Utility for ripping DVD audio to mp3 or wav...

[Asif Iqbal]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Dave Woyciesjes<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
>> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>>      I'm looking around for an easy utility or method to rip the audio from
>>> a DVD to a wav or mp3 file. Ability to choose which audio gets ripped
>>> would be nice, but if I have to get all the audio files, then sort
>>> through them, NBD.
>>>
>>>      So far dvdrip & ogmrip look promising. I'll have a look at them... Any
>>> other suggestions?
>>>
>>
>> Mplayer
>>
>> mplayer dvd://1 -ao pcm:file=audio.wav -vo null -aid 128

handbrake is a good one. It also has a gui version.

>>
>>
>> There are probably various ways to get mplayer to create the final
>> destination mp3, but I find the incantations too arcane for something I
>> do so rarely.
>>
>> The aid switch is where you specify the audio track.  For dvd's, they
>> start at 128 and count up.  (There's also an -alang option that might be
>> more suitable to your needs)
>>
>        Thanks. From just eyeballing the command, this would put all of the
> audio (from each video file) in one file, correct? I'm guessing there is
> probably a way to have this command put the audio into separate files?
> If not, I can always use Audacity to split it up.
>        As far as flipping to mp3, I can do that other ways. Creating the wav
> file is just fine for me.
>        I guess I'll be perusing the man page for mplayer..
>
>        I've got the Thunderstruck III DVD (snowmobile mountain climbing). It's
> got some kick-a** songs, but some of the bands no longer exist.. Got to
> get those songs into my iPod somehow....
>
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