Recording soundtracks off DVD

[FeedingFrenzy]

Is there an easy way to take soundtracks off a DVD and put them on a CD or MP3 player? My wife uses Nero for slide shows and stuff.  I've screwed around with it a little.

[kevbeck122]

You have to rip the DVD to your computer and split the audio and video from the VOB files.  At least that's the way I did it a few years ago.  It's a process that can take over two hours.  I don't remember which programs I used, but I know the audio came out as a 500kbps mp3 file.  I'm not sure if Nero can do any of this.. I just got Nero 7 Ultra, but I haven't had much time to play around with it.

[oz]

Use DVDDecrypter or SmartRipper to un-encrypt and copy the DVD content to your hard drive.  Then try a program like BeSweet to convert that audio to your format of choice.

This software and guides to do this can be found at AfterDawn.com

[waterhead]

Try flaskMPEG. It has an option to save the audio as a wave file. I just tried it on a home made DVD, and it worked great (it was easy too). It may not work so good on copy protected DVDs. But it's free, so give it a try. I have version .6, I haven't tried the latest version.

flasKMPEG

Another option is to play the DVD in your computer and record the sound. I like WaveLab, I've used this to re-record copy protected music files that I got from the new Napster web site (should I be confessing this online?).

[mhz40]

I have used DVD Ripper will great success.  $35

[mhz40]

This works for me...