No audio track from VOB file

[Deaf-Danny]

I was creating a 40th Birthday messages for my sister 40th and was adding a few video of her throughou the years, I was adding a VOB file which I copied from a previous Adobe Encore created DVD. When i import it to Premier Pro and added to Timeline it sounds no sound and audio track it plays sound in VLC player.

Here are the properties of the VOB file:

File Path: /Users/xxxxxx/Movies/VTS_01_5.VOB
Type: MPEG Movie
File Size: 713.79 MB
Image Size: 360 x 576
Frame Rate: 25.00
Total Duration: 00:29:33:15
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 2.1333

Any one give me advice or help on this. Her 40th Birthday was on the 10th, so it done and dusted but it have another 2 sisters 😞 birthdays up coming and would like to do the same for them when the meet birthday milestone. So if i come across this error again and would know how to resolve it.

Thanks

[Mike Dziennik]

Use MediaInfo app to get the audio codec information. I have experienced this before when a vob had DTS audio which Premiere couldn't decode. It's unlikely to be DTS if its from a DVD you made yourself but if you can get the audio specs using MediaInfo then we may be able to figure it out.

[Deaf-Danny]

General
Count :
331
Count of stream of this kind :
1
Kind of stream :
General
Kind of stream :
General
Stream identifier :
0
Inform :
MPEG-PS: 714 MiB
Count of video streams :
1
Count of audio streams :
2
Count of text streams :
1
Count of menu streams :
1
Video_Format_List :
MPEG Video
Video_Format_WithHint_List :
MPEG Video
Codecs Video :
MPEG Video
Audio_Format_List :
AC-3 / MPEG Audio
Audio_Format_WithHint_List :
AC-3 / MPEG Audio
Audio codecs :
AC-3 / MPEG Audio
Text_Format_List :
RLE
Text_Format_WithHint_List :
RLE
Text codecs :
RLE
Menu_Format_List :
DVD-Video
Menu_Format_WithHint_List :
DVD-Video
Menu codecs :
DVD-Video
Complete name :
/Users/Danny/Movies/VTS_01_5.VOB
Folder name :
/Users/Danny/Movies
File name extension :
VTS_01_5.VOB
File name :
VTS_01_5
File extension :
VOB
Format :
MPEG-PS
Format :
MPEG-PS
Format/Extensions usually used :
mpeg mpg m2p vob vro pss evo
Commercial name :
MPEG-PS
Internet media type :
video/MP2P
File size :
748462080
File size :
714 MiB
File size :
714 MiB
File size :
714 MiB
File size :
714 MiB
File size :
713.8 MiB
Overall bit rate mode :
VBR
Overall bit rate mode :
Variable
Frame rate :
25.000
Frame rate :
25.000 FPS
File last modification date :
UTC 2008-10-17 23:32:12
File last modification date (local) :
2008-10-18 00:32:12
Video
Count :
378
Count of stream of this kind :
1
Kind of stream :
Video
Kind of stream :
Video
Stream identifier :
0
FirstPacketOrder :
0
Inform :
352*576 (4:3), at 25.000 FPS, MPEG Video (PAL) (Version 2) (Main@Main) (CustomMatrix / BVOP)
ID :
224
ID :
224 (0xE0)
Format :
MPEG Video
Format :
MPEG Video
Commercial name :
MPEG-2 Video
Format version :
Version 2
Format profile :
Main@Main
Format settings :
CustomMatrix / BVOP
Format settings, BVOP :
Yes
Format settings, BVOP :
Yes
Format settings, Matrix :
Custom
Format settings, Matrix :
Custom
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Format settings, GOP :
M=3, N=12
Format settings, picture structure :
Frame
Internet media type :
video/MPV
Bit rate mode :
VBR
Bit rate mode :
Variable
Maximum bit rate :
3060000
Maximum bit rate :
3 060 kb/s
Width :
352
Width :
352 pixels
Height :
576
Height :
576 pixels
Sampled_Width :
352
Sampled_Height :
576
Pixel aspect ratio :
2.134
Display aspect ratio :
1.304
Display aspect ratio :
4:3
Frame rate :
25.000
Frame rate :
25.000 FPS
Standard :
PAL
Color space :
YUV
Chroma subsampling :
4:2:0
Chroma subsampling :
4:2:0
Bit depth :
8
Bit depth :
8 bits
Scan type :
Interlaced
Scan type :
Interlaced
Scan order :
TFF
Scan order :
Top Field First
Compression mode :
Lossy
Compression mode :
Lossy
Delay :
10306778.044444
Delay :
2 h 51 min
Delay :
2 h 51 min 46 s 778 ms
Delay :
2 h 51 min
Delay :
02:51:46.778
Delay_DropFrame :
No
Delay, origin :
Container
Delay, origin :
Container
Delay_Original :
10307040
Delay_Original :
2 h 51 min
Delay_Original :
2 h 51 min 47 s 40 ms
Delay_Original :
2 h 51 min
Delay_Original :
02:51:47.040
Delay_Original_Settings :
drop_frame_flag=0 / closed_gop=1 / broken_link=0
Delay_Original_DropFrame :
No
Delay_Original_Source :
Stream
Time code of first frame :
02:51:47:01
Time code source :
Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed :
Closed
GOP, Open/Closed :
Closed
Buffer size :
229376
intra_dc_precision :
10
Audio #1
Count :
302
Count of stream of this kind :
2
Kind of stream :
Audio
Kind of stream :
Audio
Stream identifier :
0
Stream identifier :
1
StreamOrder :
0
FirstPacketOrder :
1
Inform :
256 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, AC-3 (DVD-Video) (Dolby Digital)
ID :
189-128
ID :
189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format :
AC-3
Format :
AC-3
Format/Info :
Audio Coding 3
Format/Url :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC3
Commercial name :
Dolby Digital
Commercial name :
Dolby Digital
Format settings, Endianness :
Big
Muxing mode :
DVD-Video
Bit rate mode :
CBR
Bit rate mode :
Constant
Bit rate :
256000
Bit rate :
256 kb/s
Channel(s) :
2
Channel(s) :
2 channels
Channel positions :
Front: L R
Channel positions :
2/0/0
Channel layout :
L R
Samples per frame :
1536
Sampling rate :
48000
Sampling rate :
48.0 kHz
Frame rate :
31.250
Frame rate :
31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode :
Lossy
Compression mode :
Lossy
Delay :
10306266.044444
Delay :
2 h 51 min
Delay :
2 h 51 min 46 s 266 ms
Delay :
2 h 51 min
Delay :
02:51:46.266
Delay, origin :
Container
Delay, origin :
Container
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-512
Delay relative to video :
-512 ms
Delay relative to video :
-512 ms
Delay relative to video :
-512 ms
Delay relative to video :
-00:00:00.512
Service kind :
CM
Service kind :
Complete Main
bsid :
4
Dialog Normalization :
-31
Dialog Normalization :
-31 dB
compr :
-11.02
compr :
-11.02 dB
dsurmod :
0
acmod :
2
lfeon :
0
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-31
dialnorm_Average :
-31 dB
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-31
dialnorm_Minimum :
-31 dB
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dialnorm_Maximum :
-31 dB
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compr_Average :
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-11.02
compr_Minimum :
-11.02 dB
compr_Maximum :
-11.02
compr_Maximum :
-11.02 dB
compr_Count :
1152
Audio #2
Count :
280
Count of stream of this kind :
2
Kind of stream :
Audio
Kind of stream :
Audio
Stream identifier :
1
Stream identifier :
2
FirstPacketOrder :
3
Inform :
MPEG Audio
ID :
218
ID :
218 (0xDA)
Format :
MPEG Audio
Format :
MPEG Audio
Commercial name :
MPEG Audio
Internet media type :
audio/mpeg
Compression mode :
Lossy
Compression mode :
Lossy
Text
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238
Count of stream of this kind :
1
Kind of stream :
Text
Kind of stream :
Text
Stream identifier :
0
StreamOrder :
0
FirstPacketOrder :
2
Inform :
RLE (DVD-Video)
ID :
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ID :
189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format :
RLE
Format :
RLE
Format/Info :
Run-length encoding
Commercial name :
RLE
Muxing mode :
DVD-Video
Menu
Count :
94
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1
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Menu
Kind of stream :
Menu
Stream identifier :
0
Format :
DVD-Video
Format :
DVD-Video
Commercial name :
DVD-Video

[Mike Dziennik]

What OS are you on? This might help:

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/dolby-end-of-support.html 

Your VOB has Dolby Digital audio which may not be decoded dpeending on your OS and PP version.

[Deaf-Danny]

I am on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 

[Deaf-Danny]

How do I get round this?

[Ann Bens]

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/dolby-end-of-support.html

Please next time just take a screenshot of Mediainfo as of now its hard to read.

[Deaf-Danny]

Ann sorry about that. It seems.i can decode it on my Mac but it still not shown audio is there anything I can do?

[Ann Bens]

Guessing the ac3 is the culprite.

Try audacity to convert.

[Mike Dziennik]

Do you have Audition?

Interestingly, I have one VOB on my system which has AC3 audio - I can play it back in Quicktime player on MacOS 10.15.6 and I get audio. I can also open it in Audition and I get audio. However, in Premiere, it is mute and no waveforms are drawn.

So as a workaround: convert in audition if you have it.
Secondly, can anyone else explain why AC3 might be decoded in Audition but not Premiere (when in theory it should be done by OS in both cases)? One file is not an exhaustive test clearly, but something funny is going on if Audition can play it.

[Tee_Mo]

Best way I found was to just add the VOB into Premier Pro, then go back to the where you saved the VOB and open it again is Adobe Audition, export the audio in Audition and then add that export into Premier Pro

[JeffM2022]

Tee_Mo, this process worked perfectly for me.

[zotroll]

I too was having issues with the audio + video in my old DVDRW - this was a perfect solve! Thank you