subject: Video_ts To Mp4 On Mac [print this page] Source: http://dvdrippingsoftwares.org/dvdtips/mac-video-ts-converter.html
Lets say you have a VIDEO_TS folder downloaded from internet or ripped off a commercial DVD on your Mac hard drive, and wish to edit the Video_TS file in iMovie, or sync the Video_TS file to iPad, iPod, iPhone etc. for watching, but the Mac video editing software or the portable media devices do not read them. The following article is going to explain how you can convert a Video_TS folder to a single AVI file, MP4 file, MOV file or other file that is accepted by iMovie, Final Cut Pro, iPod, iPad, iPhone, PSP etc. on your Mac.
Background Information
What files does a VIDEO_TS folder consist of? What are these files for?
First of all, lets take a look at the file construction of a DVD disc. Usually, the disc contains two folders: Audio_ts and Video_ts. The Auido_ts folder is empty because it is used for laser discs (DVD version) DVD_AUDIO. And the Video_ts folder keeps all the video, audio and subtitles information of the film. A standard Video_ts folder should contain VIDEO_TSVIDEO_TSIFOVTS_01_0VTS_01_0IFOVTS_01_1DVD.
VOB: The VOB file is used for storing the video data, audio data, Multi-Linguistic subtitles data, and the menu & button data in DVD-film. Due to a VOB file can save up to 1 video data, 9 audio data and 32 subtitles data, the DVD movie has up to 9 sound tracks and 32 language subtitles.
IFO: The IFO file controls the player's navigation through the DVD. The information stored in the IFO file decide how and when to play the data in the VOB file, such as, the initiative time of the chapters, the position of the audio data and the subs data etc. The DVD drive or other DVD player software must read the IFO file to integrate the various data in DVD-film for playing.
BUP: The BUP file is a backup of the IFO file, and they are all the same. Because the IFO file is very important to guarantee the film could play normally, with this copy, the DVD drive can read the corresponding information when it can not read the IFO file.
Step 1: Download a Mac Video_ts file converter program. I recommend you the iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac which has the ability to encode a VIDEO_TS folder into a wide range of video format including MP4, AVI, MOV, M4V, MKV, WMV, FLV etc. Notably, it is also available for ripping commercial DVDs to your Mac hard drive.
Step 2: Install and run this Mac application on your Mac computer. When the main window appears, drag and drop the VIDEO_TS folder from your Mac hard disk over the application. It will take a few minutes to scan the movie.
Step 3: In the lower-right corner of the program, choose the subtitles and audio tracks which you want to convert together with. In addition, there is a Merge into One File option out there, check it if you want to convert a VIDEO_TS folder to a single MP4/AVI/MOV etc. files.
Step 4: Select a suitable video format like MP4, MOV, AVI, M4V, MKV etc. from output list of this Mac program. It also provides a variety of presets for iMovie, Final Cut Pro, iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV and more, so you can choose a preset as output format if you want to put your Video_ts files to these programs or devices.
Step 5: Press the "Convert" button in the lower-right corner of the window to begin compressing the Video_ts file on your Mac. Depending on the length of the movie, the process can take up to a few minutes or hours to complete.
