“I have an ISO file that is from a DVD. I tried to burn the ISO to DVD using Nero, but the DVD will not play. The Video in the ISO seems to still be ok. I can play the ISO in Windows Media Player Classic. I want to extract the VOBs from the ISO. Any suggestions on how to extract the VOB's from the ISO using only true freeware? Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks.”

An ISO file (often called an ISO image), is an archive file that contains an identical copy (or image) of data found on an optical disc, like a CD or DVD. They are often used for backing up optical discs, or for distributing large file sets that are intended to burned to an optical disc. VOB is a file extension for a video object file format used to store encrypted video and audio files used on current DVDs. VOB files may contain video (MPEG-2), audio, menus, subtitles, and navigation data. The file is usually found under the video_ts folder of DVDs. Essentially, they contain the data that is used together to deliver a pleasing video-viewing experience. This type of file can be played using just about any type of video player.

In order to play ISO files and VOB files, you may have to download video players such as VLC, KMPlayer, SMPlayer, DAPlayer, MPlayer, Free ISO Player, etc. However, sometimes we might want to convert DVD ISO file to VOB files so that we could play back the DVD ISO files on various VOB media players since nowadays there are still quite a lot of media players and devices that don’t support direct ISO image file playback. You will get the perfect solutions below.

Part 1. Best ISO to VOB Converter - Leawo DVD Ripper

To convert ISO to VOB, you need the help of an ISO to VOB converter capable of converting ISO to VOB. If you are lost in the vast majority of ISO to VOB converters, you can turn to Leawo DVD Ripper.

Leawo DVD Ripper could decrypt, rip and convert DVD movies from disc, folder and ISO image files to video/audio files in various formats like DVD to MP4, DVD to AVI, DVD to MKV, DVD to MP3, DVD to AAC, etc. for multiple media players and portable devices like Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, etc.), Android mobile phones and tablets, Windows phones, Sony Walkman, PS4, Blackberry devices, etc. Featured with advanced disc decrypting technology, Leawo DVD Ripper could decrypt both commercial and non-commercial DVD discs, and remove DVD disc region restrictions. You could even edit DVD movies and create 3D movies out of 2D DVD movies with it.

Meanwhile, Leawo DVD Ripper enables you to adjust output video and audio parameters by changing “Video size”, “Video code”, “Bite rate” and other output parameters according to your needs. It also supports DVD video editing, multi-core CPU, batch import, subtitles and audio tracks selection, etc. Leawo DVD Ripper even has a friendly user interface without any settings difficult to access to.

As for ISO to video converting, Leawo DVD Ripper enables you to rip and convert ISO files to MP4, MKV, AVI, etc., as well as VOB.
It’s easy to use. Follow the below instructions to learn how to convert ISO files to VOB files with Leawo DVD Ripper. But before that, you need to download and install Leawo DVD Ripper on your computer. Meanwhile, get source DVD ISO file ready for converting.

Note: Leawo DVD Ripper is built in to Leawo Prof. Media as a module.

Step 1. Enter Leawo DVD Ripper

Launch Leawo Prof. Media after installation and then enter the “Convert” module.

Step 2. Add source ISO file

Drag-and-drop your ISO files for input or simple click “Add Blue-ray/ DVD” icon to choose “Add iso file” option to import DVD ISO file into Leawo DVD Ripper. Some user-friendly settings could be done here, including selecting DVD chapters or titles, selecting subtitle and audio, previewing DVD videos with built-in player, screenshot during previewing, etc.

Note: Leawo DVD Ripper offers 3 different content loading modes: Full Movie, Main Movie and Custom Mode. Full Movie allows you to import all titles, and Main Movie only imports the longest title by default while you can freely choose titles for importing under Custom Mode. Choose a mode and click “OK” button to start importing source DVD files.

Step 3. Choose output format

Click the drop-down box (named “MP4 Video” by default) next to the “Add Photo” box, and choose “Change” to select VOB as output format from the “Format > Common Video” group.

Step 4. Adjust detailed settings

If mouse stays on the format option, there will appear an “Edit” icon for you. Click it to adjust video and audio parameters of output format, including: video codec, quality, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, channel, audio codec, resolution, etc.
Step 5. Start to convert

Click the big green “Convert” button on the top-right of the interface. On the popup sidebar, set output directory in the “Save to” box. After that, click the bottom “Convert” button to start converting DVD ISO to VOB. You could then view the entire converting process on the converting window.

Part 2. Convert ISO to VOB with WonderFox DVD Ripper

Besides Leawo DVD Ripper, WonderFox DVD Ripper is an another wonderful DVD ripping software tool with 3-easy steps to complete the DVD ripping process. It allows you to rip most of the DVD to various audio video formats like AVI, MP4, MKV, MPG, etc. You also can save the ripped files to portable devices like iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Nokia, HTC, blackberry, and many more.

With the embedded DVD decryption technology, this ripper is able to remove DVD copy protection like CSS, Region Code, Sony ARccOS, UOP and more. New decryption technologies will be updated continuously for new released DVDs.

Follow the below steps to learn how to rip and convert DVD ISO image files to VOB file with WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro.

  1. Download and install WonderFox DVD Ripper on your computer. Get source ISO image files ready for converting.
  2. Open this program then click the “ISO File” icon to load the DVD ISO content from your computer.
  3. Head to the Output Format part. On format section, choose the “VOB” profile as output format.
  4. You can adjust resolution, bit rate, aspect ratio, deinterlace your DVDs, change the DVD norm to play NTSC DVDs in the UK without restriction and so on by clicking the “Settings” button.
  5. Click the “Output Folder” box to set output directory for saving output VOB files.
  6. Click “Run” to start to convert DVD ISO file to VOB files.

WonderFox DVD Ripper will complete the converting process in clicks. It won’t take you long to get DVD ISO image files into VOB files.

Part 3. Convert ISO to VOB with Next DVD Ripper

The third DVD ISO to VOB converter we would like to recommend to you is Next DVD Ripper, also a professional DVD ripping tool that could rip and convert DVD to video and audio files in popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP3 or WAV. Similar to Leawo DVD Ripper and WonderFox DVD Ripper, it also lets you configure various parameters of the output file, such as bit rate, frame rate, and so on.

Check the below steps to learn how to use Next DVD Ripper to rip and convert DVD ISO file to VOB files:

  1. Download and install Next DVD Ripper on your computer. Get source DVD ISO image file ready.
  2. Launch Next DVD Ripper and then click “Add Movies” to browse and load DVD ISO image file from computer.
  3. You then will be asked to select title, subtitle and audio track for converting.
  4. Under the “Output Format” box, choose VOB as output format.
  5. Click the “Settings” button to adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, video quality, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, etc.
  6. Click the “Change” button under the “Output Folder” box to set output directory for saving the output VOB file.
  7. Finally, click the “Start” button to start converting DVD ISO to VOB files

After the conversion completes, you could get your source DVD ISO image files successfully turned to VOB files.

Part 4: Comparison and Conclusion

All these 3 DVD ISO converters could help you rip and convert DVD ISO image files to VOB files. Which one is better? Check the below steps.

Features

Leawo DVD Ripper

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro

Next DVD Ripper

Convert DVD to video

Yes

Yes

Yes

Convert encrypted DVD

Yes

Yes

No

Play back DVD movies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Get rid of disc region

Yes

Yes

No

DVD movie loading modes

Full Movie, Main Movie, Custom Mode

Full Movie

Custom Mode

Select subtitles and audio tracks

Yes

No

Yes

Trim DVD movie length

Yes

No

No

Crop DVD video size

Yes

No

No

Add image or text watermark

Yes

No

No

Adjust video effect

Yes

No

No

2D DVD to 3D video

Yes

No

No

Rotate DVD video

Yes

No

No

Merge DVD movies into one

Yes

No

No

GPU acceleration

Yes

No

No

Availability

Windows and Mac

Windows

Windows

Obviously, if you want to convert DVD ISO files to VOB files on Mac, Leawo DVD Ripper is without doubt the only choice since the other 2 have no Mac version. If you are going to convert DVD ISO file to VOB files on Windows computer, Leawo DVD Ripper also tops the other 2 with its excellent performance and practical bonus features.