Hi all, Because I have a feeling there's lots of information out there on the topic of ripping DVD audio, I would like to try to compile a comprehensive amount of information for all of us to benefit from. To do this, I would like as much feedback as possible. Therefore, I'm asking the following questions:
1. The main goal here is reaching high fidelity and almost identical sound quality. With that said, what is the best method of ripping DVD audio? Is it using DVD Audio Extractor? Is it using Sound forge to record off of one's sound card? Is it recording off of a good quality sound card with the aid of an external hardware device such as the PTR2? Is it yet another technique I'm not aware of? 2. Does one's computer's sound card play a factor in ripping audio from DVDs? That is, we're ripping files that are not played at all, which leads me to believe the sound card has no effect on the extraction and only plays a factor on the quality of output when listening to our ripped audio. 3. Is there a best file type to convert to? That is, I realize that .wav is the best way to save the ripped audio in order to preserve sound quality, but the files will of course be huge which quickly becomes burdensome for various handheld audio players and alike. I'm hearing that .ogg maintains a much better range of music quality. In other words, I'm hearing that ogg retains more quality than MP3 files. Is this true? I realize there might be much better file types one can save their audio to, so if anyone has had experience maintaining great sound quality please let us know what is the best file type to use. 4. What are the various techniques out there being used to rip DVD audio? In other words, are some of you ripping DVD audio from its native sound to .wav to then use sound forge to improve the quality and finally save to .ogg or some other file type? Basically, if some of you are using sound forge and alike what are some of the steps you're taking to create some of the great movie rips I've heard? I'm hoping many of you that have already done this kind of stuff can help grow the amount of information we have on this topic. I figure why waste so much time reinventing the wheel when many of you have already been there done that. This is why I would like as many of you out there to contribute and grow the collection of knowledge on this topic. Thanks, Matthew Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
