I have a question concerning the ripping of DVD's . . . specifically, the extraction of the audio from a concert DVD. After searching through the forums, I have figured out that I need to use DVD Decryptor (IFO Mode, File Splitting by Chapter) and demuxing the audio (whatever "demuxing" means). When all this is done, I have several VOB files (one for each chapter of the disc).

From this point, I have to use BeLight to convert the VOB files into WAV. This is where it gets a little bit confusing because there are several options to choose from and I haven't got the faintest idea of what they do. I know that I should choose 16 Bits Stereo Wave, but I am unsure as to the rest (Azid Settings, SSRC, Boost, BeSweet OTA)

I would also like to be able to batch convert the files so that I don't have to do each one individually.

Thanks for any input.....

What I do is something similar.

I rip the DVD using DVD Decryptor. I then open the VOB files within XMPEG 5 (available from Doom9.ORG ) and right click on the application.

I then chose Extract Audio to....

This gives me 3 audio extraction choices:

1.) DirectStream to AC3/MP2
This dumps the AC3 audio from the VOB files directly to a single AC3 file, without losing the quality.

2.) WAV
This will convert the AC3 audio to an uncompressed WAV file. I believe it's standard CD audio (44100 Hz, 16-bit stereo), but it might even be 48000 Hz, 24-bit stereo.

3.) MP3
Converts the AC3 to a MP3 file, using the audio encoding setup set up beforehand in the Options. So, I can encode to 256 Kbps VBR or 320 Kbps CBR.