Click on the profile drop down menu and scroll down and select the audio mp3 profile. To extract the audio from a DVD as an mp3 file, you need to set the profile as audio mp3. In this window, you only need to set the profile and name your destination file. Step 4: Set Conversion OptionsĬlick on the Convert/Save button to open the Convert window. If you are converting the whole DVD, leave them at their default values, but I’ll cover these options in the FAQ section at the end of this video.
The title, chapter, audio track options enable you to only convert a specific part of the DVD. If you have more than one DVD/CD ROM drive make sure the appropriate one, that has the DVD, is selected as the Disc Device. If you don’t check this box, VLC will only convert the contents of the disk menu. This will make sure that VLC skips the disk menu, and converts the contents of the drive. CD’s (SVCD and VCD) max at about 700MB of data, DVDs hold maximum 8.5GB of data, and standard blu-ray holds 25GB.Ĭheck the No Disk Menu checkbox. The main differences between these types of media is how much data they can hold. Then select the appropriate media DVD, blu-ray, Audio CD, or SVCD (super video compact disc)/VCD. In the Open Media Window, click on the Disc Tab. You can also use the shortcut keys Ctrl + r to open the Open Media window. Scroll down and select Convert/Save to open the Open Media window. Open VLC media player and click on the Media tab. Then, insert your DVD/CD into your computer’s DVD/CD ROM player. Step 1: Download and Install VLCįirst, you’ll need to download and install VLC from the site. This method works for all video files, CD, DVDs, blu-ray that you can play on VLC media player that’s almost any multimedia you can play using the VLC media player. I recently discovered an easy and free way to extract audio from and videos and DVDs using VLC. However, they’re expensive and sometimes don’t work. Many software can rip audio from videos and DVDs. As a transcriber, I often find it necessary to extract mp3 audio from a client’s DVD for easier transcription. There are many instances where you may need to extract the audio from a DVD aka rip audio from a DVD.