[pwrmacbob]

I bought "Paul McCartney - The Space Within US" Concert DVD. Are there any apps out there (hopefully not too expensive) that can extract audio from this DVD? I want to put the audio on my iPod.

[sosumi]

Probably the easiest way is to let the DVD play and use Audio Hijack ($16) or Wiretap Pro ($19). Audio Hijack will save to AIFF, which you can then convert in iTunes. The pro version, which can save to MP3, etc., is $32. It's demo lets you record in less than ten-minute chunks. Wiretap will save to MP3, AAC, QuickTime, or AIFF.
There are ways of doing it with free apps, but this entails first ripping the DVD, then using other apps to strip out the audio and re-encode it - or something like that. Too much fuss for me!

[Dan Frakes]

Personally, I think letting the entire DVD play, recording its audio along the way, is quite a hassle /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I'd use HandBrake, which I reviewed earlier today, to rip the DVD to a video file, then use something like QuickTime Player to export the video using the Sound To AIFF setting. You can then import that audio into iTunes (and convert it to MP3 or AAC, if desired). Perhaps it's more steps, but I think it's an easier process over all, and the resulting audio should be better.

[daneb]

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Personally, I think letting the entire DVD play, recording its audio along the way, is quite a hassle /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I'd use HandBrake, which I reviewed earlier today, to rip the DVD to a video file, then use something like QuickTime Player to export the video using the Sound To AIFF setting. You can then import that audio into iTunes (and convert it to MP3 or AAC, if desired). Perhaps it's more steps, but I think it's an easier process over all, and the resulting audio should be better.

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I agree, Handbrake would probably be the easiest (not to mention free-est) option. Just make sure you set your audio settings correctly (desired bitrate, frequency), and don't worry about the video settings--do low quality 1-pass because you're not concerned about the video. Then like Dan said, use Quicktime to convert the movie to AIFF and back into AAC using iTunes.
Alternately you can rip out (demux) the dvd audio stream using MacTheRipper by selecting Title Set Extraction (I think). This will leave you with either an AC3 or AIFF audio file (hopefully the later, but I think QT can read both). This would be my preferred method because you're not encoding it to AAC twice and therefore double compressing it--you get the source AIFF off the DVD and then you convert that file to AAC in iTunes.

[pwrmacbob]

Would I need Quick Time Pro for this or would the regular version work?

[albloom]

Regular is just a viewer.
You need Pro, probably with the MPEG extensions. That's two
purchases from the Apple store.
Then add Perian. That's free.

[likely_Mc]

Hi everyone,...
if I'm not mistaken, doesn't iTunes just open automatically and ask you if you want to import the Audio Tracks? Or just launch iTunes and the tracks will automatically show up? >>>Import.... >>>Add to playlist?
I've done this. Hasn't anyone else?

[albloom]

Not "likely" (Sorry. Couldn't resist).
You are confusing an audio CD with a movie DVD.
They are very different.