Play VOB on Plex Media Server

Plex Media Server does not play VOB

Plex Media Server recongnizes VOB folder and then content but it just will not play them. Can you make a support for VOB to be played? My DVD’s that I archive I would like to be able to play them as they are OG’s.

Why Plex not handle VOB files?

Reason 1:

According to the support page, I’ve known that it isn’t supported: Plex does not support the use of ISO, IMG, Video_TS or other “disk image” formats. If you wish to use those with Plex, it’s recommended that you convert them to a compatible format.

Reason 2:

VOB is a container format in DVD-Video media, almost all commercially produced DVD-Video titles use some restrictions or copy protection method, which also affects VOB files.

From above information, we can see that it is impossible to import unencrypted VOB files to Plex, not to say VOB files encrypted with restrictions and copy protection. To fix the Plex VOB playback problems, you will need a specific application to get the job completed.

Convert VOB for Plex playing

Here, we highly recommend you our best VOB Converter – Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to you. The program not only works as a powerful VOB Video Converter but also equipped with the powerful capability to bypass encryption from VOB files.

With the assistance of our application, you can easily transcode not only VOB, but also other unsupported file types such as commercial DVD disc, DVD Video_TS folder, Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray BDMV folder, Blu-ray ISO image file and all digital file formats such as AVI (Divx, Xvid), WMV/VC-1, MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, AVCHD (MTS/M2TS), MXF, XAVC/XAVC S, H.264, H.265, Prores, etc. When loading digital file formats, it supports batch processing mode, which means you can encode a folder full of videos in one fell swoop.

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Here, you can easily convert any of unsupported file formats to Plex Media Server best compatible MP4, MOV with H.264 video codec or AAC, AC3 audio codec. To get the best output quality, you can flexibly adjust output profile parameters such as video codec, bit rate, resolution, frame rate and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels, etc.

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Step by Step to Transcode VOB for Plex Media Server Viewing

Step 1: Load VOB files into the application.

Launch this VOB file converter. To add VOB files, you can just drag video from your DVD Video_TS folder to the list in the operating window, or head to Add button to choose the VOB file you want to convert.

Step 2: Choose output file format.

Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select one of best Plex Media Server readable file formats “H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)” under “HD Video” main category.

Step 3: Adjust to output Plex supported audio codec.

Click “Settings” on the main interface to open “Profile Settings” window, here, you can flexibly choose or specify exactly the profile parameters. In audio section, from “Codec” drop-down list, select Plex readable “AAC” or “AC3” codec.

Step 4: Begin the conversion process.

After all setting is completed, hit the “Convert” button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process.

When the conversion is finished, click “Open Output Folder” icon on the main interface to open the folder with generated files.