{
 "id": "video-object-file-mpeg-2-subset",
 "name": "Video Object File (MPEG-2 subset)",
 "category": "video",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "vob"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "video/dvd",
   "video/mpeg",
   "video/x-ms-vob"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/425"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1884715"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "000001ba",
    "notes": "Video Object File"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Video Object File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "000001ba{8-11}000001(bb|bd|be|e0)"
     },
     {
      "position": "var",
      "pattern": "000001bf03d400{979}000001bf03fa01"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "x-fmt/385",
   "x-fmt/386"
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "A Video Object File (or VOB) is a strict subset of the MPEG-2 Program Stream, primarily used within DVD video. A VOB will contain an extended private stream containing both 'Packet Control Information', and 'Data Search Information'.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Premiere Pro",
   "url": "http://adobe.com/products/premiere",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "EZ CD Audio Converter",
   "url": "https://www.poikosoft.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "MoviePlus",
   "url": "http://www.serif.com/movieplus",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "OpenPuff",
   "url": "https://embeddedsw.net/OpenPuff_Steganography_Home.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PowerDVD",
   "url": "https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/overview_en_US.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q50938515",
   "url": "https://joinpeertube.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "SpaceClaim",
   "url": "http://www.spaceclaim.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Veblr",
   "url": "https://veblr.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "VLC media player",
   "url": "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/VOB",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/425",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/425",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q1884715",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1884715",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "converters",
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}