DVR-MS to VOB: Convert Video from DVR-MS(Microsoft Digital Video Recordin) to VOB(DVD Media File) with River Past Video Cleaner, DVR-MS2VOB converter, conversion

What is DVR-MS?

DVR-MS (Microsoft Digital Video Recording) is a proprietary video and audio file format, developed by Microsoft. Video is encoded using the MPEG-2 standard and audio using MPEG-1 Layer II or Dolby Digital AC-3 (ATSC A/52). The format extends these standards by including metadata about the content and digital rights management. The extension was originally used by Zach Johnson who at the time was a developer for the television recording engine for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition.

To convert DVR-MS video to other formats with River Past software, please have GPL MPEG-2 Decoder installed.

What is VOB?

VOB standards for "Video Object". It is the file type to store video on a DVD disc. It is actuallly a MPEG-2 video, with special extension to support PCM, AC3, DTS audio, subpictures, and button navigation commands.

Additional Requirements

To convert from DVR-MS(Microsoft Digital Video Recordin) to VOB(DVD Media File) video with River Past Video Cleaner, you must have River Past MPEG-2 Booster Pack installed.

Launch River Past Video Cleaner

Once River Past Video Cleaner is installed properly, launch Video Cleaner.

Add File

Click on the "Add File" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "DVR-MS - Microsoft Video Recording" in its "Files of type" combo box.

Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.

Note: To convert from DVR-MS video, you must have GPL MPEG-2 Decoder installed.

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Select Output Format

Use the setting panel on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the left of the "Output Format" label to expand the panel. Select "VOB - DVD MPEG-2" as the "File Type".

Note: The MPEG-2 Booster Pack must be installed for the "MPG - MPEG-2" output option to show.

Select "NTSC" or "PAL" under "TV Standard" according to your location. Additional options under "Video Settings" changes accordingly depending on your selection of TV Standard.

Change Video Settings

Click on the toggle to the left of the "Video Settings" label to expand the panel.

You can change the size, and bitrate of the video.

If the TV standard is NTSC, you have the option to use 720x480, 704x480, 352x480 and 352x240 as the video resolution.

If the TV standard is PAL, you have the option to use 720x576, 704x576, 352x576 and 352x288 as the resolution.

The bitrate is in the unit of kbit/second. Use this formula to calculate the video size per minute:

Video size/minute (KByte/second) = bitrate / 8 * 60.