OT: extracting audio from DVD

[Anthony J Placilla]

On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 15:56, Filippos Klironomos wrote:
> Hello, 
>  this is slightly OT but since people here have been using 'xine' or
> 'mplayer' long enough they might help by pointing to the right
> direction. So my problem is I want to extract the audio (music but not
> dialogs if possible) from a DVD as a typical audio file or files that
> I can then burn to a CD.
> 
> If someone has done that it would be greatly appreciated if he/she
> shares the knowledge! I am pretty sure it has to be a simple 'xine' or
> 'mplayer' command...
> 
> Thanks!
> F.
> 
> P.S. In case you are curious what DVD I am talking about it's 'The
> Fiddler on the Roof' which has amazing 'soundrack' (if you can call it
> like that since it is a musical to begin with).

maybe

mplayer --dumpaudio --dumpfile <filename>


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