongs to an earlier generation of video tooling and the software that reads it is steadily disappearing from phones, browsers and operating systems. Moving the footage to MP4 now, while a clean decoder still exists, is the difference between an archive you can open in ten years and one you cannot.
Will multi-track audio survive VOB to MP4 conversion?
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Yes — every audio track in the VOB (director commentary, alternate languages, descriptive audio) is preserved in the MP4 when the target container supports multi-stream audio. MKV and MOV handle unlimited audio tracks; MP4 supports many but some hardware players only see track 1; WebM is capped at one Opus / Vorbis track. MP4 is ISO/IEC 14496-14, standardised in 2001 and derived from the same QuickTime box layout MOV uses.
Are subtitle tracks preserved when converting VOB to MP4?
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Soft subtitles (selectable tracks) survive when MP4 can carry them: MKV holds SRT, ASS, SSA, PGS, VobSub natively; MP4 only holds mov_text (a stripped-down format). Converting an MKV with ASS styled subs to MP4 will typically downgrade them to mov_text or burn them in. Hardsubs (burned into the video) carry over regardless.
Does VOB to MP4 keep chapter markers / DVD-style navigation?
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Chapter metadata transfers between VOB and MP4 whenever both containers support a chapter atom (MKV, MP4, MOV). WebM stores chapters in a Matroska-compatible block, so MKV <-> WebM chapters round-trip cleanly. AVI has no chapter spec at all, so an AVI source arrives with no chapters to carry across and an AVI target cannot store the ones it was handed; add markers manually afterwards if you need them.
What about MKV attachments (fonts, cover art) when going VOB to MP4?
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MKV is the only mainstream container that stores arbitrary attached files (TTF fonts for ASS subs, JPG cover art, fan-translated PDF inserts). Going from VOB to MP4 drops these attachments when MP4 is not MKV — the elementary streams convert, but the attached payload stays in the source. Keep VOB as a backup if you depend on attached fonts.
Which codec does the MP4 output use by default?
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The default codec is chosen to match the MP4 container conservatively: MKV defaults to H.265 (HEVC) for better compression; MP4 defaults to H.264 for the widest device support; WebM defaults to VP9; AVI uses MPEG-4 ASP (DivX/Xvid lineage). Override via the advanced codec dropdown — AV1 is available for MKV / WebM where you want maximum compression and can wait through the encode.
