Extract Multichannel Audio tracks from DVD-v Options

[TwoJ]

I'm looking for a way or program to extract the audio from a DVD-V not a dvd-a
The audio is offered in 5.1 or 2 channel, so i would like to extract the 5.1 channel and i would also like to save it to a multichannel flac file

Does anyone know if there also exists a way to save the tracks as one track with a cue sheet similar to the way EAC allows a CD to be extracted as a one image and cue sheet?

Thanks

[krabapple]

for ripping .ac3 or .dts (not lossless), DVD Audio Extractor, DVD Decrypter, DVD Audio Ripper, are three tools that come to mind. Some have free trials.

[DVDdoug]

Does anyone know if there also exists a way to save the tracks as one track with a cue sheet similar to the way EAC allows a CD to be extracted as a one image...

I assume most of the tools will give you a single file. A chapter on a DVD is just a "marker", and the movie is one big file (split into 1GB VOB files). If you have a music video DVD, it's possible that each music video is a separate title (not simply a chapter). If that's the case, you'll get separate files for each song.

I don't have any DVD audio ripping tools, but I can import a (non encrypted) DVD into Video Studio. I get a single "movie" and the chapter points are lost. I can then save the audio as WAV, MP3, etc., but there is no FLAC option in Video Studio. (I've never tried creating a surround-sound file from a DVD, and without FLAC this could be a problem because a 90 minute 6-channel WAV file will exceed the 2GB limit for WAV files.)

... and cue sheet?

I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be to hard to maually create a cue sheet. And, the chapters may not be exactly where you want the cue points anyway...

This post has been edited by DVDdoug: Sep 3 2009, 20:44

[TwoJ]

I went with DVD Audio Extractor it allows for extraction to quite a few audio formats including flac, plus it allowed mono/stereo/ or 6-channel encoding.

While you still need to tag with another program it did the ripping well. Since the dvd had quite a few audio files i didn't want to include i think ripping to individual tracks was better in this case, however it does seem as a potential use to be able to rip the audio into a full audio image track and cue sheet. One potential problem i see for that is in this particular case there was a mix of 6 & 2 channel audio, so i don't know if you can force a 2 channel to 6 channel in order to record an audio image all as 6-channel?

Thanks for the help