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Subject: Re: DVD Audio Extractor; was Re: RB and AC3

Re: DVD Audio Extractor; was Re: RB and AC3

From: K4NKZ Jim Ardin <k4nkz_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 09:59:07 -0400

yes it works great!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <discardedswimwear_at_googlemail.com>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: DVD Audio Extractor; was Re: RB and AC3


> On the subject of listening to DVD sound, some folks might be interested
> in a program called DVD Audio Extractor (guess what it does...)
> It is a very simple (and accessible) utility that simply rips the audio
> off a DVD and converts it directly to MP3. There are some good controls,
> including VBR/CBR rates, and also the ability to create one single MP3
> file for a movie or split it into one MP3 per chapter. One nice thing
> about it is that does the whole process for you once you've started it; no
> having to come back half-way and launch some other util.
>
> A link for the file is at:
> http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_dvd_audio_extractor_343.html
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Robertson" <aliask_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:10 AM
> Subject: Re: RB and AC3
>
>
>> AC3 works very well, according to the wiki page SoundCodecs. Only
>> platforms
>> which have a CPU capable of decoding the data (iriver, ipod, iaudio, etc)
>> are able to play AC3 and all "new" codecs - the old archoses can only
>> play
>> MP3 (and WAV?).
>>
>> hth, Will.
>>
>> On 9/9/06, Jacob Rau <jacob.rau_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know for sure if AC3 is supported by RB; I tried to search the
>>> wiki but because of all the mailing list garbage I couldn't find a wiki
>>> page on it for sure.
>>>
>>> You do realize that an AC3 file is just the audio track, right? If you
>>> really want to listen to it, you're probably better off transcoding to
>>> MP3 or Vorbis.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>> Jacob
>>>
>>> David Pedersen wrote:
>>> > Hi, list!
>>> > I just tried to rip a DVD movie, into AC3. I am running the official
>>> > 2.5 release of RB (that is, not a daily build), on my Archos Recorder
>>> > V1. On this platform/installation, RB refuses to recognize/play the
>>> > AC3 file. Do I have to upgrade to a daily build, or is the ac3 support
>>> > only available on certain platforms?
>>> >
>>> > Sorry if this is a silly question, but I still wonder :)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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