cyrnel

I know, ancient thread, but it just dawned on me there's another free solution.

<a href="http://www.autogk.me.uk/">AutoGordianKnot (AutoGK)</a> is a DVD->XviD (or DivX) solution. It compresses DVD's to much smaller avi's. Part of the process includes converting the original DVD audio (mpa, ac3, or dts) to mp3 before stuffing it into the final avi file. Let it work until it's finished with the sound and slam, bam. Simpler than BeSweet by several steps since it knows how to follow DVD video arrangements.

1. Point AGK at your ripped DVD.
2. Point AGK at a destination folder.
3. Select the audio track (there may be several).
4. Set the mp3 type (cbr/vbr), rate, and let it go.

It'll analyze, normalize, amplify, and convert the audio. When finished it'll switch to processing video. You'll see a message like "Running compressibility test...". At that point abort and look in the agk_temp folder where you'll find both mp3 and wav versions of your DVD track.

Can't believe how many times I've converted DVD's with this program and still always pointed people to 500-step tools... (sigh) FWIW.

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