DVD Audio on a Mac?

benjamingeiger · Post by **benjamingeiger** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:41 am

Sheesh, the crap I have to go through for a three second audio clip...

Anyway, I was trying to grab a short audio clip from my "Finding Nemo" DVD, for use in the opening bumper of my next video. But none of the tools I've found seem to do DVD audio properly.

0SEx creates a .AC3 file, which nothing else on my system can handle.

MacMPEG2Decoder doesn't handle audio, only video (which is okay for most of my AMV work, because I never need the audio anyway).

DiVA doesn't seem to handle audio properly either (and makes downright crappy video transfers).

I ended up having to rip that chapter to XviD on my Wintendo and grab the audio clip from that.

Is there any convenient way to grab an audio clip from a DVD on a Mac? (I have Quicktime Pro and Final Cut Pro 4, if it matters.)

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:47 am

benjamingeiger wrote:Sheesh, the crap I have to go through for a three second audio clip...

mplayer can decode AC3 streams. You should be able to get it to decode and dump the output to a WAV or raw PCM file:

mplayer -ao pcm file.ac3

which (somewhat counterintuitively) will create a WAV file.

If you want a raw PCM, just specify -nowaveheader on the command line.

I know my copy of mplayer will do this, anyway. The OS X port should work the same way, but who knows.

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:02 am

Check out Wiretap. It is a free application for Mac OS X that records any audio coming from your Mac. You basically hit record on Wiretap, play the section of the DVD with DVD Player, and you now have an AIFF file with the audio that played that you recorded. That AIFF file is ready for import into iMovie or Final Cut and you can edit out any extra audio you don't want easily with QuickTime Pro.[/url]

kmv · Post by **kmv** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:12 am

...and since Red isn't going to pimp his guide I will do a referral. If you haven't already seen it, go check it out.

AMVs on the Mac

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:10 pm

mAC3dec can convert .ac3 to .aif, pcm, .mp3, and .wav you can find it on versiontracker.

Their is also Apple's own AC3 Decoder/Encoder "A.Pack" available with DVD Studio Pro 2.

mAC3dec is probably the best choice.

AnimeMusicVideos.org

DVD Audio on a Mac?

DVD Audio on a Mac?

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