Computer Application Studio DVD Audio Extractor User Manual
DVD Audio Extractor
User Manual
DVD Audio Extractor: User Manual
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to DVD Audio Extractor ................................................................................................. 1
2. Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................................................ 3
3. Wizard Pages .................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1. Select Input .......................................................................................................................... 4
3.2. Encoding Format .................................................................................................................. 6
3.2.1. Ogg Vorbis Format ..................................................................................................... 7
3.2.2. MP3 Format .............................................................................................................. 8
3.2.3. Audio Interchange File Format .................................................................................... 10
3.2.4. PCM Wave Format ................................................................................................... 11
3.2.5. ALAC Format .......................................................................................................... 13
3.2.6. FLAC Format ........................................................................................................... 13
3.2.7. Direct Stream Demux ................................................................................................ 14
3.2.8. CD Image and Cuesheet ............................................................................................. 14
3.3. Output Setting .................................................................................................................... 15
3.4. Start Encoding .................................................................................................................... 16
4. Command Line Interface ................................................................................................................. 18
4.1. Examples ........................................................................................................................... 20
5. Shortcut Keys ............................................................................................................................... 22
6. Change Log .................................................................................................................................. 23
7. Support Information ....................................................................................................................... 35
7.1. Contact Information ............................................................................................................. 35
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List of Tables
5.1. Shortcut keys for all pages ............................................................................................................ 22
5.2. Shortcut keys special for page 1 .................................................................................................... 22
5.3. Shortcut keys special for page 3 .................................................................................................... 22
5.4. Shortcut keys special for page 4 .................................................................................................... 22
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Chapter 1. Introduction to DVD Audio Extractor
DVD Audio Extractor is a powerful software DVD audio extracting / ripping tool. It can help you to extract audio
streams from your favorite Blu-ray, DVD-Audio and DVD-Video discs and save them as OGG, MP3, Wave or FLAC
files. DVD Audio Extractor can also demux audio streams directly to mlp, pcm, mpa, ac3 or dts files. Its CD Image
creating feature allows you to convert DVD to Audio CD or DTS-CD in one step.
DVD Audio Extractor features on its easy-to-use interface, ultra-fast extracting speed, rich audio formats support,
multi-channel capability, resample to arbitrary sample rate, audio preview and much more. It's all what you needed
to get audios out of Blu-ray or DVD discs, so that you can listen on MP3 Player, play on PC, record to CD or do
anything else.
Features
Easy-to-use user interface DVD Audio Extractor is designed in sense of easy use. The program comes
with a step by step wizard-like interface and all the functions can be used by
simple mouse clicks.
Ultra-fast extracting speed With its fully optimized processing engine, DVD Audio Extractor can convert
selected audio tracks within 10% of the playback time.
Note
Processing time differs for different audio format settings.
Support all DVD audio formats DVD Audio Extractor can decode all the audio formats available on all DVD-
Audio and DVD-Video discs: MLP (Meridian Lossless Packiing), LPCM
(Linear pulse code modulation), DTS (Digital Theater Systems), Dolby Digital
(AC-3), and MPEG2.
Support multiple output formats DVD Audio Extractor is able to encode to several formats: OGG (Mono, Stereo
or 5.1 Surround), MP3 (Mono, Stereo or Joint Stereo), Uncompressed PCM
Wave (unlimited channel, 8 bits, 16 bits or 24 bits, with an option to save each
channel to separate file), and FLAC. You can also demux audio stream from
the DVD stream and save them as separate files.
It can also encode to CD Image and Cuesheet format which allows you to
convert DVD to Audio CD in one step.
Tags and metadata support You can enter disc metadata like artist, album, year and genre. Those
information, along with the chapter names you entered, will be saved into result
files as tag info.
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Introduction to DVD Audio Extractor
Disc metadata can also be uploaded to / downloaded from our server database.
All the uploaded metadata is shared between all the users, so that people don't
need to enter metadata for the same disc again.
Audio and video preview The audio and video play/preview feature allows you to listen to the selected
chapters before you do extract, so that you can be sure those chapters are really
what you wanted. You can also use DVD Audio Extractor as a standalone Audio
and Video Player for DVD discs.
Resample to arbitrary sample rate The resample library in DVD Audio Extractor allows you to save audios to any
sample rate with high quality.
Batch processing Select all tracks you want to rip and DVD Audio Extractor will automatically
rip and encode them one by one.
Its multi-title feature allows you to rip from all the selected titles at once.
Detailed help document The detailed descriptions in the help file explains everything the user has to
know about how to use DVD Audio Extractor.
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Chapter 2. Quick Start Guide
Using DVD Audio Extractor is as easy as several mouse clicks in 1-2-3-4 steps. After starting up DVD Audio Extractor,
do the following:
1. Select Input
Insert a DVD-Audio or DVD-Video disc into your DVD-ROM. Select which title and audio stream you want to
use, then select all the chapters you want to rip and click the Next button.
Note
You should select at least one chapter before you can continue.
2. Encoding Format
Select which format you want to use for encoding. You can use the default setting and click the Next button.
3. Output Setting
Setup output file location and other settings. The output folder must exist. Check other setting as you wish and
click the Next button.
4. Start Encoding
Click the Start button to start encoding and wait for the process to finish.
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Chapter 3. Wizard Pages
DVD Audio Extractor uses a wizard-dialog style appearance to configure all details of audio extracting and encoding.
The following configuration wizard pages can appear in DVD Audio Extractor:
1. Select Input
2. Encoding Format
3. Output Setting
4. Start Encoding
Tip
• In any of these wizard pages, press F1 or Ctrl+H to go directly to the help page of the current wizard page.
• Check the Shortcut Keys page for a complete list of all the accelerator keys available in DVD Audio
Extractor.
3.1. Select Input
Step 1: select the chapters you want to extract.
Select DVD source: Click the pull-down combo box to select which DVD-ROM you want to use
for ripping. You can also open a file folder where your DVD files are stored,
or open a single AOB/VOB file in case you don't have the needed *.IFO files.
Default is the first DVD drive with a DVD disc in it.
Refresh DVD-ROM:
Click the refresh button or press accelerator key Alt+F to refresh selected
DVD-ROM. DVD Audio Extractor will try to read form the new inserted disc
and refresh it's contents.
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Browse to folder:
Open AOB/VOB file:
Wizard Pages
In "Open DVD files from file folder" mode, click the browse button or
press accelerator key Alt+W to select the file folder where your DVD files are
stored. After selection, DVD Audio Extractor will try to read form that folder
and refresh it's contents.
Note
The program needs to read all the IFO and AOB/VOB files so when
you copy DVD disc to your hard disk, make sure to copy the whole
AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.
In "Open single DVD AOB/VOB file" mode, click the browse button or
press accelerator key Alt+W to select the AOB (Audio Object) or VOB (Video
Object) file. After selection, DVD Audio Extractor will read from that file and
refresh it's contents.
Note
This is only provided as a workaround when IFO files are not available
or contain error. You should always avoid using it unless all other
methods failed.
Metadata (tag) editor: Metadata (tag) editor allows you to edit the global applied information to all
chapters. You can type in the artist's name, the album's title, the year that album
was published, and select the corresponding genre. Along with the chapter
names you setup, these information will be saved into output file as ID3 tags/
Vorbis tags/RIFF INFO/FLAC tags, or CD Text, whichever applie.
Select title (and angle): Specifies the DVD title (and angle, if more than one angle present) you want
to use for ripping. DVD Audio Extractor supports ripping from multiple titles
at once. When a title is selected, you can define which chapters on that title
will be extracted. If you click on a title's check box, or select the title and press
the SPACE key, then all the chapters in that title (or angle) get selected or
unselected. If no chapter on that title is selected, then the title is not selected
for ripping.
Select audio stream: All the audio streams on the selected title are displayed. You can select the one
you want to use. Default is the first audio stream.
When multiple title are selected at once, the maximal output channels and
samplerate will be calculated from the selected audio stream of the selected
titles. For example, if you selected PCM (96kHz 2ch) on Title1, and AC3
(48kHz 6ch) on Title2, then the maximal output channel will be 2ch and
maximal output samplerate will be 48kHz.
Select chapters: All the chapters on the active title are displayed. Select the chapters you want
to play or rip by clicking the chapter's check box. If no chapter is selected, then
the active title is not selected for ripping.
You must select at least one chapter to continue. By default, all the chapters in
first Title (and first Angle, if more than one angle present) are selected.
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Wizard Pages
Tip
• Press the title "Select All" will select all the chapters in the active
title for you. Accelerator key: Ctrl+A.
• To select/unselect all the chapters in all titles, press accelerator key:
Alt+A.
Rename chapters: You can edit name for any track/chapter by clicking at the grid for that chapter.
Accelerator key: F2.
The chapter names will be saved into output files as track names, in forms of
Tag info or CD Text, whichever applies.
Play selected chapters: Use the playback control buttons to preview/playback the selected chapters, so
that you can be sure those are really the chapters you want to extract.
Start playing the selected chapters,
or resume if paused. Accelerator key:
Alt+P.
Pause. Accelerator key: Alt+U.
3.2. Encoding Format
Step 2: select which format you want to use for encoding.
Go to last chapter. Accelerator key:
Alt+<.
Go to next chapter. Accelerator key:
Alt+>.
Stop playing. Accelerator key: Alt+T.
Output format: Click the pull-down combo to select which format you want to use for encoding. Default is to
use OGG/Vorbis format. Follow the links below to see description of each format and when
to use that format.
• OGG -- Xiph OGG/Vorbis.
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Wizard Pages
• MP3 -- MPEG1 Layer III.
• WAV -- PCM Uncompressed Wave.
• ALAC -- Apple Lossless Audio Codec.
• FLAC -- Free Lossless Audio Codec.
• Direct Stream Demux.
• CD Image and Cuesheet.
3.2.1. Ogg Vorbis Format
Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid
to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/
channel. Ogg Vorbis also features on it's multiple channel support. Ogg Vorbis has been designed to completely replace
all proprietary, patented audio formats including MP3. It provides higher quality than MP3 and is the recommended
format to use. Most of the popular audio players like foobar2000 and winamp can play OGG files.
Ogg Vorbis Format Settings:
Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz,
44100Hz, 48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.
Most DVD audio tracks are sampled in 48000Hz.
You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in
the source audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.
Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select
from Mono, Stereo or 5.1 Surround (when the original audio contains 6
channels).
Variable bitrate (VBR): This is the most recommended mode to use. In this mode, you choose the desired
quality from lowest to highest. Then encoder tries to maintain the given quality
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Wizard Pages
in the whole file by choosing the optimal number of bits to spend for each part
of your music.
• Enable VBR -- Check this to enable VBR encoding.
• VBR quality -- Specify the quality of VBR encoding by using the slider. A text
is displayed to show the approximation of kbps of the resulted stream.
Average bitrate (ABR): In this mode, you choose the encoder will maintain an average bitrate while
kipping the whole file within lower and upper bitrate bound. The result will be
of higher quality than CBR encoding, so this mode is highly recommended over
CBR.
• Enable ABR -- Check this to enable ABR encoding.
• Nominal bitrate -- Average bitrate that will commonly used to encode the
track..
• Minimum bitrate -- The minimum (lower bound) bitrate.
• Maximum bitrate -- The maximum (upper bound) bitrate.
Constant bitrate (CBR): This is the most basic encoding mode. In this mode, the bitrate will be the same
for the whole file. It means that each part of your ogg file will be using the same
number of bits.
Note
When none of Enable ABR and Enable VBR is checked, CBR encoding is used
3.2.2. MP3 Format
MP3 or MPEG1 Layer III is a sound compression format that can create near CD-quality sound files while maintaining
a small file size. It is still one of the world's most popular audio compression formats on use but likely to be replaced
by Ogg Vorbis. Since there is not yet as many Ogg (Hardware) Players available as MP3 Players, you may want to
use MP3 format for playback on portable devices.
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