extracting audio from DVD movies

[rektek]

i want to extract audio samples from DVD movies and was wondering what is the best software approach

up until now i have simply recorded the analogue outs from a standard dvd player, but i would rather avoid the extra ad/da conversion (and avoid using spdif/adat as well)

idealy i would like to be able to:

1. extract digital wav. files directly from the internal pc dvd rom drive.
2. extract only desired clips (in turn not having to extract the whole 2 hour movie audio file to get a 5 secnd clip)

*bonus* if possible; to have the option of extracting from other formats like avi, divx, wmp, etc. (but this is not critical at this time)

im using pc + motu + cubase sx2

[darren cummins]

sorry im posting 2 see if anybody replys i want to sample scarface,say hello to my little friend lol

[AgonisThorn]

I can't give you specifics, as I don't know Cubase, but here are the basic steps I use in Cakewalk:

1) Setup your DAW to record from your soundcard output (your soundcard mixer MAY provide a very easy way to do this);

2) Use your DVD player software to get to the point at which you wish to begin sampling;

3) Hit "Record" in your DAW.

This DOES introduce a generation of D/A and A/D conversion, but it's a lot less work than running a cable (in my horribly cluttered workspace), and gives me more than sufficient quality for what I do with the clips (industrial/IDM). Usually, I start recording a minute or so before the clip I want, using that time to get my level JUST right, then trim the excess from the head of the clip.

I'll insert the usual copyright-infringement warning about "don't sample too long a clip" here, even though nobody knows what's "too long". Hope this helps you, at least to get started. Have fun.

[LUBI]

Maybe one of these will do what you need...??

http://www.roemersoftware.com/ ( there is a free version of this one as well )

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

[aucoton]

Try this....
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[frequency_algorithm]

how come you don't want to use spdif or adat? (though I highly doubt any dvd player has adat i think you mean toslink optical) does your clock really sound that bad? There may be signal degrdation from spdif or optical, but in that case you may as well realize there is also signal degredation from extracting audio from a disc as well, believe it or not. How good of a quality do you need? There really won't be that much difference if your clock is stable or the device you are sending to can master the clock decently, since there is no a/d conversion. It will sound pretty darn good.

[timobrien]

SUPER is a great solution.

You can not only rip the audio out, but convert video to nearly any format.

A must-have tool (and its FREE)....

[bleebsen]

You would have to perform the process called "ripping" a DVD.

The tools involved are illegal under DMCA legislation, as they have to circumvent the CSS copy"protection" of DVDs.

Once you used one of them (SmartRipper f.e.) you need to demultiplex the DVD data stream to an mpeg video and (usualy ac3) audio stream that you are keen on. There are freeware tools to decode AC3 to WAV, BeSweet f.e.

so maybe keeping the analogue route is a lot easier.

[Lagrange]

sorry im posting 2 see if anybody replys i want to sample scarface,say hello to my little friend lol

You can find a lot of audio snippets like this online.. Here are some linx

http://beatsandsamples.atspace.com/links.html
http://www.djsamples.com/DJSamples/?&CF ... 9B9A4FDA64
http://www.hqsamples.com.ua/

I had a link to samples from movies.. Can't find it now just gotta search..

L

[rektek]

appreciate everyones responses

there were a couple which suggested that i do specifically what i said i do not want to do (re-sampling / spdif / ripp whole movie). and although i always wonder why some people do that (suggest to do what OP says doesnt want to do) i guess myself simply saying i dont want to do it (without explaining myself as to why) will not cut it so heres some reasons:
-i dont want to resample because of quality loss (i want to preserve the studio quality of the origianl audio) and because of inconvenience
-i dont want to use spdif/toslink because im tired of lugging the dvd player from living room to studio everytime (please dont suggest i buy a dvd player with spdif for this reason only)
-i will not waste hours of time ripping a whole movie for a 5 second clip (for obvious reaons)

and please lets not get into how little degredatioon there will be if i re-sample etc...

my question was very specific and there is a reason why the body of my OP is what i dont want to.

surely the pc computer has advanced enough in our time that what i asked about is possible!?

i faintly remember years ago being at my friends palce and he had a MAC G4 and im pretty sure he was doing exactly what i asked (ripping short audio clips from a DVD in realtime) on a program called PEAK (alas not available for the PC)

Maybe one of these will do what you need...??

http://www.roemersoftware.com/ ( there is a free version of this one as well )

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

it seems that these will ripp audio cds, but im not sure about dvd

Try this....
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

seems really interesting, but unless im wrong this is conversion software (meaning that i would first have to ripp the whole dvd)

I had a link to samples from movies.. Can't find it now just gotta search..

L

thanx but the samples i want are very specific and definately not popular that you would find online (also thats like a needle in a haystack)

[LBN]

-i will not waste hours of time ripping a whole movie for a 5 second clip (for obvious reaons)

WTF? It takes about five minutes to rip a movie from DVD to hard drive and remove the copy protection on my 3.0 GHz P4. Surely you can't be that f-ing lazy!

[bleebsen]

appreciate everyones responses

there were a couple which suggested that i do specifically what i said i do not want to do (re-sampling / spdif / ripp whole movie). and although i always wonder why some people do that (suggest to do what OP says doesnt want to do) i guess myself simply saying i dont want to do it (without explaining myself as to why) will not cut it so heres some reasons:

You wrote "ideally" in your orignial post. That is pretty much the opposite of "specifically".

i faintly remember years ago being at my friends palce and he had a MAC G4 and im pretty sure he was doing exactly what i asked (ripping short audio clips from a DVD in realtime) on a program called PEAK (alas not available for the PC)

so he obviously went the same route as you, recording the output analog. peak is a sample editor.

And I've never heard of anybody missing it on PCs... really. we got soundforge...


You HAVE to crack CSS and rip it the way I told you. You asked for help, there it was. Too bothersome? Leave it.

[LUBI]

Maybe one of these will do what you need...??

http://www.roemersoftware.com/ ( there is a free version of this one as well )

it seems that these will ripp audio cds, but im not sure about dvd

This is from link above:

It's the easiest way to record absolutely any sound in real-time! Record directly to: MP3, (Constant Bitrate: CBR or Variable Bitrate: VBR), WMA 9, (Windows Media Audio 9), WAV or OGG Vorbis. At the high-end you can record to above CD quality 48 kHz stereo and at the low-end you can record all the way down to 8 kHz mono. There is a very wide range of MP3 Bitrates, also for WMA, from 5 to 320 Kbps. The quality is excellent at all settings! Record streaming Internet audio or video broadcasts or webcasts of any kind, whether it's news, sports, music, talk radio or any other format, (records audio only). Record audio or video sounds from DVD, Windows Media Player, RealOne Player, Winamp, QuickTime or any other media player, games, Midi, Software synthesizer, etc. Convert, (record), LP's, any records, tapes, CD's, radio, DAT, Mini-Disc, video tape sounds, T.V. sounds, video games, telephone, microphone or from any other external device. You can also use it as a universal audio or video sound file converter."

[rektek]

-i will not waste hours of time ripping a whole movie for a 5 second clip (for obvious reaons)

WTF? It takes about five minutes to rip a movie from DVD to hard drive and remove the copy protection on my 3.0 GHz P4. Surely you can't be that f-ing lazy!

surely you can't be that f-ing presumptuous!
...assuming that EVERYONE has the same computer you do.


when i ripp a average dvd movie, i use dvd decrypter and it takes about 35 - 40 minutes on my athlon 2000+ xp
and thats defiantely WAY TOO LONG especially if i just want a single short clip and need to do alot of various movies/clips

You wrote "ideally" in your orignial post. That is pretty much the opposite of "specifically".

im sorry if that confused you, ill remember for next time that if i use the word 'ideally', some people might think to recommend that i do exactly what i say im trying to avoid

so he obviously went the same route as you, recording the output analog. peak is a sample editor.

duh, i know peak is a sample editor, and no he did not re-sample; he IMPORTED IT (the same way cubase imports audio from a CD) direct from a DVD and only the sample we wanted.
the whole process took 2 minutes

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LUBI, thanx for the extra big red font, it was audiograbber (the second link you posted) that i read and was refering to.

but the HiQ Recorder you recommended seems perfect! (from reading the specs)

whats the trial version limit on?
time?
save?
feature?

[tshear23]

I don't know if they have it for PC or not, but I use Audio Hijack for this purpose. You just cue the DVD up to the part you want to sample, hit record, let it play, and tell it to stop recording when you are done.