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VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-27T07:30:57Z

Jim DeLaHunt: /* Using the VLC command line */ Greatly fleshed out. Added WAV and FLAC examples.

VLC can '''extract audio''' from any of the many input sources it supports, and write this audio to an audio-file in a variety of formats. In other words, it discards any video content from the input source, and it converts the audio content to the desired format.

You can invoke audio extraction from the VLC graphical user interface, or from the VLC command line. When using the VLC command line, you can select options that let you monitor the audio (and/or video, actually) as the extraction happens. Or, you can select options to hide VLC's visual interfaces, leaving it to extract and convert the audio data as fast as the computer allows -- which might take a fraction of the time. You can also script the VLC command line invocations, letting you do many extraction tasks without manual effort.

==Planning==

Identify the source from which you want to extract the audio signal. You will open this source from VLC using the same GUI operations or command-line options as you would for any other VLC usage.

Is the source an audio-only file? If so, then this operation is a simple [[transcode|transcoding]] of audio content from one format to another. Be aware that, while VLC has certain facility for this task, other tools may be even more powerful, faster, or more reliable for the task. For instance, the [http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html FLAC tools] include a command-line utility which can convert [[WAV]] files into [[FLAC]] files with excellent speed and reliability. Where VLC really shines is for sources which combine video and audio content.

Is the source a [[DVD]], or other container with internal structure, such as multiple "Titles", and multiple "Chapters" in each Title? If so, then you need to identify which Title and Chapters include the audio content you want, and which are irrelevant. For instance, a DVD may have a menu in Title 1, an advertisement in Title 2, the main content in Title 3, and a trailer in Title 3. The main content in Title 3 may be divided into dozens of chapters, like the tracks in a CD. In a case like this, you probably want only the audio content from Title 3, not from the other Titles. You may want to extract a single audio file with the content of all of Title 3, or you may want a separate audio output file for each Chapter.

The VLC GUI provides a somewhat clumsy but workable way to explore the structure of a DVD or corresponding video file. Here is how (as of Windows version 1.1.11):
# Run the VLC app.
# Put the DVD into the computer's DVD reader.
# From '''Media''' menu, select '''Open Disc...''' (Ctl-D). The '''Open Media''' dialog appears.
# Select the '''Disc''' tab. In the '''Disc''' tab's "Disk Selection" section, select the "DVD" radio button . From the "Disc device" menu, select the menu entry corresponding to the computer's DVD reader. For example, it might be "F:\ - Wedding Movie". Click the '''Play''' button at the bottom of the dialog. The '''Open Media''' dialog disappears. The DVD now appears as an entry in the playlist, e.g. "DVD://F".
# Double-click on the DVD entry in the playlist. The DVD starts playing. If necessary, select entries in the DVD's menu to start the DVD playing the content from which you want to extract audio.
# From the '''Playback''' menu, hover over '''Title >'''. A second menu appears, with entries like "DVD Menu", "Title 1", "Title 2", "Title 3". These are the Title choices you have to pull from. A check mark will be next to one of the entries. This is the Title with your content.
# On the '''Playback''' menu, move down to hover over '''Chapter >'''. A second menu appears, with entries like "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc. A check mark will be next to one of the entries. This is the Chapter with your content.
# Note the last entry in the '''Chapter >''' submenu. This tells how many chapters there are in total in that title.
# Note the Title and Chapter number of the start of the content from which you want to extract audio. Also note the final Title and Chapter number of the content.

==Using the VLC graphical user interface (GUI)==

See [http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVD-Audio-to-MP3-Using-VLC-Media-Player How to Rip DVD Audio to MP3 Using VLC Media Player], Edited by AudioDude and 2 others, WikiHow.com

Note that VLC's GUI lets you specify the Title and Chapter from which it will start, but VLC will continue extracting until the end of the Title. It doesn't let you extract a single Chapter at a time. To do that, you will need to use the VLC command line.

==Using the VLC command line==

This section gives examples of how to extract audio using VLC's command line invocation.

===The VLC command invocation===
The start of the command line is the VLC invocation. On Windows this looks like:
"c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

On Mac OS X it looks like:
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC

On Linux, if the vlc executable is on your path, it looks like:
vlc

===General options===
The command line will have a sequence of general options. These are the same for all platforms.
-I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep

Here's what those options mean:
;-I dummy:VLC should run with no GUI, typing error messages and asking for input in the command line window. This is better for scripting and for faster completion. Leave this option off if you want the GUI to appear.
;--no-sout-video:VLC will not pass on a video component to the streaming output
;--sout-audio:VLC will, however, pass on an audio component to the streaming output
;--no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1:VLC will not deliver streaming output in [[RTP]]-[[SAP]] or [[SAP|Standard SAP]] forms.
;--ttl=1:A parameter for RTP and SAP; innocuous here.
;--sout-keep:Keep a copy of the streaming output; innocuous here.

===The sout string===
An option string, marked by '''--sout''', tells VLC how to transcode the content and in what format to write it. See below for fully detailed examples. However, here is one sout string, specifying to transcode to a WAV audio format.
--sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=\\\\Server\Qmultimedia\Music\song_c38.wav}"

===The source MRL===
The '''[[Media Resource Locator]]''' ([[MRL]]) is a string which tells VLC where to find the source content, e.g. the DVD or source file. For more on the MRL syntax, see [[VLC command-line help]].

The MRL for a DVD, selecting only Title 3, Chapter 38, in Windows looks like:
dvdsimple://F:\@3:38-3:38

A similar MRL for Mac OS X looks like:
dvdsimple:///dev/rdisk2/@3:38-3:38

An MRL could also be a filename, directory name, or a path to a file or directory name.
Video.TS

At the every end of the command line, put this special second MRL. It tells VLC to end its run without looking for another MRL to transcode.
vlc://quit

===Extracting audio in WAV format===

This is an example of a Windows command line which extracts the audio content of Chapter 38, Title 3, DVD F: to a WAV audio file. The example has line breaks for clarity, but your command should all be on one line:

"c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio
--no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep
--sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=\\\\Server\Qmultimedia\Music\song_c38.wav}"
dvdsimple://F:\@3:38-3:38 vlc://quit

The parameter '''acodec=s16l''' tells VLC to use convert the audio content using the [[s16l]] [[codec]], which is the codec for [[WAV]] format audio. Parameter '''mux=wav''' tells VLC to write the s16l audio data into a file with the WAV structure. The file path starts with "\\\\", because each pair "\\" is converted to a single "\" by the command line environment, giving a server path of <tt>\\Server\Qmultimedia</tt>. The file extension is ".wav" for WAV format files.

===Extracting audio in FLAC format===
This is an example of a Windows command which is similar to the above, but extracts in FLAC format.
"c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio
--no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep
--sout "#transcode{acodec=flac}:std{mux=raw,dst=\\\\Server\Qmultimedia\Music\song_c38.flac}"
dvdsimple://F:\@3:38-3:38 vlc://quit

Notice the changes:
;acodec=flac:tells VLC to convert audio content using the [[FLAC]] [[codec]]
;mux=raw:uses a raw file structure instead of the WAV file structure
;File extension .flac:The file extension is FLAC for FLAC-format content.

===Extracting audio in original format===
If you want the extracted audio in the same format as it is stored in the input, then VLC can provide it to you with no loss of quality, because there is no re-encoding of the content.

The way to do this for AC3 format audio from a DVD video is (on Linux):

vlc --no-sout-video dvdsimple:///dev/scd0@1:1 :sout='#std{access=file,mux=raw,dst=./file.ac3}'

Note: <tt>:sout</tt> means that the option ''sout'' applies only to the preceding stream, not to the whole command line. See ''[[VLC command-line help]]''.

===Scripting extraction of multiple chapters using a batch file===
The above example command lines caused VLC to extract audio for a single Chapter of a single Title into a single audio file. It is possible on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux command lines to write a script that loops through the Chapters of a Title and calls VLC for each one. Such a script can run unnattended for the tens of minutes it might take to extract a couple of hours of audio content, in dozens of tracks.

Here is a windows batch file which scripts VLC to extract all Chapters from a Title to a set of files in a directory on a Windows server. The first five lines, each beginning '''set''', define parameters. The final line, beginning '''for /L''', performs the loop and invokes VLC. The Windows batch file processor replaces parameter names surrounded by percent characters, e.g. %DestPrefix%, by their values.
<pre>
set DVDDrive=F:
set DestPrefix=\\\\Server\Qmultimedia\Music\wav_files\audio
set Title=3
set FirstChapter=1
set LastChapter=38

rem the following has line breaks for legibility. Remove them so it's all on one line.
for /L %%i in (%FirstChapter%,1,%LastChapter%) do "c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
-I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1
--sout-keep --sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=%DestPrefix%_c%%i.wav}"
dvdsimple://%DVDDrive%\@%Title%:%%i-%Title%:%%i vlc://quit
</pre>

To use this script, copy its contents into a file, say with a name '''riploop.bat'''. Be sure the final line, beginning with '''for /L'' and ending with '''vlc://quit''', is all on a single line; remove the line breaks which were inserted for legibility on this page. Then type in a Windows command line window, connect to the directory with the script file, and type '''riploop.bat''' to run it. VLC will pop up a new command line window for each invocation of VLC.

== See Also ==
* [http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVD-Audio-to-MP3-Using-VLC-Media-Player How to Rip DVD Audio to MP3 Using VLC Media Player], Edited by AudioDude and 2 others, WikiHow.com
* article ''[[Extract Audio From File]]''

[[Category:How To]]

Media Resource Locator

2011-10-27T07:07:25Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Redirect to "Media resource locator"

#REDIRECT[[Media resource locator]]

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-27T06:18:27Z

Jim DeLaHunt: /* Planning */ Using VLC GUI to investigate how from which Title and Chapters to get content

DVD

2011-10-27T05:22:38Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Add stub entry. It's silly that linking to DVD gives a red link, the DVD is fundamental to VLC

{{wikipedia|DVD}}
'''DVD''' is an acronym for '''Digital Video Disc''', a 12cm plastic disc which contains audio and video content in optically-readable digital form. VLC has extensive capabilities to read and master DVDs.

User talk:J-b

2011-10-27T05:17:47Z

Jim DeLaHunt: /* Spammer account User:Aaittersidless‎ */ new section

==TODO==
.tooney zone
''Please give me some TODOs here''

''Give your name and don't delete anything''
* Qt4 - jb
* Qt4 contribs - Xtophe
* Branch nightlies - Xtophe
* World domination

==Talk Here==

Hi jibbynou, I've just resuscitated the [[Frequently Asked Questions]] (formerly [[FAQ]]). I don't know if/where you want to link it from: up to you :-) -- [[User:Yoann|Yoann]] 19:44, 1 March 2007 (CET)

Plop jibbynou, you can now use <nowiki>{{RightMenu|documentation toc}}</nowiki>. See [[Template:RightMenu]] and [[Template:Documentation_toc]]. -- [[User:Yoann|Yoann]] 18:27, 21 May 2007 (CEST)

Hello, how can i contribute in ASM programing.

== Win32 V. 0.8.6i Crash On Snapshot! ==

As of 8//8/08 I have discovered what looks like a bug inside of 0.8.6i when trying to right click and choose snapshot from the playing video. It crashed the application, and bogs down windows. This happened on windows XP Home sp2, Intel p4 2.53GHz 1GB ram. All updates on machine are current, and it also has the latest quicktime, windows media player, and winamp installed.

-Sincerely
AfterBurn
: this was fixed in updated binary.

== Win32 Contribs 20070220 ==

There is some missing reference to gsm_ms_encoder and gsm_ms_decoder. I have tried to compile the libgsm, but there is no such method. Could you provide this library or give a hint, where to find it?
Besides when using your contrib some libraries need to be put in some directory named /home/videolan/j-b..... (sorry, I don't remember the path exactly (not sitting in front of the machine where I used your contrib - I will look it up on Sunday). Why does the vlc bootstrap/configure/compile reference this path which looks like it is your build path?

Thx in advance for answering my questions and keep up the good work!

:Well, this contrib may be broken because of the support and non-support of GSM in ffmpeg. This should be changed. Use another (older contrib), and I should do a new one in a few days.
::Thanks very much. I have now just added pseudo-methods for these two missing methods and it worked for me. --[[User:Hxp|Hxp]] 14:36, 14 March 2007 (CET)

== ALERT!!! PEOPLE CHARGING FOR VLC PLAYER!!!!! ==

If you download VLC player at this link http://www.vlc-mediaplayer.info/uk/ it will try to charge you £2 (via SMS) to install.
: Fixed.

== Thanks for the welcome ==

Thanks for the welcome message, Jean-Baptiste.

I've already made one suggestion [[Documentation Talk:EditingGuidelines|over here]].

As I get to know VLC, I'll try to make more contributions to the documentation wiki. I've also run a MediaWiki-based wiki for a couple of years:

http://www.screenpedia.org

But I wouldn't call myself a ''professional'' wiki admin!

Regards,

--[[User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]] 18:12, 9 July 2007 (CEST)

== MacOS wiki ==

No probs J-b. Je vais faire ca que je pouvais, et que je comprends ! [[User:Facius|Facius]] 14:39, 8 October 2007 (CEST)

Deux petits questions:

Est-ce que mon idee de stocker les images hors du wiki reste bien ?

Est-ce q'on sais pourquoi le Template Ed n'est pas present ? [[User:Facius|Facius]] 14:42, 8 October 2007 (CEST)

: Il faut réactiver les images alors. Je vais le faire. [[User:J-b|jb]] 18:34, 9 October 2007 (CEST)
: Ed ? waht's that ?

== Bureaucrat ==

Hi, could I be a bureaucrat? I'm already a sysop, and I'll feel complete if I'm a bureaucrat. (Even though I'll probably never make anyone a sysop) [[User:The thing|The thing]] ([[User talk:The thing|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/The thing|Contribs]]) 21:13, 8 August 2008 (CEST)
: Done [[User:J-b|jb]] 19:51, 18 August 2008 (CEST)

== Error in article ==

Hi,
I'm using your guide to compile VLC ([[User:J-b#My_VLC]]) under Ubuntu 8.10 but is outdated: 
"''configure: WARNING: --with-ffmpeg-tree is deprecated. Use PKG_CONFIG_PATH instead.''" 
And, therefore, an error occurs when it tries to compile ''libavcodec'': 
"''checking for AVCODEC... no 
configure: error: Could not find libavcodec or libavutil. Use --disable-avcodec to ignore this error.''" 
It would be better to delete that wiki page or update it. 
Thank you anyway for your effort and work. 
A greeting.

----

'''Add''': 
Missing an important parameter in the config of ffmpeg: --enable-postproc

The name of postproc is different in ffmpeg svn version over the name that looks VLC (¿?): 
''VLC'': 
checking for POSTPROC... yes 
checking libpostproc/postproc.h usability... no 
checking libpostproc/postproc.h presence... no 
checking for libpostproc/postproc.h... no 
checking postproc/postprocess.h usability... no 
checking postproc/postprocess.h presence... no 
checking for postproc/postprocess.h... no 

<s>Solution: 
The real path/name in ffmpeg svn version is libpostproc/postprocess.h. 
The temporal solution is change the name to the file ''postprocess.h'' > ''postproc.h''

These options no longer exist:'' --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac''

For some reason I do not understand, VLC does not recognize x264 as compiled... 
Solution: 
This solves both the problem of x264 as of ffmpeg libraries: 
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=extras/ffmpeg/libavcodec:extras/ffmpeg/libavdevice:extras/ffmpeg/libavformat:extras/ffmpeg/libavutil:extras/ffmpeg''/libswscale:extras/ffmpeg/libpostproc:extras/x264:/usr/lib/pkgconfig;./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-snapshot --enable-dbus-control --enable-musicbrainz --enable-shared-libvlc --enable-mozilla --enable-lirc --enable-live555 --with-live555-tree=extras/live --enable-x264 --enable-shout --enable-taglib --enable-v4l --enable-cddax --enable-dvb --enable-vcdx --enable-realrtsp --enable-xvmc --enable-svg --enable-dvdread --enable-dv --enable-theora --enable-faad --enable-twolame --enable-real --enable-flac --enable-tremor --enable-dirac --enable-skins2 --enable-qt4 --enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-esd --enable-portaudio --enable-jack --enable-xosd --enable-galaktos --enable-goom --enable-ggi --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-mkv --enable-dca --disable-qt --disable-kde --enable-a52 --enable-xvideo --disable-fribidi....''

Obviously, some parameters that I put into this config can (and should) change depending on the needs of each.</s>

----
Edits: 
There is a bug in the code of VLC that does not link the code of ffmpeg correctly.

: The solution is on my blog. [[User:J-b|jb]] 12:15, 30 December 2008 (CET)

== Websites' Status ==

Hello, I was just wondering if you were contemplating an upgrade of this wiki to MediaWiki 1.14 as I noticed that you are still on 1.11 which seems rather counterproductive.

I was also wondering if you had considered using [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PHPBB/Users_Integration Extension:PHPBB] from mediawiki.org to allow unified login between your forum and wiki especially as you were considering OpenID.

Also do tell me if I can be of any help with the site as the code for the various VideoLAN projects is a little over my head so I'd love to help with this (I'm fairly familiar with working on community sites if not media player code).

(also something appears to be wrong with Trac: (though I'm sure this has already been noted)
<pre>:Report execution failed: invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "t" LINE 9: LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom diff ON t.id=diff.ticket AND... ^ HINT: There is an entry for table "t", but it cannot be referenced from this part of the query.)</pre>
on the page: [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/report/11] )

Oh and IRCWeb isn't working as of the time of writing: http://krishna.videolan.org/cgi-bin/irc/irc.cgi (can't reach server) (once again, probably noted)

Once again, tell me if I can be of any use, otherwise, thanks for the great work on VLC and the other VideoLAN projects and I'll try and help with the wiki where I can!

--[[User:Tek|Tek]] 14:42, 16 May 2009 (CEST)

== sudo make install lines? ==

Minor suggestion:

Add sudo make install lines prior to all 4 builds (vlc, live555, x264, and ffmpeg) --[[User:Neo_The_User|Neo_The_User]] 12:26 (US Central) 05/16/2009

== Audio Interface ==
Hello JB,

Problem regarding the audio interface:

I'm using a professional audio interface (Layla 24)on 1.7G AMD system w/2G of ram and am experiencing audio severe audio breakup. Interestingly the Windows media player works fine with the same files as does all of the pro-audio apps. I have tried all of the output options including direct X but default and WIN32 of course are the only ones that give any audio output. Those are rather distorted however. Any Suggestions or if you need more input We can meet on Skype for faster input.

I am experienced in audio and perhaps (I hold an advanced degree in Electro-Acoustics) I can help with some of the audio interface problems.

Ed Wolfrum

== Spam account ==

[[User:Jheena789]] seems to be a spam account. See http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?title=Common_Problems&diff=16884&oldid=16872. [[User:Popol0909|Popol0909]] 15:36, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

== Correction needed ==
Would you please correct this annoying typo: [[VideoLAN_Wiki_talk:Rules#WikiMedia_is_not_MediaWiki]] ? Or better yet, make this page read/write for everyone. 
Pourriez vous corriger cette coquille svp: [[VideoLAN_Wiki_talk:Rules#WikiMedia_is_not_MediaWiki]] ? Ou mieux encore, mettre la page correspondante en lecture-écriture pour tous. 
Merci d'avance.--[[User:Popol0909|Popol0909]] 12:36, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Spammer account User:Aaittersidless‎ ==

Hi, J-b, you appear to be cleaning up spammer accounts. Thank you for doing this necessary work.

It looks like [[:User:Aaittersidless‎]] is a spammer. They created an account at 05:39h 22 October 2011, and 8 minutes later added 5000 bytes of word salad, with external links, and no relationship to VLC. I suggest that you consider deleting their User: page and their account. [[User:Jim DeLaHunt|Jim DeLaHunt]] 05:17, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-27T00:48:29Z

Jim DeLaHunt: /* Planning */ A bit of rewording and wikilinking

Container

2011-10-27T00:14:44Z

Jim DeLaHunt: +FLAC

{{wikipedia|Comparison of container formats}}
Containers are Files that can contain audio and/or video. The audio and video is encoded (compressed) using [[codecs]], and then stored in a container. Codecs can normally be used in a variety of different containers.

You can usually tell what container format is used for a file by looking at the file's extension. For example, if a file has a .mp4 extension, it is likely to contain [[MPEG-4]] video.

: ''See also '''[[:Category:Container]]'''.''

Below are listed the formats you can play with vlc (if I've missed any, feel free to add it :-)

{|
|File Extension
|Contains
|-
|
|[[A52]]
|-
|.aac
|[[AAC]]
|-
|.aiff
|[[AIFF]]
|-
|.amr
|[[AMR]]
|-
|
|[[Annodex]]
|-
|.asf
|[[ASF]]
|-
|.au
|[[AU]]
|-
|.avi
|[[AVI]]
|-
|.dts
|[[DTS]]
|-
|.dump
|[[Demuxdump]]
|-
|.flac
|[[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
|-
|.nsf, .nsfe, .gbs, .vgm, .vgz, .spc, .gym
| [[gme]]
|-
|.mkv, .mka, .mks
|[[Matroska]]
|-
|
|[[MediaBase]]
|-
|.mpc
|[[Musepack]]
|-
|.m2ts, .mpg, .mpeg, .vob
|[[MPEG-TS]] or [[MPEG-PS]]
|-
|.mov
|[[MOV]]
|-
|.flv
|[[flash Video]]
|-
|.m4a, .m4b, .m4p
|[[.m4a|MPEG-4 Audio]]
|-
|.mp4
|[[MP4|MPEG-4]]
|-
|.nsv
|[[NSV]]
|-
|.ogm
|[[OGM]]
|-
|.ogg
|[[Ogg]]
|-
|.pva
|[[PVA]]
|-
|.rm, .ram, .ra
|[[RealMedia]]
|-
|
|[[SDP]] (streaming only)
|-
|.wav
|[[WAV]]
|-
|.wmv
|[[Windows Media Video]]
|}

[[Category:Container]]

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-27T00:09:59Z

Jim DeLaHunt: fix wording "tasks" in intro.

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-26T21:32:03Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Major refactoring. Add sections "Planning" "Using the GUI", "Using the command line"

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-26T20:20:53Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Add explanation of :sout option prefix.

VLC can extract audio from most sources with no loss of quality, because there is no re-encoding of the content.

The way to do this for DVD video is (on Linux):

vlc --no-sout-video dvdsimple:///dev/scd0@1:1 :sout='#std{access=file,mux=raw,dst=./file.ac3}'

Note: <tt>:sout</tt> means that the option ''sout'' applies only to the preceding stream, not to the whole command line. See ''[[VLC command-line help]]''.

== See Also ==
* [http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVD-Audio-to-MP3-Using-VLC-Media-Player How to Rip DVD Audio to MP3 Using VLC Media Player], Edited by AudioDude and 2 others, WikiHow.com
* article ''[[Extract Audio From File]]''

[[Category:How To]]

VLC HowTo/Extract audio

2011-10-26T20:14:59Z

Jim DeLaHunt: /* See Also */ Add cross-link to Extract Audio From File article, and put in Category:How To.

VLC can extract audio from most sources with no loss of quality, because there is no re-encoding of the content.

The way to do this for DVD video is (on Linux):

vlc --no-sout-video dvdsimple:///dev/scd0@1:1 :sout='#std{access=file,mux=raw,dst=./file.ac3}'

== See Also ==
* [http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVD-Audio-to-MP3-Using-VLC-Media-Player How to Rip DVD Audio to MP3 Using VLC Media Player], Edited by AudioDude and 2 others, WikiHow.com
* article ''[[Extract Audio From File]]''

[[Category:How To]]

VLC HowTo/Extract audio from a file

2011-10-26T20:12:36Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Cross-link to better Extract Audio article, and add to Category:How to.

The example under this show how to extract audio from a working video file like file.ts in command line.

vlc file.ts --no-sout-video --sout '#std{mux=raw,dst=file.mp3}'

==See also==
* article ''[[Extract audio]]''

[[Category:How To]]

User talk:Jim DeLaHunt

2011-10-26T20:09:24Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Stub initial content

Feel free to create a new section and write me a message. I'll see it the next time I log in, though that may not be soon.

User:Jim DeLaHunt

2011-10-26T20:08:24Z

Jim DeLaHunt: Stub initial content

I'm a software engineer living in Vancouver, Canada. I use VLC to play my digital music collection, and to help manage it.