#Dvd audio extractor 5.1 mp4#

In case theĪlbum is split over multiple tracks, convert each one of them to MKV the next At the moment of writing, MakeMKV is inĪ free beta period, but this will probably soon be over.Īlbums are typically contained in a single track on the Blu-Ray. Graphical program that extracts titles of Blu-Rays directly into an MKV (obviously) need a Blu-Ray drive (I use an external SamsungĮxtracting the media streams is simple with MakeMKV, a This is also the easiest format to convert, although you will Step 1: Extracting Discs to MKV Extracting Blu-Ray Discs to MKVīlu-Ray is becoming the most popular format to release multi-channel audioĭiscs. Sometimes, you can combine the different steps intoĪ single step, and skip the MKV completely, but I’ll leave this out.

#Dvd audio extractor 5.1 mp4#

The container for the original audio stream(s), archive this for backup, andĬonvert it to a separate MP4 copy for streaming to my Apple TV.įor simplicity, I also use MKV as intermediate format for the different steps Want to keep the album in the original format for backup. However, many of the albums I have come inĭifferent (higher quality) formats such as For albums that come in this format (AC3), the MP4 file can be This limits the usable formats to basically only MP4 with a DolbyĪudio track. I want to be able to stream the extracted albums on my second generation Apple Step 6: Converting to an Apple TV format.Step 5: Converting to a storage-friendly format.

Of them should work on Windows as well, although there may be I use a Mac, so the tools described are focused on OS X. I wrote up a summary of the tools and processes for Each of the different formats requires different tools toĬonvert them to a playable format, so it took me some time to figure out how toĬonvert each one of them. Unfriendly navigation menus, and wanted to have a backup of the audio in case

Putting discs in slow (and often stammering) CD/DVD/Blu-Ray players with I wanted to extract them all to a hard drive to avoid the nuisance of