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

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" <triptoechoes@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> 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

>

 

 

 

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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.

"brain_wired" <triptoechoes@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> 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.

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.

 

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

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>

> "brain_wired" <triptoechoes@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:1183356430.188098.140730@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>> 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.

>

brain_wired wrote:

>

> 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.

 

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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 :)