audiodvdextractripping
Not for illegal use! I have some home movies and footage from a wedding, and I'd like to easily 'rip' or extract the audio to WAV/MP3/etc.
If the audio came off as one big file, I am proficient enough to splice/slice it up myself into individual tracks, but can't seem to find any software that makes the task of getting audio from a DVD very simple.
As I said, these are not encrypted/commercial DVDs.
Any suggestions? Does not have to be free, but must be worth the money.
The AVI extension has nothing to do with it's format. AVI is what's known as a container format, the codec you're probably thinking of is DivX (and the open source alternative Xvid).
Handbrake doesn't convert to AVI.
Assuming the copyright laws in your country allow for backups, you can use DVD Shrink to backup DVDs, but they will remain as VOB files (which are really of the Mpeg codec). You could then also use something like Clone DVD Mobile to convert to DivX. In Clone DVD Mobile, there are simple options to modify the quality of the output video which will also show you its size.
There are other options such as DVDX, since Clone is not freeware. I recommend looking for Xvid converters since the Divx converters are hardly free (since they require licenses and what not).
Also see: lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools
You are probably better off asking on forums of the site you download these files from. And don't forget to share any more info! Digitising a movie collection is a good move as discs get scratched too easily too fast.
UPDATE: I just tried AutoGK, it's more accurate than Clone DVD Mobile in output size. Plus it's free.
I use Handbrake and add each episode to the queue then just start the queue. Works well for me.
Best Answer
mplayer can do it either with -dumpaudio (to get the raw stream, either usually either PCM or AC3 on DVD) or -ao pcm (to get a PCM stream). Also, mencoder could do it, with -of rawaudio and any -ao setting (use -vo copy)
example (untested, no DVD in front of me):
The dvd://1 means DVD title 1. You can use mplayer dvd://1 to see what title one is, and to see which is the correct title. If its not 1, try 2, etc.