Posted by raylopez99 on 10/28/07 16:38

On Oct 28, 8:57 am, John Williamson <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> raylopez99 wrote:

Thanks John.. I found out that using "Any Video Converter", I can
convert .VOB files into .MP4 (video) files, and best "AVC" is free.

Then, I found using another program, shareware, called "River Past
Audio Converter" (RPAC) I can convert (or rather, I can extract) the
audio in the .MP4 files into .MP3. No need for any other program.
Works fine.

One small problem: RPAC is not free--costs $29. It only extracts two
minutes of audio. So it's crippleware.

As I'm not at this point planning to extract audio from more than four
DVDs, I am going back to simple real-time conversion of stuff playing
in Windows Media Player 10 into .MP3, using Audacity, which gives a
small background hiss and is 1/3rd as fast as the above.

Thanks for your help, but I can see that unless you want to invest a
day, and probably a half dozen reboots (my reboots take 5-10 minutes),
this is a not a simple procedure.

BTW I do have the "Lame .MP3" since Audacity uses this codec for .MP3
export.

BTW2--I'd like at some point maybe an "OGG" format audio player--since
it's open source format and no such problems, but apparently the iPod
hardware (not the iTunes program) doesn't yet (and may never) support
this format, which is free and some say superior to .MP3.

RL

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