'racing,
You would use DVD Decrypt to extract the VOB (you can extract just the audio portion). Then use BeSweet to extract and convert the ac3 track to whatever. I like to extract to wav (it can convert directly to ogg/mp3). From there you can use MC to convert. Keep in mind that if you do not re-sample to 44.1kHz (I leave it at 48 kHz), then you have to use the -r 48000 switch in MC when encoding to ogg. I don't know if a switch is necessary with LAME encoded mp3's. There is a ton of options in BeSweet (and Decryptor), so put on your thinking cap (a beanie with a propeller works best for me).
Here's the command line I use with BeSweet (Koyaanisqatsi is the example)...
"d:\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "s:\KOYAANISQATSI\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob" -output "s:\temp\KoyaanTest3.wav" -substream 0x80 -2ch -logfilea "D:\BeSweet\BeSweet.log" ) -azid( -n1 -s stereo -F wav --maximize ) -profile( ~~~~~ Default Profile ~~~~~ )
Summary: Outputs to 2 channel wav, no dynamic compression, no 44.1 kHz re-sampling, maximizes (normalizes) output (should actually change this to 95% to reduce possible clipping when converting to a lossy format).
PS: BeSweet is strictly a command line program. Make sure you DL the BeSweet GUI as well, which will give it a windows interface.
Kurt,
I thought that DirectShow codecs eliminated the need to have WinDVD or PowerDVD installed, but this is a real gray area for me. I can't do DVD playback here thru MC (have latest PowerDVD installed)
10-27