Posted by raylopez99 on 10/26/07 11:22

On Oct 25, 12:34 pm, "Ken Maltby" <kmal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> www.videohelp.com has listings of available tools.
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Did a quick search and found this 'free' solution below for audio,
which I'll try. IN the meantime, I was using a free version of
Cyberlink PowerDVD that's expired; if anybody has a better or free DVD
player, please let me know (or I'll just have to shell out the $80 or
so and buy it, not a big deal--but is Roxio better? or about the
same?)

Update: I found Windows Media 10 plays DVDs and seems to be working
right now--I'll try it with Audacity as described below and if I have
any problems I'll post again--tx.

RL

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20050216_export_dvd_audio_to_cd.html

How do you record the audio portion of a DVD to a standard CD?

There are several ways to tackle the process of converting the audio
output from a DVD movie to something you can burn to CD and listen to
in your car or elsewhere. Depending on whether the DVD you want to
extract the audio from is a commercial release or something you own
the rights to you need to tread carefully in choosing your options. In
terms of complexity, the legal method of acquiring the audio from a
commercial DVD may be less complicated anyway.

The most straightforward method for separating the audio from a DVD is
simply to record it cassette deck style with an audio editing
application. Using this method, you'll open the DVD in a software
player like PowerDVD, CinePlayer or WinDVD. To record the DVD audio
track use your favorite audio editing application or download Audacity
for free. Configure Audacity's preferences to record 44,100 Hz, 16-bit
Stereo. Choose Stereo Mix from the list of recording options or "What
you hear" if you use a Creative Labs sound card. Press the Record
button and start the movie. When the movie is done, stop the recording
and close your DVD player application.

At this point, it's a good idea to save a copy of the DVD audio, in
case your computer crashes or the power goes out. You'll probably need
to break the DVD audio into more than one file in order to put it on
CDs. A CD holds a maximum of 72 minutes of Audio. Most Movies are a
least 90 minutes in length. You can either divide the audio into
individual tracks and save each track, or you can save the audio as
two big files to be burned to two CDs.

If you followed the directions here, the recorded audio likely has
several seconds of silence at the beginning of the file. Before
exporting your audio, eliminate the silence by selecting it from the
audio timeline and tapping the delete key.

To split the file into multiple tracks, use one of two methods. Either
select the section of the main audio file you want to split into a
track and actually split the track by choosing Edit > Split from the
menu which creates two separate tracks.



Using this method you then save the individual Audacity tracks as
separate files.


Alternatively, you can use the label feature to mark your track
divisions and export each labeled section as an individual track.
First, divide the audio file using separate labels for each track by
specifying a segment of the audio and choosing Project > Add Label At
Selection (Ctrl+B).



Once you've got all the track divisions label, export the labels as
individual files.



Using your CD burning software, create a playlist with a track order
to burn the files in the order you created them.

The second method for doing this requires you to first rip the DVD
using a software application like SmartRipper. If the DVD is a
commercial release with Macrovision protection and CSS, this is a
violation of the DMCA and therefore illegal in the United States as of
this writing. It's perfectly acceptable to use this method for
extracting audio from any DVD you own the rights to or created
yourself. Once you have the DVD ripped, an application called DVD2AVI
can split out the audio as one big file. For a more visual guide to
this process, take a look at the steps used in putting DVD video on a
Pocket PC. The process is the same. At this point you're back to the
same problem of needing to make the file small enough to fit on a CD.
The same directions for using Audacity described above are necessary
to split the track into a manageable file size.

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