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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: yousef on July 21, 2013, 05:40:28 PM
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Looking around on the net it seems that this is possible, if not as straightforward as cd-ripping.
So far I've installed three new components: foo-ac3, foo_input-dts and foo_input_dvda. But Foobar will not fully open the discs - if I drag and drop them in I just get a list of the video files and couple of the bonus MP3s rather than the full list of hi-res and 5.1 audio.
One webpage I found suggested ripping the tracks with DVD Decrypter first and then using Foobar to convert them to FLAC. I can get all the audio I want as .vob files but cannot seem to get Foobar to recognize or convert them.
What am I missing here?
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What are you trying to rip?
For stuff like this I use the "download without guilt" method. You own it...no harm in downloading someone else's rip.
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The recent Nick Cave reissues.
I think the problem might be that they are not DVD-As as such but DVD-v with LPCM audio track within - hence the extracted files are .vob rather than .aob and therefore not recognized by Foobar.
I guess I could download them if I can find them somewhere. Or just rip the CD audio...
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To rip the audio from your disc, DVD Audio Extractor can help you:
http://www.dvdae.com/ (http://www.dvdae.com/)
If you come across an actual DVD-Video disc (rare nowadays), I have found that DVDAE does not work, despite what it says.
Foobar2000 will also not rip DVD-Audio, but is able to play it with the input_dvda component.
The only tool I have reliably ripped DVD-A discs with is DVDAExplorer. DVD-A has a different encryption scheme which DVDAExplorer is able to deal with. (Yes, that means this tool is a bit >:D)
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD-Audio-Explorer (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD-Audio-Explorer)
It worked great for my Beatles Love DVD-A. If the disc has multiple mixes (many have both stereo and surround mixes), it allows you to choose which one to extract.
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So DVDAE will not work with DVD-v discs - which I think mine is?
I'll download the trial version and give it a go in any case.
I can't believe how tricksy this is - I'd just assumed that Foobar could do it in a couple of clicks...
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You can extract .wav files from DVD-A discs in Wavelab.
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So DVDAE will not work with DVD-v discs - which I think mine is?
I'll download the trial version and give it a go in any case.
I can't believe how tricksy this is - I'd just assumed that Foobar could do it in a couple of clicks...
DVD Audio Explorer is for DVD-Audio ONLY, but nothing else I've ever tried is able to rip DVD-A. I don't have Wavelab so never tried that one.
BTW, the reason this is so difficult is because every effort is made by the manufacturers to prevent you ripping these discs.
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I'm going to try various options this evening and see what happens.
I can really see this ending in me just ripping the 44.1/16 discs...
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My favorite for that purpose is AppGeeker DVD Ripper, supports all known video and audio formats.
http://www.appgeeker.com (http://www.appgeeker.com)
Never had a problem with it.
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another thought -- rip the dvd-v to mkv using makemkv, you can specify in makemkv which audio track(s) you want the mkv to contain. Then, open the mkv in foobar2000 and see how it plays -- the mkv should retain the dvd chapters and foobar2000 can be used to extract/convert the audio to wav/flac/etc. If the chapters don't split how you want, you could extract to one big file in foobar and open the wav/flac in cdwav, etc. to track/crop accordingly.
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Thanks for the further replies - I'll look into the suggestions and see if they improve my current workflow: extract using DVD Decryptor to LPCM .vob files and then use Pazera free audio extractor to covert to FLAC. And then manually rename and tag all the files with Foobar ::)
I've got the Nick Cave reissues, the Doors boxset, Neil Young's Archives and maybe four other discs that require this treatment so not a huge undertaking, thankfully.
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Looks like the doors box set is dvd-a, which should be readable/rippable using foobar2000.
Thanks for the further replies - I'll look into the suggestions and see if they improve my current workflow: extract using DVD Decryptor to LPCM .vob files and then use Pazera free audio extractor to covert to FLAC. And then manually rename and tag all the files with Foobar ::)
I've got the Nick Cave reissues, the Doors boxset, Neil Young's Archives and maybe four other discs that require this treatment so not a huge undertaking, thankfully.
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Looks like the doors box set is dvd-a, which should be readable/rippable using foobar2000.
Thanks for the further replies - I'll look into the suggestions and see if they improve my current workflow: extract using DVD Decryptor to LPCM .vob files and then use Pazera free audio extractor to covert to FLAC. And then manually rename and tag all the files with Foobar ::)
I've got the Nick Cave reissues, the Doors boxset, Neil Young's Archives and maybe four other discs that require this treatment so not a huge undertaking, thankfully.
Be aware that most if not all commercially-made DVD-A discs are "watermarked". This means that the ripped files may play back fine on your computer, but if you then author a new DVD-A disc with those files the audio will cut out after 30 seconds. Previously I had thought there was no way around this, but I just found the guide below. Please note that I have never tried this method and cannot vouch for it:
http://torrentfreaknews.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-rip-dvd-with-foobar2000-windows.html (http://torrentfreaknews.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-rip-dvd-with-foobar2000-windows.html)
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Really pleased to hear that the Doors box will be rippable with Foobar. Not listened to it for a while but I think there are different mixes on the CDs and DVDs in that box.
The watermarking shouldn't be an issue for me but it's good to know about - thanks for the workaround.