Change file extension from mpg to VOB

[brain_wired]

hi

I had a VOB file whose extension i changed to mpg and it became a
windows media file. now i want to change it back to VOB but it still
remains a windows media file. how do i change it back to VOB file.

Thanks
Brain

 

[Guest]

well if you renamed the file like this FILE.VOB
then it is a vob file...

perhaps you mean the icon and association has changed?

Tell us what you want to do...so we can help you better

 

[brain_wired]

sorry if i was not clear. i had a file named FILE1.VOB. i changed it
to FILE1.MPG and the icon and the association changed to winamp and
windows media file respectively. now i changed it again to FILE1.VOB.
but the icon and the association are still that of MPG. how do i
change it back to a VOB file with their respective icon and
association.

 

[M.I.5¾]

sorry if i was not clear. i had a file named FILE1.VOB. i changed it
to FILE1.MPG and the icon and the association changed to winamp and
windows media file respectively. now i changed it again to FILE1.VOB.
but the icon and the association are still that of MPG. how do i
change it back to a VOB file with their respective icon and
association.

In spite of the change of extension, the file would still have been in the
format of a ,VOB file. When you ran it, your application probably realised
that it was really a VOB and played it as such. At the same time it created
an association with the .VOB file, so that when you changed it back, the
association has caused it to display with the winamp icon. You can probably
change it back by running the original application, or changing the
association from the 'tools' menu on any folder. Click on 'Folder Options'
then the 'File Types' tab. You can now scroll down to VOB and edit the
properties including associations. Note: that you can only edit them if you
logged in as an administrator.

 

[RalfG]

Alternatively, if you have Explorer set to not display file extensions,
attempting to rename FILE1 to FILE1.VOB results in the file name
"FILE1.VOB.MPG", with the .MPG extension being hidden. Either the Explorer
options need to be changed to display the file extensions or rename the file
with some program that ignores the Explorer settings and always displays the
real extensions, like CKRENAME.
VOB is MPEG2 format, which isn't native to Windows. Usually a 3rd party
software DVD player or DVD burner program provides the CODEC that allows it
to be played.

 

[Plato]

I had a VOB file whose extension i changed to mpg and it became a
windows media file. now i want to change it back to VOB but it still
remains a windows media file. how do i change it back to VOB file.

http://www.bootdisk.com/housecall/016.htm#4

 

[brain_wired]

Thanks for all your replies. the problem lay with the file extension
being hidden . i changed the settings to show the file extension and
the changed the file back to FILE1.VOB. in the end simple really