I just picked up a concert DVD but would like to record it as plain audio on the computer so that way I could break up the audio of the concert into individual tracks and put it on a CD. I am using my PS2 as the DVD player and it plays through my TV.

The only way I can think to do this is to run a wire with RCA component plugs from the audio OUT channels on the TV and then plug the other end (not RCA but the much smaller plug) into the sound card of the PC. I think there is a cable like that available so I would have to look. Is this the only feasible way to do it? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks guys.

 

your way is an option...you need a stereo RCA to 3.5mm minijack cable...very common at the Shack.

The BEST way would be to use a coaxial or optical digital audio cable, but your PC must have this input AND be able to decode surround sound in hardware...you would need a SoundBlaster Audigy/Audigy2 for that as no other PC solution can decode surround in hardware from a line-in.

If you don't have the audigy but do have a digital input, you can set the sound to 2-channel on the DVD menu and do it that way. Digital audio is clean. Your way will work, but most PCs have crappy sound, and the line input is even crappier. If you have a DVD drive on your PC you could try playing the sound in stereo on that, but you may run into copy protection issues.

 

rip the dvd, demux the audio and reencode.

http://www.doom9.org/ might be a good starting point.

 

Are you talking about the "S-cable" connection? I am not aware of any coaxial output from any DVD players.

Along the same line, I'd think the way to convert a VCD to an audio CD would be the same process, is that correct?