Two Ways to Play VOB files on Mac OS X

VOB is the format used in DVD and will not open in Apple's video player easily. To play VOB files on Mac, you will need a professional VOB player or convert VOB to Mac media player supported format. In this article, you will learn two best ways to view stand-alone VOB files on Mac OS X(Mavericks) without any hassles. Just read on to figure it out.

Method 1: Play VOB files with professional VOB players on Mac

To watch VOB files on Mac OS X (Mavericks, Mountain Lion), a feasible method is take professional VOB players to use. Here we list some you can choose.

VLC:
The VLC can play everything-a bit overstate exactly, but we should admit that the VLC is really very powerful media player. It can play DVDs, VCDs, Audio CDs, web videos and much more without any codec packs needed. Furthermore, it can play even damaged media files.

MPlayerX:
The MPlayerX is also a good choice to view VOB video files on Mac. This VOB player for Mac supports almost all media format and no extra plug-ins or codec packages are required. You can directly drag and drop the videos files to be played into the main window and begin enjoy the clear and smooth playback immediately.

Method 2: Convert VOB files to Mac compatible format

To convert DVD VOB videos for playing on Mac, it's undoubtedly that a video conversion program is needed. You can just get Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.

It is an all-in-one video converter, video player, video editor, etc. and it's well compatible with Mac OS X Mavericks. You can employ this powerful video converter to accomplish virtually any video/audio conversion with fast speed and high quality. With it, you can transform VOB files to Mac compatible video format easily without any losing quality. If you are using a Windows and also want to convert VOB files to Windows media format, you can have a try on Brorsoft Video Converter which is also a multi-functional video converting tool designed for applying on Windows.

STEP 1. Load VOB files to the program

After installing the VOB converter Mac, launch it and click Add Files to import the VOB files you want to convert. After the files have been loaded, you can preview the VOB movies if you like.

STEP 2. Choose an output format

As we all know Mac well supports MOV or M4V format. So in this step, you need to choose MOV or M4V as the output format. Final Cut Pro, iMovie, QuickTime presets are provided as well.

P.S. This video converter for Mac also supports editing the video so that you can have a better enjoyment on watching the videos. You can trim the play time, crop the frame size, adding watermark as well as subtitles.

STEP 3. Start the conversion

When all is OK, just click the Convert button to start converting your VOB videos to Mac compatible files. After the conversion, find your converted video clips in the destination folder and the remaining thing is just watching VOB movies on Mac.