Trouble getting audio off DVD...

[goonerjack]

Hi all

Basically I'm having a problem ripping the audio off a DVD - I'm getting stutters for 3/4 minutes at a time. These only happen about 3 times throughout 3 hours of audio but occur at exactly the same place every time I rip it.

What I'm doing is:

1) Ripping the VOB files off the DVD using DVD Decrypter
2) Extracting the AC3 file using DVD2AVIdg
3) Converting the AC3 to MP3 using BeSweet.

I'm pretty sure my problem is ripping the VOB files or converting them to AC3 as the AC3 is stuttery.

The VOB files look like this:

http://www.auctionphotobank.com/upload/108143083581.jpg

I *think* the stuttering occurs where the VOB files start and end - ie between VTS_01_1.VOB and VTS_01_2.VOB

Any ideas how to get round this and leave me with the perfect audio?

Any help much apprciated!

Thanking you in advance, Jack.

[manono]

Hi and welcome to the forum-

You're just getting the audio, right, like for playing by itself, and not as part of the movie? And the MP3 stutters when being played by itself? OK, try this; go into Mode (up at the top there) and set it for IFO (instead of the default File), and then try again.

And if all you want is the audio, you don't have to get it in DVD2AVI. You can go into Stream Processing in DVDDecrypter, Enable Stream Processing, and then select the audio stream you want.

You're on FAT32, but I don't think that plays a part as long as you split the vobs into 1 GB chunks.

[goonerjack]

Thanks for that.

I've done the things you said and I'm left with a VOB file which is exactly the same size as the AC3 file I get when I went the old way - so I'm guessing that everything's alright here.

Only thing is, how do I now convert the VOB file to AC3 to get it as an MP3 - DVD2AVI doesn't want to do it now the VOB is only audio it seems...

Thanks, Jack.

[oddyseus]

if everything is done ok, u only need to rename the file to ac3 as it should be an audio only file.

[goonerjack]

I tried renaming it to .AC3 but Windows Media Player still wouldn't play it - it says it can't find it. Anything else I could be doing wrong?

When I rip it from the DVD, under the stream processing do I want it to be 'direct stream copy' 'demux' or 'raw'?

[oddyseus]

demux

[goonerjack]

Thanks for your help, the audio's perfect now