Cool VOB To MPEG Converter is more of a video compressor than a converter. This free and simple-to-use application will compress your DVD video files into smaller MPEG files. In fact, VOB files are already MPEG files, though with a higher audio and video quality. Actually, you can manually “convert” a VOB file to MPEG just by changing the .VOB extension of any DVD file into .MPG, and it will seamlessly play in any video player that supports this format.
Therefore, what this program will actually do for you is compress the video and audio streams of the original file and create another MPEG file, 90% smaller. It will convert the uncompressed PCM audio track into MP3 and reduce the size of the video frames to a third of the original. This will allow you to load and play this video, with an acceptable level of quality, on all kinds of portable devices.
The program itself is a reliable and fast conversion tool with batch capabilities. To speed things up, it offers you a short list of quality presets that any user can understand, ranging from “Very low” to “Very high”. However, you can fine-tune some of these settings by using the Custom option. Here you can make your own choice of audio and video bit rates, frame rate and size, and aspect ratio. Cropping and padding are also supported, allowing you to specify how many pixels you want to get rid of at each of the four sides of the frame.
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