Use FFmpeg for that, as follows: ffmpeg -i output.vobįor example, you might end up with something like: Input #0, mpeg, from 'output.vob':ĭuration: 01:50:40.99, start: 0.287267, bitrate: 7581 kb/s Now let's inspect the newly created file: we want to find what kind of stuff it contains. To do that, browse to the VIDEO_TS folder and do: cat *.VOB > output.vob The first step then is to join them into a single, big VOB file.

VOB file are usually 1 Gb each in order to be compatible with all operating systems, as some cannot read files larger than that size. Audio tracks will be encoded in mp3 format.

The video stream will be encoded with H.264 codec, currently the best guy in town. For our task I will be using Matroska Multimedia Container container (.mkv files), as it is capable of storing different audio, video and subtitle tracks together. In this guide I'll show you how to do that by using FFmpeg (version 3.2.5 or greater) on a Linux-based operating system - I'm currently using Debian Stable, aka Jessie.įFmpeg is able to deal with a vast amount of audio/video formats and containters.

Ffmpeg options for mp4 conversion