DVD Audio Ripping, Suddenly Not Working?

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:02 pm

Hey there everyone,

I got the Neil Young Greatest Hits a while back and, unfortunately, I lost the CD (along with a bunch of other ones and my walkman), but now I have an iPod so...ya. Anyway, my point, I still have the DVD that came with the CD, it has all the songs from the album but in better DVD quality and stuff. I'd like to be able to grab the songs from this DVD, and I've captured audio from DVDs before, but it suddenly doesn't work. Usually I use the method described in the A&E Guides, but for some reason it's turning out as a 99meg file of static.

From the technical notes on Neil's website on the mastering process of this DVD, it seems to me as if the audio on this DVD disc is in 96kHz/24-bit stereo PCM HDCD. You can check out the complete tech process here.

I'd love to be able to grab the music from the DVD, not just for AMVs I may do, but for listening pleasure through the ease of playlists on my computer. I don't wanna load this sucker up each time I wanna hear the song. That sucks.

If anyone can help. I'd love it! Thanks!

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:12 pm

Lol, seems no one likes to visit the Audio Help section anymore =(

DeinReich · Post by **DeinReich** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:48 pm

Could just be protected somehow. Try playing it on your computer and have a program record the audio output.

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:46 pm

Lol, I've never had to do that, I don't know how?

What programs would I use?

maciko · Post by **maciko** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:03 am

Perhaps I can help.

What type of soundcard do you have?

a) Generic, came with the motherboard, and has 3 little holes in the back of it, 1 for speakers, 1 for microphone, 1 for line in.

b) More specialized card with 1/4 inch or RCA inputs.

c) Professional, SPDIF or TDIF Digital IO, DSD or ADAT IO, AES/EBU, or balance mike XLR inputs.

Do you have a DVD player other then the one inside your PC?
Does your DVD player have Analogue outputs and the back, (alt least stereo ones)?

Do you have any Audio editing package installed on you computer?

What do you use to edit your video with?

Please answer theses questions as best as you can, then I can help you set it up.

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:35 pm

My Soundcard:

It's just a normal one, I guess, it came with my laptop. It's got microphone and headphones, but no "line in" the I can find.

I do have a number of DVD players with "audio out."

I have, like, Acid Pro, Audacity...and that's all...

I use Premiere 6.0 to edit.

I hope that's all the info you need. Thanks for your help!

maciko · Post by **maciko** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:13 pm

My Soundcard:

It's just a normal one, I guess, it came with my laptop. It's got microphone and headphones, but no "line in" the I can find.

Since you have only a microphone input, we may have to consider other options, do you have access to a digital camera, any will do, as long as it supports fire wire or USB? We cant use the microphone input becaue it will only generate a Mono signal.

I do have a number of DVD players with "audio out."
Excellent we will make use of that.

I have, like, Acid Pro, Audacity...and that's all...
Since you have premiere you can get away with using that... there will be no need for your audio software at this stage.

I use Premiere 6.0 to edit.
This will be you way of capturing audio

The procedure here is to use the camera as a transfer tool for your audio, If you like you can capture the video also.
Steps are as follows...

1)Your camera should come with a 3 wire cable, which allows you to record from you camera to you VCR, this cable will have a little "Jack" plug and on the other end 3 RCA connectors usually yellow, red and white (Sometimes black instead of white)
2)Your camera has a port for this cable, insert the jack in there.
3)Connect the yellow RCA plug to you DVD player video OUT.
4)Connect the Red to the Left or L audio out channel on you DVD and white (black) to the Right or R channel.
5)Naturally insert a tape into your camera.
6)Set the camera to playback mode (NOT RECORD mode)
7)Press play on your DVD player, the image should appear on the Camera on the LCD.
8)Find the track you want and play it.
9) At this point you should still be able to activate record on your camera, do this. The camera should record it.
9)After you've recorded your desired track, plug the camera into your laptop and use premiere to capture the stuff on the tape.

I think you can tell premiere to capture audio only, if not, delete the video component in Premiere.

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:44 pm

Thanks so much for all of your help