DVD --- How to transfer Soundtrack to Ipod

[johndrake]

Hi All,

I'm a newbie when it comes to Macs and I am hoping that you can help me, so please don't laugh at my question.

I've purchased a meditation dvd and I want to take the "sound" and put it into Itunes so that I can listen to it. When I click on the dvd, I see two folders:

audio_ts
video_ts

There are no files under audio_ts. Under video_ts I see the following files:

video_ts.bup
video_ts.ifo
video_ts.vob
vts_01_0.bup
vts_01_0.ifo
vts_01_0.vob
vts_01_1.vob
vts_01_2.vob
vts_01_3.vob
vts_01_4.vob
vts_01_5.vob

Can I just buy an audio jack and hook it back into the microphone and somehow capture that? What would be the best way to do this?

Thanks!

-Joe

 

[jimoblak]

Because of DMCA law, this discussion should be limited. If the DVD is not encrypted, you can legally 'demux' the audio and video streams of your own DVD for your own personal use. Google will help explain this term and versiontracker.com may have some utilities.

 

[jimoblak]

Can I just buy an audio jack and hook it back into the microphone and somehow capture that?

Nope. But this works...

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/

 

[wybnormal]

I disagree with your comments about the DCMA law. I'm not a fan of it but you are allowed to dicuss how DVDs are made, what file is what and what it does and the techniques used to put it together or take it apart. You are NOT allowed to discuss (public) how to get around the DRM of the DVD (CESS) or how to "hack" the DRM on the disk or how to reverse engineer the DRM.

The basic idea is to rip the sound from the DVD. There are tools available that do just that. Fair use says when you own the DVD, you are allowed to do something like this FOR YOUR OWN USE. Not the neighbors, the kids next door or your boss.

When I ripped my copy of Nemo to put it on my video iPod, I am sure I "broke" several laws against how I did it but fair use says I'm allowed to do it for my own use.

There are have some test cases so far in printers (Lexmark) and some idiot garage door opener company who tried to say that selling compatible products (refills and openers) were breaking the DMCA. Courts diagreed with that idea. I am sure there will be a test at some point about fair use of DVDs vs. DRM. The folks in the glass towers really do not want that to happen since they will lose and at that point, precedent will carry over into other DCMA cases regarding "fair use". We have gone through this with Betamax, VHS tape, cassette tapes (you should have heard the wailing from the record companies) and CDRs. Now it's DVDs and other digital streams.

Anyways.. DCMA will supply enough grist for conversations for years to come.

MikeS

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[jimoblak]

I'm not sure we are in disagreement. The point of keeping my comments short is that explaining how to defeat DVD encryption is a violation of the DMCA. Even if you work under the protection of 'fair use' you would be violating the DMCA if you try to decrypt a DVD.

 

[drlex]

We can agree that it's a gray area and at present, there is little decided case law on it. It may be of interest to the OP, the topic and the legality of it's discussion that this month's Macworld has an article about transferring DVD content to ipod video, and I'm sure that the lawyers check it pre-press.
Whilst I don't have the magazine to hand, the applications Handbrake and Mac the Ripper were mentioned, and there may be useful details on the macworld.com website.

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