That’s it for this post.It’s not hard to learn how to rip a DVD with VLC media player.
#How to rip dvd video to mp3 mac vlc software
Check the keep original audio track and then import the extracted audio into a software that supports multiple channels, for instance Adobe Audition and then convert the channels to mono and save the vocal channel. Q 7: Can I extract only the vocals?Ī: If your DVD has the vocals in a separate channel, yes you can. Click on the gear icon to edit the mp3 profile and, click on the audio codec tab, and make sure that you check keep original audio track. Q 6: Can I extract 5.1 surround sound?Ī: Yes you can. Click on save and the extracted audio from your DVD will be stereo and compatible with most devices. This is a bit rate that gives you excellent sound compression. Make sure the keep original audio track is not selected. To do that, you need to edit the audio mp3 profile. If you DVD had surround sound you may need to convert it to stereo. For instance, some devices do not support 5.1 surround sound. If the audio plays on VLC but not on other devices, there could be compatibility issues. If VLC can play the whole DVD without issues, then try and play the audio with VLC. If you have a section on your DVD that’s unplayable, the conversion process will not complete and you’ll have a gabled audio. First make sure that you VLC can play the whole DVD. What can I do?Ī: This is a question I get a lot, and there can be a number of reasons as to why your audio output is gabled. Q 4: I’ve converted my DVD but my audio is gabled. Then set the profile and destination folder. So if I only want to convert audio from a certain section let’s say Title 2, chapter 4, I can set the title, or set the title and the start and end times of the section I wish to convert. In the Open Media window, you can access the start and end times by clicking the show more options check box. Q 3: How do I convert only a section of the DVD?Ī: You can use the title, chapter and start and end time position to only convert a certain section of your DVD. I’ve created a short how to video on splitting a file in audacity. Then use Audacity to split the file into individual songs. Can I convert individual songs?Ī: Yes you can, but it’s easier to convert the whole DVD, you’ll get one audio file. Q 2: I’ve ripped all the songs and they are in one file. To solve this issue, exit VLC, Open it again and uncheck the loop button. And that’s it.įrequently Asked Questions Q 1: When I get to the end of my conversion, VLC asks me to overwrite the existing file, what can I do?Ī: This is caused by setting your playback to loop. It takes about 5 minutes to extract the audio from an hour long DVD. Press start to start extracting audio from your DVD. That takes you back to the convert window. Step 5: Click Start to Extract mp3 Audio from your DVD I want to name my file as audio from DVD. To set the destination folder and filename, click on browse, and navigate to the folder where you want to save the file. Click on the profile drop down menu and scroll down and select the audio mp3 profile. To extract the audio from a DVD as an mp3 file, you need to set the profile as audio mp3. In this window, you only need to set the profile and name your destination file. Step 4: Set Conversion OptionsĬlick on the Convert/Save button to open the Convert window. If you are converting the whole DVD, leave them at their default values, but I’ll cover these options in the FAQ section at the end of this video. The title, chapter, audio track options enable you to only convert a specific part of the DVD. If you have more than one DVD/CD ROM drive make sure the appropriate one, that has the DVD, is selected as the Disc Device. If you don’t check this box, VLC will only convert the contents of the disk menu. This will make sure that VLC skips the disk menu, and converts the contents of the drive. CD’s (SVCD and VCD) max at about 700MB of data, DVDs hold maximum 8.5GB of data, and standard blu-ray holds 25GB.Ĭheck the No Disk Menu checkbox. The main differences between these types of media is how much data they can hold. Then select the appropriate media DVD, blu-ray, Audio CD, or SVCD (super video compact disc)/VCD. In the Open Media Window, click on the Disc Tab. You can also use the shortcut keys Ctrl + r to open the Open Media window. Scroll down and select Convert/Save to open the Open Media window. Open VLC media player and click on the Media tab.