hello all not to sure if this is in the right section im after a free software that i can extract music files from a music dvd. got a few live concerts on dvd and would love to have them as mp3's on my pc is there such a software? thanks
You can use this method here; a guide written by the great DvdBack23. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/239698 However, you're need to locate SmartRipper from elsewhere as it is no longer hosted at AfterDawn.
Please keep in mind the vast majority of concert DVD's are a cheap ripoff, with the Audio often in Dolby Digital stereo only. This is a perceptual codec, and has thrown away 11/12 of the original data (assuming it started out as CD quality). Extracting this is only part of the fight, as you will need to then turn it back into PCM - which will not recover the lost data, and then recompress to the even worse MP3 format, compressing already heavily compressed audio. The quality loss is going to be very audible.
