I've tried using http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/dvd/e...to-mp3.htm to remove the OP+ED and converting anime into audio files so I can put them on my iPod - it worked okay at first but the program gets sluggish when I try to use the trimming tool (I think it's actually fast forwarding through the video as you jump around which makes it process way too much) and it's pretty buggy - sometimes the "audio files" come out as 0 byte files.

My google skills couldn't find anything except a non-freeware program and I figure this shouldn't have to be so hard. I've tried to find something like this in Audacity too, but nope. Someone posted about using s2srs then combining all the audio files with mp3albummaker so you'd get an audio file without any pauses etc. (mostly adding this for others who may be interested) but I want the original version.

Is there a good alternative?

Get ffmpeg, then in a terminal type:

Quote:ffmpeg -i myFile.avi -ab 192kb myAudio.mp3

This will rip the audio from myFile.avi and make an MP3 called myAudio.mp3 with the audio in.

If you don't have linux I think you can either download FFMPEG from their site or you could use the one that comes with subs2srs

Surreal, I'm happy you ask this. Iwas just to ask the very same question, plus that one:
once you get your MP3, how do you do to get the equivalent transcripts of the dialogs?

Are there places on the web where you can find transcripts of the dialogs of Japanese movies/anime, plus their translations/subtitles.

As an example, I'd like to get the Japanese dialogs and their French or English subtitles/translatiosn for the movie entitled うどん（http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCBC-51095）

Yogaspirit: In general it's hard to find good japanese subtitles, I think http://kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ is the best actual resource there is for anime and Nukemarine has posted links for dramas here and there. Movies I don't even know about, if you're lucky you can find some random torrents with jap subs included but it's very rare since there usually aren't even any official subtitles in japanese video. (thinking about it, from a pure profit standpoint, shouldn't it be worth the little work needed to make subtitles so deaf people + others who like watching with subtitles buy it?)
Edit: Hey forget that this is much better listen to them http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3730 http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=1639 still no うどん　though.

Bombpersons: awesome, coupled with Audacity it works perfectly. Thanks much

”ffmpeg -i myFile.avi -ab 192kb myAudio.mp3”
=> it reads like an old DOS command line. Is that one? Sorry, I'm not a coder. Where should I type that line and how to describe where my AVI file on my harddrive and where to save the mp3.

I've not downloaded FFMPEG or subs3srs yet, but I'm trying to foresee if there are programmers' tools or tools for everybody.

For Windows: Start->Run...->cmd->enter

In the terminal window that pops up, enter 'cd <ffmpeg folder>' (mine's C:\Program Files\subs2srs\Utils\ffmpeg for example)

Then enter 'ffmpeg.exe -i <full path to video file> -ab 192kb mp3name.mp3'

For example "ffmpeg.exe -i F:\Anime\Bakemonogatari\1.avi -ab 192kb bakemonogatari1.mp3'

Well, that's how I do it. You can probably skip the first step if you make a shortcut (which I don't know how to). I bet it's possible to specify where you want to put the mp3 file - with this it just ends up in the ffmpeg folder - but since I trim with Audacity it makes no difference for me at least.

You can also use subs2srs to accomplish this task. From the menu, click on "Tools -> Extract Audio from Video."

To rip audio from avi files, etc. I use http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm (the free version). Works perfectly fine for me. To remove the opening/ending themes, you can just use Audacity afterwards. [Edit: Looks like you can use AoA to just rip the audio from a section of the file, too. I've never used that feature before, so I don't know how well it works.]


The problem I'm having, though, is getting sound off of my DVDs. I either need something to rip the sound directly, or convert the DVDs into avi and use AoA. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be awesome : D I've used Audacity before, but it's not really efficient and it tends to record the sound at a really low volume.

I really recommend ffmpeg or mencoder. Learning how to use command-line programs takes no more than 10 minutes at most, and while it might feel "archaic", it's a really nice way of using the computer. If you ever have any intention what so ever to try Linux out, you need to learn it anyway.

Kaede Wrote:To rip audio from avi files, etc. I use http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm (the free version). Works perfectly fine for me. To remove the opening/ending themes, you can just use Audacity afterwards. [Edit: Looks like you can use AoA to just rip the audio from a section of the file, too. I've never used that feature before, so I don't know how well it works.]


The problem I'm having, though, is getting sound off of my DVDs. I either need something to rip the sound directly, or convert the DVDs into avi and use AoA. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be awesome : D I've used Audacity before, but it's not really efficient and it tends to record the sound at a really low volume.

http://handbrake.fr/

*Edit*
You can use FFMPEG to rip dvd's too I think, but I'm not sure how.

bombpersons Wrote:http://handbrake.fr/

*Edit*
You can use FFMPEG to rip dvd's too I think, but I'm not sure how.

Ahaha that is AWESOME. Thank you! It's amazing how you can spend so much time searching for a program, and still not find what you need without asking someone.

Tobberoth Wrote:I really recommend ffmpeg or mencoder. Learning how to use command-line programs takes no more than 10 minutes at most, and while it might feel "archaic", it's a really nice way of using the computer. If you ever have any intention what so ever to try Linux out, you need to learn it anyway.

I don't know if that was directed at me, but I'll reply anyway: I don't have a problem with command-line programs, although I haven't used them in a few years. Mainly I'm just horribly lazy and would rather click on things than type them in.

Tobberoth Wrote:... while it might feel "archaic", it's a really nice way of using the computer.

ouch! I live in a console day in day out....
but yes, it is the best way to use a machine!

Kaede Wrote:To rip audio from avi files, etc. I use http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm (the free version). Works perfectly fine for me. To remove the opening/ending themes, you can just use Audacity afterwards. [Edit: Looks like you can use AoA to just rip the audio from a section of the file, too. I've never used that feature before, so I don't know how well it works.

I tried AoA and it's excellent. Terminal window skills or no, it's much more efficient since you don't need to use Audacity and you can set it to work on as many files as you want, start it up and then let it work in the background (ffmpeg requires you to do them one by one). You can just drag-drop files for convertion so that's nice too.
I'd say AoA is the best answer possible to the question posed, thank you kaede.

Edit since I don't think it warrants a new post but for the sake of completion for anyone taking a look at the thread: Yeah I thought ffmpeg would be able to do that - shouldn't have written "ffmpeg" as much as "the recommended ffmpeg method" I guess. Awesome. However, I stated that the best answer possible to the question posed is AoA. That's also considering the person who asked the question (me, ie someone who has a rather basic knowledge of computers). It's incredibly user-friendly, "it just works" with minimal effort, for just this purpose it works best. I have no plans on getting more intimate with programming languages and for me it really doesn't feel like a 'missed chance'. It's not laziness. AoA is just perfect for me and many others on this matter. On the off-chance I find a couple other things I want to do that ffmpeg is a good tool for, then I'd consider learning it thoroughly. Still, thanks again to everyone who's contributed to the thread.

Why would you have to use ffmpeg one by one? Learn to use the terminal, there are TONS of ways to multi-task in a console environment. Background processes? Screen? Several terminals? Etc. FFMPEG is without a doubt the best solution. It can do ANY form of media processing, can be scripted, can be tweaked in insane amounts.

Tobberoth Wrote:Why would you have to use ffmpeg one by one? Learn to use the terminal, there are TONS of ways to multi-task in a console environment. Background processes? Screen? Several terminals? Etc. FFMPEG is without a doubt the best solution. It can do ANY form of media processing, can be scripted, can be tweaked in insane amounts.

I agree, learning to use a terminal is very useful and in the long run much more efficient.

Tobberoth Wrote:Why would you have to use ffmpeg one by one? Learn to use the terminal, there are TONS of ways to multi-task in a console environment. Background processes? Screen? Several terminals? Etc. FFMPEG is without a doubt the best solution. It can do ANY form of media processing, can be scripted, can be tweaked in insane amounts.

Why don't you marry it then?

nest0r Wrote:

Tobberoth Wrote:Why would you have to use ffmpeg one by one? Learn to use the terminal, there are TONS of ways to multi-task in a console environment. Background processes? Screen? Several terminals? Etc. FFMPEG is without a doubt the best solution. It can do ANY form of media processing, can be scripted, can be tweaked in insane amounts.

Why don't you marry it then?

I've been married to FFMPEG for ages.