I haven't done this myself, so I can't speak from experience. However,
the VOB files are your MPEG2 files containing multiplexed video and
audio. I don't know which product you are using for the conversion, but
It may be possible to "simply" concatenate all the VOBs to produce a
single MPEG2 file that wil play properly (probably without subtitles -
not sure).

AA Smith wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback, bxf!
>
> I'm concerned with converting a DVD to a non-DVD video format. I just want
> a video without the menus; preferably one that will play on WMP 10.
>
> And, when running the conversion I'm more than a bit confused as to which
> files I need to identify as input to the conversion software. Do I need to
> highlight (select for conversion) the VIDEO_TS.BUP file and the VIDEO_TS.IFO
> file and the VTS_01_0.IFO file in addition to all the .VOB files or not?
> Obviously, I don't know exactly what the VIDEO_TS.BUP file and the
> VIDEO_TS.IFO file, and the VTS_01_0.IFO are.
> --
> With kindest regards,
>
> Dick Smith
>
> "bxf" <bill@topman.net> wrote in message
> news:1133181904.138800.290950@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> > AA Smith wrote:
> >> I don't know a lot about video files/formats, so I'd appreciate
> >> suggestions.
> >>
> >> When converting a DVD to another video format, several options are
> >> available. I wonder which would prove to be the most compact and which
> >> would be the easiest to manage, edit and if possible resize.
> >>
> >> The options available include .AVI, .MPEG2, WMV, .RM (real player,) .MOV,
> >> .3GP, and MP4.
> >> --
> >> With kindest regards,
> >>
> >> Dick Smith
> >
> > It may be useful to know why you want to convert. For example,
> > commercial DVDs are encoded in MPEG2, so if your intention is merely to
> > copy the DVD (watch out for copyright) to your HDD, then why not keep
> > it as it is and avoid losses caused by recompression? On the other had,
> > if your intent is to copy and make a significantly smaller file, then
> > you can consider any MPEG4 (e.g. DivX) avi with an appropriately low
> > bitrate.
> >