How to convert VOB to AVI videos

Read the step-by-step guide to learn how to convert VOB videos to AVI videos for free.

"How to convet VOB to AVI files for free?", this question has confused me for a long time when I need to convert VOB files from a DVD to AVI files as my friend sent me a file of a short film he made. The cilps he sent are VOB formats and I could not view them with windows media player and my computer doesn't have a dvd writer. I tried several converters but the quality suffers. My video either loses quality and shows large pixels or the convertion procedures are too complicated and put lots of viruses in my computer. I've ben searching all over the internet and the only program I found serves me well is called" Aneesoft Video Converter Pro". Here I want to tell my friends who don't know what program should use to convert VOB to AVI with Aneesoft Video Converter Pro.

This software is a free trial application that accomplishes this task quickly and easily. Comparedd to some other complicated converters, it's easy to use and converts the video in simply 6 steps. Considering you might be a novice of computer, let me show you how to convert VOB to AVI video format step by step.

Things you’ll need
1. Aneesoft Video Converter Pro (Free for download trial version)
2. VOB video files

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft Video Converter Pro

We’ll be using the very nice video converter software called Aneesoft Video Converter Pro for converting VOB videos to AVI format, head over here and download the free trial version. Next step is to install the program.

Step 2: Run Video Converter Pro and add VOB video files

Now run Aneesoft Video Converter Pro and click the big button "Add..." to add VOB video files on your computer, you may add as many videos as you want to convert to AVI videos. Only the titles you checked will be converted. So if there're some videos you don't want to convert, you need to uncheck them or 'Remove' them from the right-click menu. 'Clear' in the right-click menu means remove all titles in the list.
Add VOB videos in Aneesoft VOB to AVI Converter Software

Step 3: Edit videos: crop, trim, add effects, add watermark

Wanna edit your videos to make it more personalized? You may add a watermark in Aneesoft Video Converter Pro. Just select the title you'd like to add watermark, then click the button 'Edit' to launch video editing window. If you want to crop video or add some special effects, click the first two tabs. You're able to add a text watermark or an image watermark (you may call it logo) on the output video. Adjust the 'Transparency' to make the watermark look better.
Edit VOB videos in Aneesoft VOB to AVI Converter Software

Step 4: Merge some separate VOB videos to 1 single AVI file

Click on the video titles you'd like to merge to 1 single file, then click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate files if you just need the single merged video file. Here 'click on the video titles' is not just check the options, you need to click them to make them highlight. You may see the image below to have an idea.
Merge VOB videos in Aneesoft VOB to AVI Converter Software

Step 5: Change the output settings to convert AVI videos with best quality

There are almost all common video formats available for you to choose to convert. You may convert VOB videos to different video formats for video editing or playback on your mobile devices, such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, cellphone, etc. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually video with bitrate as 768 is acceptable for watching.
Set AVI Output formats in Aneesoft VOB to AVI Converter Software

Step 6: Start converting VOB videos to AVI videos

Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting VOB videos to AVI videos. Once the convert is complete, Aneesoft Video Converter Pro will place a new version of your AVI video. Double-click the new AVI file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect.