Hi All, I’m trying to find the best program for my MAC to extract stereo and 5.1 files in FLAC format, and the best way to transfer them? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
To extract from a DVD-Audio to FLAC, your best bet is "DVD Audio Extractor"
https://www.dvdae.com
Probably a thread or two here on it's best use.
It's an abbreviation of a proper noun, that's why the first letter is capitalised.Not to be a stickler, but Mac is not an acronym. Just a name. So no need to capitalize it...
As far as I'm aware, DVD-Audio Extractor is the only cross-platform software able to decode and extract lossless (lpcm) mpl audio streams from DVD-Audio discs and re-encode them to FLAC...So I have a few DVD-A's that I'd like to extract the 5.1 files to my MAC at home...
If you go for DVD Audio Extractor, make sure it's compatible with your Mac OS. The current version (8.3) requires Catalina, but if you have an older OS you'll have to contact them to get the 8.2 version. If upgrading your OS to Catalina, beware you might lose all your 32-bit apps in the process as Catalina doesn't support them, so it may not be worth while to do so (that was my situation with High Sierra).Hi All, I’m trying to find the best program for my MAC to extract stereo and 5.1 files in FLAC format, and the best way to transfer them? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Wow... That all sounds all a bit overly complicated. Might be easier to get hold of a cheap Windows 10 laptop and install DVD-Audio Explorer... Which is free.If you go for DVD Audio Extractor, make sure it's compatible with your Mac OS. The current version (8.3) requires Catalina, but if you have an older OS you'll have to contact them to get the 8.2 version. If upgrading your OS to Catalina, beware you might lose all your 32-bit apps in the process as Catalina doesn't support them, so it may not be worth while to do so (that was my situation with High Sierra).
Wow... That all sounds all a bit overly complicated. Might be easier to get hold of a cheap Windows 10 laptop and install DVD-Audio Explorer... Which is free.
However, an additional software will be required to encode from lossless (lpcm) mpl to FLAC
Thanks for all the help! My 1 TB MacBook Pro is less than a year old, running the newest software, Monterey 12.2.1.I guess if your Mac is more than 10 years old (not compatible with Catalina), it could be complicated. You'd have the same problem if you couldn't run Windows 10.
You should have no problem running DVDAudioExtract (DVDAE). Well worth the $30 (?) or so. When you are ready to do BluRay you will need to download MakeMKV, but for DVDs all you need is DVDAE.Thanks for all the help! My 1 TB MacBook Pro is less than a year old, running the newest software, Monterey 12.2.1.
To extract from a DVD-Audio to FLAC, your best bet is "DVD Audio Extractor"
https://www.dvdae.com
Probably a thread or two here on it's best use.
Not to be a stickler, but Mac is not an acronym. Just a name. So no need to capitalize it...
Mac is short for a Macintosh computer or a waterproof raincoat.It's an abbreviation of a proper noun, that's why the first letter is capitalised.
Thanks so much!You should have no problem running DVDAudioExtract (DVDAE). Well worth the $30 (?) or so. When you are ready to do BluRay you will need to download MakeMKV, but for DVDs all you need is DVDAE.
Here is an older primer from what used-to-be computeraudiophile.com (when did that change?)
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/ca-academy/how-to-rip-dvd-audio-dvd-video-audio-and-hdad-discs/
Not really... Even laptops running versions of Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP can support DVD-Audio Explorer.... You'd have the same problem if you couldn't run Windows 10.
Not really... Even laptops running versions of Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP can support DVD-Audio Explorer.
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