I want to be able to make an audio file from the Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD so that I can burn it onto an audio CD. Is this possible? If so, how would one go about doing it? This shouldn't be illegal since I own the DVD, right? Anyway, if this is possible, let me know how because I NEED to have Pop Life and Push and Pull on audio CD.

Thanks.

Here is a help guide to the way I have done the same thing with Rave and 4 those of U on Valium. The (free) software you need is available from links from the site as well. The only difference is that I use Audacity to edit my Wav files, also freeware.
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/f...p?t=187078
Remember you will need at least the same amount of freespace on your harddrive as the size of the original DVD (up to 9gb for a dual layer movie).
On an average powered system the ripping and converting should take less than an hour. Editing the wav file for cue points can take some time,or you can use the .INFO.TXT file for the chapter start points if the concert is already edited to your satisfaction.
[This message was edited Sun Mar 7 8:31:03 2004 by gsh]

oops, double post.
[This message was edited Sun Mar 7 8:29:24 2004 by gsh]

Thanks for the direction. However, I cannot seem to get ahold of the program you mentioned in your post. I did download the shareware, but when I tried to install it, it was in German. I cannot read German so it was useless to me. Nevertheless, I have seen some other similar type programs during the course of my search so maybe I can use one of those instead. If you have any other suggestions, please send them my way. Again, thanks.

I know that this is a more expensive way, but I own a home-stereo CD burner and have my dvd player & cable box running into it as well. That way any music DVD & any tv appearances can be recorded directly onto CD. It's a lot easier than trying to rip the audio off the dvd, or from video if you record from the tv.

Ok, I went back and tried Smartripper again and I stumbled upon the solution. I bypassed a lot of the steps and somehow managed to make a perfect copy of what I wanted anyway. My Cd version sounds just as good as the DVD when played on my computer, but away from it, there is some loss of quality. Good enough for me though. Thanks for your help.

That home stereo-cd burner sounds pretty cool. About how much does one cost?

I made my own this way:

Used my Mac. Bought an iMic for $35. Plugged one end into my home stereo headphone jack, and the other end into the USB port of my Mac. Opened SoundStudio Pro. Picked the iMic as the input source. Played the DVD, recorded the audio using SoundStudio. Ran filters in SoundStudio to adjust overall volume and balance. Saved the file as a .aif file. Cut-and-pasted tracks into individual documents, then burned them to a CD using Toast and putting a gap of zero between the tracks. Voila -- I've got a 70-something minute CD of the Aladdin DVD, complete with seamless transitions between tracks.

I used the same approach to make audio CDs for myself of the Sign O the Times concert file, the Purple Rain concert film, all the recent tv performances, and even the "Willing and Able" cut from the Diamonds and Pearls video (it's a different cut than what's on the album). They all sound great, too.

If you have a Mac, you can also buy Audio Hijack Pro (pretty cheap...$30 or so), which allows you to record audio from any open application on your Mac. So, you could play the DVD on your Mac and record the audio as it plays. You can also use Audio Hijack Pro to record streaming audio and internet radio stations.

And, of course, abide by copyright laws.

parade86 said:

There really shouldn't be any quality loss. You have made a digital copy of the audio file from the DVD, and as long as you converted to wav and not mp3 there is no quality loss. (AC3 to wav is equivalent of mp3 to wav - AC3 is the compressed audio, and wav is lossless.) You can tweak the settings in AC3 before converting to wav to increase the volume, or you can do that after conversion in your audio editor when splitting the wav. I've done this to a couple of concert DVDs and they have all sounded perfect, and I'm no technical genius.
As to the program being in German, I don't know why this is. I downloaded all the software from links from that site, all freeware, and all are in English. Maybe you need to choose a different mirror site to download from.
Anyway, if you are happy with the result you got, great.
[This message was edited Sun Mar 7 15:20:35 2004 by gsh]

lyricsdaddy said:

yeah, later for that computer burning crap The home
stereo cd-recording deck is the way to go! Then you can burn
anything on to a cd! Records, tapes, dvd, camcorder, tv, etc..