Xvid to VOB

How to Convert Xvid to VOB Online

1. Upload Your Xvid File: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to load an Xvid-encoded AVI from a hard drive, camcorder rip, or download archive. Batch upload is supported — drop in a whole season of episodes and convert in one pass.
2. Pick a Quality Preset or Bitrate: Default is the Quality Preset at "Very High (Recommended)". Switch to Constant Bitrate around 6-8 Mbps for DVD-Video compliance, or use Specific File Size to fit a 4.7 GB single-layer DVD-5 (~1 GiB per VOB segment). Constant Quality (CRF) and Variable Bitrate are available for non-disc workflows.
3. Set Resolution and Trim (Optional): Under Video Resolution, pick a Preset Resolution of 720×480 (NTSC, North America/Japan) or 720×576 (PAL, Europe/Australia/most of the world) — the only two sizes a stand-alone DVD player will accept. You can also keep original, scale by Resolution Percentage, or set custom Width × Height. Use Trim → Time Range to extract a specific segment.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared. Drop the resulting .vob into DVDStyler, ImgBurn, or any DVD-authoring tool to build a VIDEO_TS folder.

Why Convert Xvid to VOB?

Xvid is an open-source MPEG-4 Part 2 (Advanced Simple Profile) codec, almost always wrapped in an AVI container. It was a piracy and home-rip mainstay through the 2000s but doesn't play on a stand-alone DVD-Video player without a re-encode. VOB (Video Object) is the file the DVD-Video specification (1996) actually requires: an MPEG program stream carrying MPEG-2 video plus AC-3, PCM, MP2, or DTS audio. Common reasons to convert Xvid → VOB:

• Burning Xvid rips to a playable DVD — most living-room DVD players reject AVI/Xvid outright. Re-encoding to VOB at 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576 (PAL) is the only path to a disc that plays on grandparents' Sony or Panasonic deck.
• DVD authoring with menus — DVDStyler accepts Xvid input and re-encodes automatically, but pre-converting to compliant VOBs lets you skip that step in ImgBurn, Nero, or Roxio and avoid double re-encoding.
• Archival on physical DVD — a DVD-5 holds ~4.37 GiB and a DVD-9 holds ~7.95 GiB. Targeting a Constant Bitrate of 4.5-6 Mbps fits a typical 90-minute Xvid rip onto a single-layer disc with room for menus.
• Legacy car DVD players and bedroom TV/DVD combos — these almost never include the codec packs needed to play Xvid AVIs even when their manuals claim "DivX support". MPEG-2 in VOB is universal.
• Editing in older DVD authoring suites — Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Encore (discontinued 2017 but still in use), and TMPGEnc DVD Author all expect DVD-compliant MPEG-2 VOBs as input.
• Broadcast/educational submission — some schools, training programs, and local cable channels still require deliverables on physical DVD-Video, and VOB is the only accepted file inside the VIDEO_TS folder.

Xvid (AVI) vs VOB — Format Comparison

Bitrate Guide for DVD-Video

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the VOB play on a stand-alone DVD player?

Not by itself — a player expects a complete VIDEO_TS folder structure with IFO, BUP, and VOB files. The output here is a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 VOB, which is the video payload. Drop it into DVDStyler, ImgBurn (Build mode), Nero, or any DVD authoring tool to generate the IFO/BUP files and burn a playable disc. Once burned in that structure, every DVD-Video player made since 1996 will play it.

Should I pick NTSC (720×480) or PAL (720×576)?

NTSC for North America, Japan, parts of South America, the Philippines, and South Korea. PAL for the UK, most of Europe, Australia, India, and most of Africa and Asia. If your source is an Xvid rip from a region you don't recognize, frame rate is the giveaway: 23.976/29.97 fps is NTSC, 25 fps is PAL. Mismatching causes either a 4% pitch shift (PAL speed-up) or visible judder on playback.

Why is the VOB so much larger than the Xvid AVI?

Xvid uses MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP, which is roughly 2-3× more efficient than the MPEG-2 the DVD-Video spec requires. A 700 MB Xvid rip typically expands to 3-4 GB after re-encoding to DVD-compliant MPEG-2 at 5-6 Mbit/s. This is unavoidable — the DVD spec dates to 1996 and was frozen before MPEG-4 existed. If you don't actually need a physical disc, convert Xvid to MP4 instead and keep the file small.

What audio codec should I use?

AC-3 (Dolby Digital) at 192 or 256 kbps is the safe default — every DVD player supports it and it's the most efficient legal codec for the format. PCM is uncompressed and eats bitrate budget. MP2 works but sounds worse than AC-3 at the same bitrate. DTS is supported but not all consumer players decode it, so avoid unless you know the target hardware. Note that AAC, MP3, and MPEG-4 audio are not legal in a VOB and will be rejected by stand-alone players.

Can I fit a long movie on a single-layer DVD-5?

A DVD-5 holds ~4.37 GiB of user data. At 5 Mbit/s video plus 192 kbps AC-3 audio, you fit about 110 minutes; at 4 Mbit/s you fit about 135 minutes. For 3-hour content use a DVD-9 (dual-layer, ~7.95 GiB) or accept lower bitrate. The "Specific file size" option lets you target an exact size — set it to 4500 MB for a DVD-5 with menu headroom.

Why is my Xvid AVI's audio out of sync after converting?

Xvid rips occasionally use VBR MP3 audio with a non-standard frame layout that confuses MPEG-2 muxers. Re-encoding the audio to AC-3 (the recommended path for DVD anyway) fixes this in nearly every case. If sync is still off, the source AVI itself likely has drift — open it in MediaInfo and check whether audio and video durations match before blaming the conversion.

What's the difference between Xvid and DivX, and does it matter here?

Xvid and DivX are both MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP encoders — Xvid is open-source GPLv2, DivX is the original commercial codec. Decoders treat them interchangeably, so a DivX to VOB conversion uses the same pipeline. If a player or tool advertises "DivX support" it will almost always also handle Xvid-encoded streams.

Can I convert the VOB back to a modern format later?

Yes. After authoring and ripping a DVD, convert VOB to MP4 to bring the content back into a modern container. You'll lose the MPEG-2 generation that the DVD step introduced, so for archival keep your Xvid source file rather than treating the VOB as the master.

Is Xvid still maintained?

The last official Xvid release was version 1.3.7 on December 28, 2019. Development continues in SVN but new stable releases are rare. Xvid playback is still supported by VLC, MPV, and FFmpeg, so existing files aren't going anywhere — but for new encodes most people now use H.264 or H.265 instead. If you have unconverted Xvid archives and don't need a DVD, Xvid to MP4 is usually the better target than VOB.