Can I extract the audio from a DVD?

[Todd R]

I have some 24/96 music DVD's from which I would like to extract the audio and convert it to AIFF format to burn to a regular CD.
I no longer have a player to listen to them on (Unless you count crappy computer speakers or a low end DVD player).
Is it possible to do this?
I'm using a Mac OS X 10.3.3
TIA
TR

 

[Welly Wu]

Todd R:

In a word, maybe. If you want to rip DVD-Audio tracks and put them on a conventional 650 MB / 700 MB blank CD-R, then the answer is most definitely no. The hi-rez tracks are encrypted and can not be defeated thus far. However, there is software available for Windows PCs that will permit you to author your very own DVD+Audio discs provided you have the original source material, a powerful Windows PC running Microsoft Windows OS, and a dual-format / double layer DVD burner.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

Absolutely. And you're on a Mac, excellent.

I've ripped all my live DVDs (Our Lady Peace, Coldplay, Incubus, etc.) to formats burnable on CD so I can have the live audio in awesome quality to listen to anywhere.

You just need one simple program really: OSex (don't laugh at the name...) just d/load that .0101b.sit file and you're be good to go.

Upon entering a DVD it'll ask you what tile/chapter to get the audio from. Using Apple's own DVD player, select "Show Info" (something to that effect) so you can find out exactly what title each song is in on the DVD since OSex rips only 1 title at a time. Then select the chapters (songs) you want ripped, select the audio output (I think AC-3 is the best one, PCM malfunctions a lot) and it'll export to a usable & convertable audio file. It takes some tinkering, but you'll get it

 

[harkamus]

Can this be done on a Windows based PC, but to just purely rip the audio? I would like not to lose the quality of the dvd audio.

 

[Demolition]

I use the method described at this site to rip DVD audio.

Instead of using DVDBackup to initially rip the DVD, as described in the link above, I used MacThe Ripper. I don't know if one is faster than the other -- I just happened to have MacTheRipper already.

D.

 

[Todd R]

Thanks for the links to the software guys.
I'm still not able to get usable audio files with either program and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'll end up with files that say "Video_TS" and some ".VOB, .IFO, .BUP" files.
None of these can be opened with Sound Studio or iTunes.
Help!!!!

 

[lan]

I'm not familiar with the software to do this on Mac but know how to make DVDs.

Those files are the files in the DVD format. It's basically a mix of the video and audio. You need another program to pull out the LPCM 24/96 2 channel track from these files. Sorry can't help you any further here but maybe somebody else can point you in the right direction.

 

[Demolition]

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Originally Posted by Todd R Help!!!!

Hi Todd,

Drop the .VOB files onto bbDEMUX. That will demux the .VOB into the separate audio (.AC3) and video (.M2V) streams. Then, drop the resulting .AC3 file onto mAC3DEC which will convert the AC3 file into an AIFF. (Download links for bbDEMUX and mAC3DEC can be found on the site that I linked earlier. See here.)

Note: Sometimes the volume level of the AIFF is low after conversion. If so, then, you might have to check the "Normalize" checkbox in mAC3DEC's interface. Normalizing attempts to amplify a sound file's waveform so that it is louder (but not so loud that it begins to clip or distort).

Anyhoo, give those extra steps a try.

D.

 

[Demolition]

Todd,

Just curious... Did bbDEMUX and mAC3DEC (mentioned in my post above) work for you?

D.

 

[Todd R]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demolition Todd, Just curious... Did bbDEMUX and mAC3DEC (mentioned in my post above) work for you? D.

Hi,
Not sure. Those 2 programs seem to be working, but the conversion to AIFF was taking so long (1sec-1sec) that I didn't have time to wait on it last time I tried. I'll try it again later.

This is such a hassle I might just go buy the CD instead.

 

[Demolition]

Yes, 1:1 is kind of slow. On my machine (Dual G4/533), a two-minute duration .VOB file takes about 10 seconds to demux and transcode to AIFF.

Are you using an older Mac with a G3 CPU, perhaps? It may simply be a "horsepower" issue. Demuxing and transcoding .VOBs are fairly CPU-intensive operations.

D.

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by Demolition Yes, 1:1 is kind of slow. On my machine (Dual G4/533), a two-minute duration .VOB file takes about 10 seconds to demux and transcode to AIFF. Are you using an older Mac with a G3 CPU, perhaps? It may simply be a "horsepower" issue. Demuxing and transcoding .VOBs are fairly CPU-intensive operations. D.

Nope, got a fairly new G-4 iMac 800 MHz 768 MB RAM.

Thanks so much for the help, I'll try it again in a couple days. Right now I'm trying to use OS X to make a bootable OS 9 disk. I have borrowed a Software install disk for my son's original G3 iMac, and I'd like to make a copy of it, but I'm having trouble there too

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todd R This is such a hassle I might just go buy the CD instead.

I don't understand why companies don't just do that anyway.

 

[Demolition]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todd R Thanks so much for the help, I'll try it again in a couple days. Right now I'm trying to use OS X to make a bootable OS 9 disk. I have borrowed a Software install disk for my son's original G3 iMac, and I'd like to make a copy of it, but I'm having trouble there too

Does your son's OS 9 CD boot your iMac? Just wondering because boot CDs made specifically for one Mac (particularly an older one) usually won't boot a newer one. This has to do with "New World" Macs (those that load ROM in RAM) needing either a universal OS 9 install CD (such as those found in OS 9 retail packages) or an install CD that contains an OS revision that is newer than your machine (and hence contains a ROM image that will allow the OS to recognize your machine).

Another thing is that your machine may only be able to boot into OS 9.2 (or later... whichever version came with your machine... a G4/800 Flat-Panel iMac bought in 2002?). As I recall, original iMacs (like your son's) came with 8.1 or 8.5, depending on when it was bought. Unless you bought an OS 9 retail CD?

However, if the CD does boot your machine, then here's the way to copy it with Disk Copy: Run Disk Copy, go to File > New > Image From Device, select the OS 9 install CD in the dialogue box, click the "Image" button, name it something, then save it. Now, double-click the image and mount it on your Desktop. In Disk Copy, choose File > Burn Image, select the mounted image from the Desktop, click the "Burn" button, insert a blank CD into the burner, then click the "Burn" button.

If you've got Roxio Toast, then it's a far simpler process. Choose the "Copy" option, insert the OS 9 CD, click the start button, wait for it to make an image, then insert a blank CD and burn it.

Now, if the CD has a valid OS 9 System Folder on it, then it should boot your machine, assuming that the aforementioned criteria (from the first two paragraphs above) have been met.

D.

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by Demolition Hi Todd, Drop the .VOB files onto bbDEMUX. That will demux the .VOB into the separate audio (.AC3) and video (.M2V) streams. Then, drop the resulting .AC3 file onto mAC3DEC which will convert the AC3 file into an AIFF. (Download links for bbDEMUX and mAC3DEC can be found on the site that I linked earlier. See here.) Note: Sometimes the volume level of the AIFF is low after conversion. If so, then, you might have to check the "Normalize" checkbox in mAC3DEC's interface. Normalizing attempts to amplify a sound file's waveform so that it is louder (but not so loud that it begins to clip or distort). Anyhoo, give those extra steps a try. D.

Hey Demolition man! (Thinking of the Police song)
I followed these instructions excatly and after a couple hours of decoding I finally had an AIFF file.
I went to play it and all I had was a buzzing computer noise

Here's what it looked like on Sound Studio