HDConcertRipper - eac3to GUI

[MuteyM]

Description
HDConcertRipper inputs a decrypted HD DVD or Blu-Ray and, using eac3to to demux and decode the audio track, splits the audio into individual chapters. This is useful for ripping the audio from a concert movie into the individual songs.

After selecting the disc to split, HDConcertRipper lets you choose which audio stream to use and which chapters you want to split, as well as whether or not to upmix to 7.1 or downmix to 5.1 or 2.0. You can also edit the metadata and chapter names. eac3to is then called to demux and decode the disc, which HDConcertRipper then splits into individual FLAC or WAV files. WMA Pro (2.0, 5.1, and 7.1) and WMA Lossless (2.0 and 5.1) output are also supported.

Installation
- madshi's eac3to (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966) must be installed
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851) must be installed
- Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27870) must be installed if you want WMA output
- Download and extract all files, and run HDConcertRipper.exe

Changelog:
1.4.2
* changed: support eac3to 3.25's new -downDpl and -downStereo arguments

1.4.1
* added: support for saving to W64 format

1.4.0
* added: support for Windows 7 and x64 systems
* added: support for saving to WMA Lossless
* added: "Default" decoder setting to let eac3to choose which decoder to use
* changed: use Microsoft Expression Encoder instead of Windows Media Encoder for WMA encoding

1.3.0
* added: much improved performance
* added: support for saving to multichannel WAV
* added: WMA 2.0 and 7.1 support
* added: 6.1 -> 7.1 upmix support
* fixed: "total time taken" statistic is now accurate
* fixed: 2-chapter title lists where 2nd chapter is < 8.33 seconds

[setarip_old]

Hi!

You've not made it clear as to whether the HD-DVDs are decrypted by your GUI or if they must first be decrypted by other means before using your GUI...

[jj666]

As its an EAC3TO frontend, it should carry the same requirements as EAC3TO regarding decryption.

Worked perfectly fine for my Motorhead HDDVD, nice looking GUI also, thank you.

-jj-

[MuteyM]

Thanks for the feedback so far. I've updated the description to explicitly state that the disc must be unencrypted.

[setarip_old]

@MuteyM

Thanks for clarifying.

I can assure you that (based on a multitude or prior observations), adding that little phrase has precluded a bunch of, "It doesn't work" postings ;>}

[Inspector.Gadget]

Thanks. Ripping chapters by hand from Blu-ray gets old fast.

[MuteyM]

HDConcertRipper 1.1.0 released

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JXD8EKLX

1.1.0
* added: Blu-Ray support!
* added: downmix (5.1 or 2.0) support
* fixed: default stream is now stream with highest channel count
* fixed: selected encoder is now saved

[archie_here]

Looks gud! Thanks.

[Jeff Flowerday]

Yep, I'll try it out on my next blu-ray it will definately save me time over using foobar2000.

[MuteyM]

HDConcertRipper 1.2.0 released

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0Z38VQG8

1.2.0
* added: M2TS & EVOB files are now scanned to get more audio details
* added: support for DTS-ES and AC3-EX
* added: audio track bitrate is now displayed
* added: eac3to log is now saved in the temp directory
* fixed: eac3to track number is now always correct
* fixed: titles without a chapter list are now selectable
* fixed: HD DVD sub video streams are now detected
* fixed: HD DVD sub audio streams are now detected and selectable

[Jeff Flowerday]

Bitrate is nice. Good work.

[MuteyM]

HDConcertRipper 1.2.1 released

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4YQC89WT

1.2.1
* fixed: many chapter editor navigation glitches fixed
* fixed: many status bar glitches fixed
* fixed: FLAC encode state is now saved
* fixed: various other minor UI fixes

[MuteyM]

HDConcertRipper 1.3.0 released

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=90MXMAGX

1.3.0
* added: much improved performance
* added: support for saving to multichannel WAV
* added: WMA 2.0 and 7.1 support
* added: 6.1 -> 7.1 upmix support
* fixed: "total time taken" statistic is now accurate
* fixed: 2-chapter title lists where 2nd chapter is < 8.33 seconds

[Inspector.Gadget]

Keep up the good work :)

[MuteyM]

Thanks, it's nice to get some feedback!
:thanks:

[ToadMazter]

May be a dumb question, but any chance this application could be updated to support DVD and DVD-A? I have a number of CD's that also have a "DVD" side that includes 5.1 audio, and I also have a collection of DVD-A's that I want to convert to WMA Pro. I just recently got a new receiver that supports multichannel WMA audio, and I want to stream it from my 360 Media Center extender. I know there are tools out there to achieve this, but this app looks to almost all-in-one. Thanks!
BTW, DVD-A extractor link here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96860

[utenteanonimo64]

Hi MuteyM, are you still supporting this software? I am trying to use it to rip audio from the Neil Young Archives boxset of BluRay discs and it works perfectly on some of the discs while I get errors on others.
I get three types of errors:
- program reports that the WAV has wrong size: this happens at the end of the process when the big WAV file has been splitted into chapters already so I can live with this....
- program reports that the WAV is corrupt: this happens as soon as the big WAV is written, before the splitting process begins, therefore I can't split the file into chapters
- program hangs while trying to display the BD structure, this happens on a couple of discs; if I run eac3to from the command line it reports the structure correctly so the discs should be OK.... obviously I can't rip the disc when this error happens.

If you still work on this GUI and want more information on the errors please let me know. This is a great utility and I wish I could use it for all my music BluRay discs!

[Magix_995]

Each time : http://pastebin.com/mbe283e3
...
Source = LPCM or DTS-HDMA

Any help ?

[MuteyM]

HDConcertRipper 1.4.0 released

https://rapidshare.com/files/1770184431/HDConcertRipper.rar

1.4.0
* added: support for Windows 7 and x64 systems
* added: support for saving to WMA Lossless
* added: "Default" decoder setting to let eac3to choose which decoder to use
* changed: use Microsoft Expression Encoder instead of Windows Media Encoder for WMA encoding

[taiyoyuden]

Great GUI MuteyM!

Do you think you could add support for .W64? I always get "Caution: The WAV file is bigger than 4GB. <WARNING>" when using it.

[MuteyM]

https://rapidshare.com/files/1437197089/HDConcertRipper.rar

1.4.1
* added: support for saving to W64 format

[taiyoyuden]

O_O Thanks MuteyM!

edit: The W64 option isn't working right. It still does .wav when .w64 is selected.

[schorman]

I'm getting an error after ripping and before splitting:

System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Void Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Profiles.VariableUnconstrainedBitrate..ctor(Int32, Boolean)'.

Any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks

[MuteyM]

I'm getting an error after ripping and before splitting:

System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Void Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Profiles.VariableUnconstrainedBitrate..ctor(Int32, Boolean)'.

Any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks

It sounds like you don't have Expression Encoder installed correctly. Make sure you've got the latest version and service pack (v4, SP2).

[MuteyM]

O_O Thanks MuteyM!

edit: The W64 option isn't working right. It still does .wav when .w64 is selected.

Strange, I just tested a rip with only W64 checked in the Encode box, and I ended up with a directory full of .w64 files as expected. I also did a rip to both W64 and WAV and did a binary compare of the .wav and .w64 files and they have different headers but identical data, also as expected.

Finally, the .w64 files open and play fine in both foobar2000 and WinAmp.

Can you try the latest version of HDCR (1.4.2) and if it still doesn't work, provide more details about what exactly isn't working right for you?

[MuteyM]

1.4.2
* changed: support eac3to 3.25's new -downDpl and -downStereo arguments

[JustinChase]

I'm getting the error that the 'wav file is smaller than expected' when trying to rip a 5.1 channel 96/24 stream from a blu ray into a flac file

I'm assuming it's because the initial wav file it creates is limited by a 4GB size barrier, so it's not creating the full wav file in the beginning, so that when it gets to the last file to be split by chapters, the file it's ripping from doesn't have all the information.

I'm not sure why it rips the original PCM into a wav file to start the process, instead of just ripping/converting directly into the chosen format, but I'm sure there is a reason.

Hmmm... I just ran it again, and this time chose flac, wav and wav64, and it gave me the same error, but there are now .wav and .w64 files in the output folder, so my theory seems wrong, and it's only something to do with a flac conversion. The first 9 (of 10) files converted fine, only the last file fails. I've tried it with just the 10th file selected, same error. I've picked a different title with the same stream info (duration, chapter, etc), and it fails in the same way.

[utenteanonimo64]

Since MuteyM has reappeared after years I thought I'd do the same to confirm that after so many years HDConcertRipper still gives me the same error on many BluRay discs.
Yesterday I tried to rip the Rolling Stones Grrr! BluRay disc; I chose the PCM audio track and asked to extract it to W64 divided by chapter.
A huge file is created and then when it is time to split it into chapters I get a message that says the file is corrupt.
I wish MuteyM investigated error reports and tried to reproduce problems. This PCM to WAV extraction should be the most straighforward use of eac3to and it doesn't require any encoding/decoding so I really have no idea what I could try to resolve the issue.
I am using the latest release of HDConcertRipper and the latest release of eac3to (3.27).
Since eac3to doesn't split by chapter I suppose the code that tries to split the WAV file is within HDConcertRipper itself and therefore the eac3to logs do not provide any useful information.

As a side note let me add that when HDConcertRipper fails my only alternative to get audio output by chapter is to use eac3to to demux and extract chapter information, then remux with tsRemux into single chapters and then demux each chapter again with eac3to! Quite a convoluted process!

Another side note: the first post states that "Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 must be installed if you want WMA output" but I found that if you don't install the MS encoder you get an error even when trying to output to different formats, not only WMA.