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Archive Your VOB File in 7Z Format
Learn how to convert and archive VOB video files into compressed 7Z archives for efficient storage, secure backups, and easy transfer. Discover key features, uses, and limitations of converting VOB files to 7Z archives.
Quick Access To 3 VOB File Conversion Pairs
What Is This Tool?
This tool allows you to archive VOB files, which are video containers used on DVDs, into 7Z format archives. By converting VOB files into highly compressed 7Z archives, you can reduce storage space, create encrypted backups, and manage large DVD file sets more efficiently.
How to Use This Tool?
- Upload one or more VOB files along with any accompanying IFO or BUP files.
- Choose 7Z as the target archive format for compression.
- Optionally enable encryption and set a password for secure archiving.
- Start the conversion to compress and package the files into a 7Z archive.
- Download the resulting compressed archive for storage or transfer.
Key Features
- Compress multiple VOB files and associated DVD navigation files into a single 7Z archive.
- Utilize high compression with LZMA/LZMA2 and solid compression techniques.
- Option to create encrypted archives with AES-256 for secure storage.
- Support for multi-volume 7Z archives to handle large file transfers and size limits.
- Preserve original DVD file folder structures during archiving.
Examples
- A user backs up ripped DVD content including VOB and IFO files into a password-protected 7Z archive using LZMA2 compression to save space and ensure security.
- A technician combines several 1 GB VOB segments into a multi-volume 7Z archive to upload across a platform with individual file size restrictions.
Common Use Cases
- Backing up DVD-Video rips in a compressed, optionally encrypted 7Z archive for space-efficient long-term storage.
- Preparing large DVD files for upload by splitting them into multi-volume 7Z archives to meet size limitations on transfer platforms.
- Archiving collections of DVD ripped files while preserving folder structure and reducing disk usage.
Tips & Best Practices
- Include associated IFO and BUP files along with VOB files to preserve full DVD navigation features.
- Use encryption when storing sensitive backups to protect content with AES-256 security.
- Opt for multi-volume archives when dealing with very large datasets to simplify file transfer.
- Be aware that extracting individual files from solid 7Z archives may require more time and processing power.
- Ensure that recipients have compatible software to extract 7Z files since not all systems support them natively.
Limitations
- Archiving in 7Z does not alter the VOB file’s video/audio codecs or DVD menu features; inherent VOB limitations remain unless re-encoded.
- CSS-encrypted commercial VOB files require decryption before archiving to be playable or accessible.
- Solid compression in 7Z archives can slow down extraction or modification of individual files and is CPU-intensive.
- Not all operating systems support 7Z archives natively, often requiring third-party extraction tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why should I convert VOB files to 7Z archives?
- Converting VOB files to 7Z archives reduces storage space by compressing the data, enables encrypted backups, and simplifies managing multiple split VOB segments in a single archive.
- Can 7Z compression affect the video quality of VOB files?
- No, 7Z archiving compresses the container and files without changing the internal video or audio codecs, so the video quality remains unchanged.
- Do I need special software to open 7Z archives created from VOB files?
- Yes, because 7Z is not universally supported by all operating systems, you might need third-party tools like 7-Zip to extract these archives.
Key Terminology
- VOB
- A video container format used on DVDs that multiplexes MPEG-2 video, audio, subtitles, and navigation data.
- 7Z
- An open archive format from the 7-Zip project that compresses multiple files and supports encryption and multi-volume archives.
- LZMA / LZMA2
- Compression algorithms used by 7Z to achieve high compression ratios with efficient decompression.
- AES-256 Encryption
- A strong encryption standard used in 7Z archives to protect the content and optionally the archive headers.
- Multi-volume Archive
- A large archive split into smaller parts, allowing easier storage or transfer across media or platforms with size limits.