Windows Freeware/Shareware to Rip DVD Audio?

December 13, 2004 10:01 AM

How can I dump DVD audio to make it editable? I have looked everywhere for an accurate soundtrack of White Christmas however the closest one I've found had the songs recorded after the movie ran - and is not the exact same dubbing as used in the movie. [+]

...so I'm looking to take the DVD and dump the audio, editing it into MP3s, and making a CD for myself. That way I can include misc tracks that lead up to the songs.

Any suggestions for free/shareware to use and the process of using it to get desired results?

Thanks in advance.

posted by bkdelong to computers & internet (6 comments total)

DVD Audio Extractor.
posted by Jairus at 10:11 AM on December 13, 2004

My approach...

Either use the built in ripper in Gordian Knot when I'm ripping full dvd's, or more simply for your purposes, DVD Audio Extractor. The latter can save directly to mp3, wav and other formats, making it quite easy to burn a CD directly.

You probably will need to do some other editing and such of the sound clip itself. There's millions of programs for this. I'm using Audicity right now. It's simple and free.
posted by drpynchon at 10:14 AM on December 13, 2004

And by Audicity, I meant Audacity... woops.
posted by drpynchon at 10:16 AM on December 13, 2004

I have no problem editing the audio. I've been using Goldwave for ages. I just want a quick way to pull it off the DVD. Thanks!
posted by bkdelong at 10:18 AM on December 13, 2004

DVD Decrypter can rip just the audio from DVD's if you don't need the video.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 11:21 AM on December 13, 2004

DVD Decrypter to get the audio off, then BeSweet to dump it to WAV.

Doom9.org has lots of info.
posted by kreinsch at 3:13 PM on December 13, 2004