Is there a way to rip the audio track from an avi file without re-encoding?

awdrifter · April 23rd, 2008, 12:28 AM

Is there a way to rip the audio track from an avi file without re-encoding? I just want to rip the entire audio track out without loss of quality. Is there any programs that can do this? Thanks.

jeffy777 · April 23rd, 2008, 01:32 AM

If you can save it to a .wav file, that would be lossless.

I've never had to do this, but just did a google seach for "avi audio wav" and that turned up some software choices that would do it, so take your pick images/smilies/smile.gif

MadCow809 · April 23rd, 2008, 02:36 AM

TMPGEnc

jeffy777 · April 23rd, 2008, 04:49 AM

Sounds like this would do the trick too:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVI2WAV

awdrifter · April 23rd, 2008, 06:47 AM

Thanks for the replies. I'll try give avi2wav a try.

konradiusz · April 23rd, 2008, 07:42 AM

i use goldwave.... http://www.goldwave.com/release.php

MadCow809 · April 23rd, 2008, 08:29 AM

Just ripped the audio from Rickroll heavy metal video using TMPGEnc.

This song is addictive : p

matt2000 · April 23rd, 2008, 08:59 AM

I've recently found a much easier way of doing this, using Audacity.

just set the input as stereo mix, and hit record. I haven't noticed any loss in quality, you can adjust the quality to match that of the video, and save it as an MP3.

chaos386 · April 23rd, 2008, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

If you can save it to a .wav file, that would be lossless.

I've never had to do this, but just did a google seach for "avi audio wav" and that turned up some software choices that would do it, so take your pick images/smilies/smile.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Sounds like this would do the trick too:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVI2WAV

Quote:

Originally Posted by awdrifter

Thanks for the replies. I'll try give avi2wav a try.

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt2000

I've recently found a much easier way of doing this, using Audacity.

just set the input as stereo mix, and hit record. I haven't noticed any loss in quality, you can adjust the quality to match that of the video, and save it as an MP3.

There's a much better way do this than saving it as a humongous wave file or re-compressing it to MP3: open the video in Avidemux, and select Audio->Save..., which directly rips the audio exactly as it was in the video (i.e. as MP3, AAC, AC-3, etc.) without conversion or re-compression. (Maybe TMPGEnc can do the same thing, I've just never used it before)

awdrifter · April 23rd, 2008, 01:22 PM

Thanks for the replies. I found a program called AoA audio extractor, it lets me rip the audio as a lossless .wav file, or compress it directly to mp3. So I'm just going to use it for now.

vikiradTG2007 · April 23rd, 2008, 02:02 PM

I use AoA and it seems to work very well. It had a minor problem with the last few seconds of a clip, but maybe it wasn't a very good FLV video and that's why it missed the end of the clip.

Speedtouch · April 23rd, 2008, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt2000

I've recently found a much easier way of doing this, using Audacity.

just set the input as stereo mix, and hit record. I haven't noticed any loss in quality, you can adjust the quality to match that of the video, and save it as an MP3.

Best program EVAR! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

IceBone · April 23rd, 2008, 05:02 PM

You could also just use virtualdub mod, open the avi, go to streams --> stream list, select the audio track, hit demux and type in the desired filename. Program's free, easy to use and useful for a lot more than just demuxing (as this process is called).

jeffy777 · April 23rd, 2008, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt2000

I've recently found a much easier way of doing this, using Audacity.

just set the input as stereo mix, and hit record. I haven't noticed any loss in quality, you can adjust the quality to match that of the video, and save it as an MP3.

Yes, I've done this in the past. It works nicely for short clips.....but can be much slower since you have to record the audio in real-time (imagine if for some reason you wanted the audio from a 2 hour .avi).....and if you are multi-tasking, any other sounds from your PC will come through on the recording.

IceBone · April 24th, 2008, 08:37 AM

Vdubmod does a whole 90 minute clip (from a dvd rip) in a matter of seconds without losing any quality. Demuxing > recording

roaming · April 24th, 2008, 09:47 AM

If you use VirtualDub, set the audio to direct stream copy from the audio menu and then select save wav from the file menu. Once it is saved just change the extension from wav to what ever the original compression format was.

The Avidemux tip given above also works and in pretty much the same fashion.

awdrifter · April 24th, 2008, 09:49 AM

Thanks for the suggestions, I used Vdubmod some time ago to do some video encoding, I find it kinda hard to use, but I'll give it another try.

IceBone · April 24th, 2008, 11:11 AM

Once you understand it, it's as easy as pie. If you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer.

April 23rd, 2008, 12:28 AM	#1
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jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: 06:06 AM Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Sounds like this would do the trick too: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVI2WAV __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

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awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 04:38 AM Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	Thanks for the replies. I'll try give avi2wav a try. __________________ TP

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MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:20 AM Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 3,117 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	Just ripped the audio from Rickroll heavy metal video using TMPGEnc. This song is addictive : p __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08/09 Currently looking for a car, got any suggestions? 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb + 1000Gb\| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 + Toshiba 40" HDTV @ 1920 x 1080 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

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awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 04:38 AM Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	Thanks for the replies. I found a program called AoA audio extractor, it lets me rip the audio as a lossless .wav file, or compress it directly to mp3. So I'm just going to use it for now. __________________ TP

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IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	You could also just use virtualdub mod, open the avi, go to streams --> stream list, select the audio track, hit demux and type in the desired filename. Program's free, easy to use and useful for a lot more than just demuxing (as this process is called). __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

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IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Vdubmod does a whole 90 minute clip (from a dvd rip) in a matter of seconds without losing any quality. Demuxing > recording __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

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roaming Joined: Apr 9th, 2005 Last Online: January 4th, 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	If you use VirtualDub, set the audio to direct stream copy from the audio menu and then select save wav from the file menu. Once it is saved just change the extension from wav to what ever the original compression format was. The Avidemux tip given above also works and in pretty much the same fashion.

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awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 04:38 AM Posts: 1,549 Rep Power: 26	Thanks for the suggestions, I used Vdubmod some time ago to do some video encoding, I find it kinda hard to use, but I'll give it another try. __________________ TP

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IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Once you understand it, it's as easy as pie. If you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer. __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

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