Rip music from a DVD

I would first of all rip the VOB files from the DVD using something like SmartRipper. Then load the VOBs into VirtualDub, select which part you want then finally save it as a WAV.
 
Google for DVD Audio Ripper 4. Its not free but it's not expensive. It does a fantastic job, and is very easy to use.

Paul
 
Pandorasghost

It looks as if SUPER will probably do it for you, and it is free.

Otherwise, Xilisoft DVD Audio Ripper 4 (as suggested in last post) will do it for you. :)
 
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mplayer

Open source (and free) and there are win32 binaries available from the above site.

something along the lines of:

mplayer -ao pcm dvd://

assuming you're wanting to demux the entire dvd

mplayer -ao pcm dvd:// -chapter 2

for a specific chapter...

This will output audiodump.wav to the current directory - this can then be converted into any format you want using your encoder of choice, e.g.

to mp3:

lame -V 0 -vbr-new audiodump.wav audiodump.mp3

of course, you'll need lame in your path for that (e.g. in c:\windows or c:\winnt).
 
Do you just want to capture a track or bit of sound ??? Easy m8 ,without ripping DVD's into vobs and all that unessesary work .I use a nice little bit of software that captures any sound that you can hear through you speakers . I use the tunes from some foreign satellite channels as background music to some of my DVD's and record them directly onto DVD on my Panny . I play the DVD back on my PC and capture a tune at a time using LoopRecord .It records as a .wav file ,I edit using CoolEdit and then convert to .mp3. I use this method all the time with great results.
 
Demuxing and transcoding to mp3 will have a significantly better sound quality. Leaving it in wav format after stripping it from the mpeg will have a higher quality sound than the mp3. If you choose mp3, it will still have been transcoded from a lossy format (ac3 or dts) to another lossy format (mp3), but it is unlikely you will notice this.

What you're suggesting will convert it from digital --> analogue --> digital again. This is a lot more lossy.
 
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OK assume i know nothing about this type of thing!

so in simple terms, i can do this but there are many different ways to do this.

So can anyone tell me how in SIMPLE terms? Thanks!

All the info you have given me guys has been of great assistance.
 
Assuming that you know nothing about it and don't mind spending a small amount of cash - choose the option from Xillisoft - it has a nice GUI. You could also try the linky (Super) which jbloggs supplied, however, neither of us have tried that.

Assuming that you don't want to spend money, but are comfortable using a command shell, Mplayer + Lame. You'll have to use the command line - but I've stated the mplayer commands to do the job.
 
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DVD Decryptor to rip the physical DVD to your PC. Then use DVD2AVI to extract the audio to a .wav by pointing it at the first .vob file of the main video and clicking File>Save Wav (only some version numbers have the save wav option, just try a few you'll find the right one).

Do what you want with the .wav then, perhaps try Audacity if you want to cut it down to just the bit you want. Google for those three programs.

Hope this helps :)
 
Personally , I dont see the point of ripping a whole DVD , video & sound , you'll be left with a massive .avi file on your hard drive only to extract a bit of the sound .Another easy method I've used in the past if you have a walkman type tape recorder , I use a Sharp mini-disk recorder for this [as the sound is top quality ] ,is to play the desired DVD in your DVD player , attach a lead [2 phonos to 3.5mm jack plug ] from your DVD player to your mini-disk or walkman and press record on the recorder . Once you have captured the track/song etc you want ,just play it back through the PC sound card and capture using Audacity or something similar . It cannot get any simpler than this without all the ripping fuss.
 
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