Using Linux to Convert Your DVD Files for Upload on YouTube

A client gave me a DVD that they wanted me to rip and upload to YouTube. Copying the DVD to my computer, I found that the video was in a .VOB format (there are also files with .BUP and .IFO extenstions). This article explains how I converted those video files to a format that I was able to successfully upload to YouTube from within the Ubuntu Hardy Heron OS.

1. Download the VLC Player
   1.  sudo apt-get install vlc
      
2. Go to Applications -> Sound & Video -> VLC media player
3. File -> Wizard
4. Choose Transcode/Save to file
5. Next
6. Select your stream with the Choose… button
7. Next
8. Check off Transcode video and Transcode audio.
   1. I chose MPEG-1 Video and MPEG Audio
9. Next
10. I chose MPEG 1
11. Next
12. Choose the location to save the file to
13. Finish

Now you can upload the resulting files to YouTube.