DVD Audio Extractor

User Manual
DVD Audio Extractor: User Manual
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to DVD Audio Extractor ................................................................................................. 1
2. Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................................................ 3
3. Wizard Pages .................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1. Select Input .......................................................................................................................... 4
3.2. Encoding Format .................................................................................................................. 6
3.2.1. Ogg Vorbis Format ..................................................................................................... 7
3.2.2. MP3 Format .............................................................................................................. 8
3.2.3. Audio Interchange File Format .................................................................................... 10
3.2.4. PCM Wave Format ................................................................................................... 11
3.2.5. ALAC Format .......................................................................................................... 13
3.2.6. FLAC Format ........................................................................................................... 13
3.2.7. Direct Stream Demux ................................................................................................ 14
3.2.8. CD Image and Cuesheet ............................................................................................. 14
3.3. Output Setting .................................................................................................................... 15
3.4. Start Encoding .................................................................................................................... 17
4. Command Line Interface ................................................................................................................. 19
4.1. Examples ........................................................................................................................... 21
5. Shortcut Keys ............................................................................................................................... 23
6. Change Log .................................................................................................................................. 24
7. Support Information ....................................................................................................................... 35
7.1. Contact Information ............................................................................................................. 35

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5.1. Shortcut keys for all pages ............................................................................................................ 23
5.2. Shortcut keys special for page 1 .................................................................................................... 23
5.3. Shortcut keys special for page 3 .................................................................................................... 23
5.4. Shortcut keys special for page 4 .................................................................................................... 23

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Chapter 1. Introduction to DVD Audio
Extractor

DVD Audio Extractor is a powerful software DVD audio extracting / ripping tool. It can help you to extract audio
streams from your favorite Blu-ray, DVD-Audio and DVD-Video discs and save them as OGG, MP3, Wave or FLAC
files. DVD Audio Extractor can also demux audio streams directly to mlp, pcm, mpa, ac3 or dts files. Its CD Image
creating feature allows you to convert DVD to Audio CD or DTS-CD in one step.

DVD Audio Extractor features on its easy-to-use interface, ultra-fast extracting speed, rich audio formats support,
multi-channel capability, resample to arbitrary sample rate, audio preview and much more. It's all what you needed
to get audios out of Blu-ray or DVD discs, so that you can listen on MP3 Player, play on PC, record to CD or do
anything else.

Features

Easy-to-use user interface DVD Audio Extractor is designed in sense of easy use. The program comes
with a step by step wizard-like interface and all the functions can be used by
simple mouse clicks.

Ultra-fast extracting speed With its fully optimized processing engine, DVD Audio Extractor can convert
selected audio tracks within 10% of the playback time.

Note
Processing time differs for different audio format settings.

Support all DVD audio formats DVD Audio Extractor can decode all the audio formats available on all DVD-
Audio and DVD-Video discs: MLP (Meridian Lossless Packiing), LPCM
(Linear pulse code modulation), DTS (Digital Theater Systems), Dolby Digital
(AC-3), and MPEG2.

Support multiple output formats DVD Audio Extractor is able to encode to several formats: OGG (Mono, Stereo
or 5.1 Surround), MP3 (Mono, Stereo or Joint Stereo), Uncompressed PCM
Wave (unlimited channel, 8 bits, 16 bits or 24 bits, with an option to save each
channel to separate file), and FLAC. You can also demux audio stream from
the DVD stream and save them as separate files.

It can also encode to CD Image and Cuesheet format which allows you to
convert DVD to Audio CD in one step.

Tags and metadata support You can enter disc metadata like artist, album, year and genre. Those
information, along with the chapter names you entered, will be saved into result
files as tag info.

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Disc metadata can also be uploaded to / downloaded from our server database.
All the uploaded metadata is shared between all the users, so that people don't
need to enter metadata for the same disc again.

Audio and video preview The audio and video play/preview feature allows you to listen to the selected
chapters before you do extract, so that you can be sure those chapters are really
what you wanted. You can also use DVD Audio Extractor as a standalone Audio
and Video Player for DVD discs.

Resample to arbitrary sample rate The resample library in DVD Audio Extractor allows you to save audios to any
sample rate with high quality.

Batch processing Select all tracks you want to rip and DVD Audio Extractor will automatically
rip and encode them one by one.

Its multi-title feature allows you to rip from all the selected titles at once.

Detailed help document The detailed descriptions in the help file explains everything the user has to
know about how to use DVD Audio Extractor.

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Chapter 2. Quick Start Guide
Using DVD Audio Extractor is as easy as several mouse clicks in 1-2-3-4 steps. After starting up DVD Audio Extractor,
do the following:

1. Select Input

Insert a DVD-Audio or DVD-Video disc into your DVD-ROM. Select which title and audio stream you want to
use, then select all the chapters you want to rip and click the Next button.

Note
You should select at least one chapter before you can continue.

2. Encoding Format

Select which format you want to use for encoding. You can use the default setting and click the Next button.

3. Output Setting

Setup output file location and other settings. The output folder must exist. Check other setting as you wish and
click the Next button.

4. Start Encoding

Click the Start button to start encoding and wait for the process to finish.

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Chapter 3. Wizard Pages
DVD Audio Extractor uses a wizard-dialog style appearance to configure all details of audio extracting and encoding.

The following configuration wizard pages can appear in DVD Audio Extractor:

1. Select Input

2. Encoding Format

3. Output Setting

4. Start Encoding

Tip
• In any of these wizard pages, press F1 or Ctrl+H to go directly to the help page of the current wizard page.

• Check the Shortcut Keys page for a complete list of all the accelerator keys available in DVD Audio
Extractor.

3.1. Select Input

Step 1: select the chapters you want to extract.

Select DVD source: Click the pull-down combo box to select which DVD-ROM you want to use
for ripping. You can also open a file folder where your DVD files are stored,
or open a single AOB/VOB file in case you don't have the needed *.IFO files.
Default is the first DVD drive with a DVD disc in it.

Refresh DVD-ROM:
Click the refresh button or press accelerator key Alt+F to refresh selected
DVD-ROM. DVD Audio Extractor will try to read form the new inserted disc
and refresh it's contents.

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Browse to folder:
In "Open DVD files from file folder" mode, click the browse button or
press accelerator key Alt+W to select the file folder where your DVD files are
stored. After selection, DVD Audio Extractor will try to read form that folder
and refresh it's contents.

Note
The program needs to read all the IFO and AOB/VOB files so when
you copy DVD disc to your hard disk, make sure to copy the whole
AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.

Open AOB/VOB file:

In "Open single DVD AOB/VOB file" mode, click the browse button or
press accelerator key Alt+W to select the AOB (Audio Object) or VOB (Video
Object) file. After selection, DVD Audio Extractor will read from that file and
refresh it's contents.

Note
This is only provided as a workaround when IFO files are not available
or contain error. You should always avoid using it unless all other
methods failed.

Metadata (tag) editor: Metadata (tag) editor allows you to edit the global applied information to all
chapters. You can type in the artist's name, the album's title, the year that album
was published, and select the corresponding genre. Along with the chapter
names you setup, these information will be saved into output file as ID3 tags/
Vorbis tags/RIFF INFO/FLAC tags, or CD Text, whichever applie.

Select title (and angle): Specifies the DVD title (and angle, if more than one angle present) you want
to use for ripping. DVD Audio Extractor supports ripping from multiple titles
at once. When a title is selected, you can define which chapters on that title
will be extracted. If you click on a title's check box, or select the title and press
the SPACE key, then all the chapters in that title (or angle) get selected or
unselected. If no chapter on that title is selected, then the title is not selected
for ripping.

Select audio stream: All the audio streams on the selected title are displayed. You can select the one
you want to use. Default is the first audio stream.

When multiple title are selected at once, the maximal output channels and
samplerate will be calculated from the selected audio stream of the selected
titles. For example, if you selected PCM (96kHz 2ch) on Title1, and AC3
(48kHz 6ch) on Title2, then the maximal output channel will be 2ch and
maximal output samplerate will be 48kHz.

Select chapters: All the chapters on the active title are displayed. Select the chapters you want
to play or rip by clicking the chapter's check box. If no chapter is selected, then
the active title is not selected for ripping.

You must select at least one chapter to continue. By default, all the chapters in
first Title (and first Angle, if more than one angle present) are selected.

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Tip
• Press the title "Select All" will select all the chapters in the active
title for you. Accelerator key: Ctrl+A.

• To select/unselect all the chapters in all titles, press accelerator key:

Alt+A.

Rename chapters: You can edit name for any track/chapter by clicking at the grid for that chapter.
Accelerator key: F2.

The chapter names will be saved into output files as track names, in forms of
Tag info or CD Text, whichever applies.

Play selected chapters: Use the playback control buttons to preview/playback the selected chapters, so
that you can be sure those are really the chapters you want to extract.

Start playing the selected chapters,

or resume if paused. Accelerator key:
Alt+P.
Pause. Accelerator key: Alt+U.

Go to last chapter. Accelerator key:

Alt+<.

Go to next chapter. Accelerator key:

Alt+>.

Stop playing. Accelerator key: Alt+T.

3.2. Encoding Format

Step 2: select which format you want to use for encoding.

Output format: Click the pull-down combo to select which format you want to use for encoding. Default is to
use OGG/Vorbis format. Follow the links below to see description of each format and when
to use that format.

• OGG -- Xiph OGG/Vorbis.

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• MP3 -- MPEG1 Layer III.

• WAV -- PCM Uncompressed Wave.

• ALAC -- Apple Lossless Audio Codec.

• FLAC -- Free Lossless Audio Codec.

• Direct Stream Demux.

• CD Image and Cuesheet.

3.2.1. Ogg Vorbis Format

Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid
to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/
channel. Ogg Vorbis also features on it's multiple channel support. Ogg Vorbis has been designed to completely replace
all proprietary, patented audio formats including MP3. It provides higher quality than MP3 and is the recommended
format to use. Most of the popular audio players like foobar2000 and winamp can play OGG files.

Ogg Vorbis Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz,
44100Hz, 48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.
Most DVD audio tracks are sampled in 48000Hz.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in
the source audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select
from Mono, Stereo or 5.1 Surround (when the original audio contains 6
channels).

Variable bitrate (VBR): This is the most recommended mode to use. In this mode, you choose the desired
quality from lowest to highest. Then encoder tries to maintain the given quality

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in the whole file by choosing the optimal number of bits to spend for each part
of your music.

• Enable VBR -- Check this to enable VBR encoding.

• VBR quality -- Specify the quality of VBR encoding by using the slider. A text
is displayed to show the approximation of kbps of the resulted stream.

Average bitrate (ABR): In this mode, you choose the encoder will maintain an average bitrate while
kipping the whole file within lower and upper bitrate bound. The result will be
of higher quality than CBR encoding, so this mode is highly recommended over
CBR.

• Enable ABR -- Check this to enable ABR encoding.

• Nominal bitrate -- Average bitrate that will commonly used to encode the
track..

• Minimum bitrate -- The minimum (lower bound) bitrate.

• Maximum bitrate -- The maximum (upper bound) bitrate.

Constant bitrate (CBR): This is the most basic encoding mode. In this mode, the bitrate will be the same
for the whole file. It means that each part of your ogg file will be using the same
number of bits.

Note
When none of Enable ABR and Enable VBR is checked, CBR encoding is used

3.2.2. MP3 Format

MP3 or MPEG1 Layer III is a sound compression format that can create near CD-quality sound files while maintaining
a small file size. It is still one of the world's most popular audio compression formats on use but likely to be replaced
by Ogg Vorbis. Since there is not yet as many Ogg (Hardware) Players available as MP3 Players, you may want to
use MP3 format for playback on portable devices.

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MP3 Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz,
44100Hz, 48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in
the source audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Note
Most DVD audio tracks are sampled in 48000Hz. Some MP3 player
(hardware or software) might have problem playing back 48000Hz MP3
files. In case this happened please use the CD default 44100Hz sample
rate.

Use preset: Lame built-in presets are designed to provide the highest possible quality. They
have for the most part been subject to and tuned via rigorous listening tests to
verify and achieve this objective. These are continually updated to coincide with
the latest developments that occur and as a result should provide you with nearly
the best quality currently possible from LAME. If your goal is quality, these
presets are highly recommended over any custom set of parameters you might
use.

• Custom settings -- Do not use any preset, setup all the parameters
yourself.

• Medium -- This preset should provide near transparency to most people

on most music. The resulting bitrate should be in the 150-180kbps range,
according to music complexity.

• Standard -- This preset should generally be transparent to most people on

most music and is already quite high in quality. The resulting bitrate should be
in the 170-210kbps range, according to music complexity.

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• Extreme -- If you have extremely good hearing and similar equipment,

this preset will provide slightly higher quality than the "standard" mode. The
resulting bitrate should be in the 200-240kbps range, according to music
complexity.

• Insane -- This preset will usually be overkill for most people and most
situations, but if you must have the absolute highest quality with no regard to
filesize, this is the way to go. This preset turns on CBR 320 kbps encoding and
is the highest preset quality available.

Note
The default Standard preset is good enough for most use. Unless you
have special needs, it is always good to stick to the built-in presets and
using custom settings is not recommended.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. MP3 streams supports
Mono, Joint stereo, Stereo channels. You normally use Joint stereo for
low bitrates (96-128Kbs). For higher bitrates it is recommended to use Stereo
since its quality is better than Joint.

Variable bitrate (VBR): This is the most recommended mode to use. In this mode, you choose the desired
quality on a scale from 9 (lowest quality/biggest distortion) to 0 (highest quality/
lowest distortion). Then encoder tries to maintain the given quality in the whole
file by choosing the optimal number of bits to spend for each part of your music.
The main advantage is that you are able to specify the quality level that you want
to reach, but the inconvenient is that the final file size is totally unpredictable.

• Enable VBR -- Check this to enable VBR encoding.

• VBR quality -- Specify the quality of VBR encoding by using the slider.

Average bitrate (ABR): In this mode, you choose the encoder will maintain an average bitrate while using
higher bitrates for the parts of your music that need more bits. The result will
be of higher quality than CBR encoding but the average file size will remain
predictable, so this mode is highly recommended over CBR. This encoding mode
is similar to what is referred as vbr in AAC or Liquid Audio (2 other compression
technologies).

• Enable ABR -- Check this to enable ABR encoding.

• Mean -- The average bitrate used for ABR encoding.

• Min and Max -- The minimal and maximal allowed in the ABR encoding.

Constant bitrate (CBR): This is the most basic encoding mode. In this mode, the bitrate will be the same
for the whole file. It means that each part of your mp3 file will be using the
same number of bits. The musical passage being a difficult one to encode or an
easy one, the encoder will use the same bitrate, so the quality of your mp3 is
variable. Complex parts will be of a lower quality than the easiest ones. The main
advantage is that the final files size won't change and can be accurately predicted.

3.2.3. Audio Interchange File Format

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AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an uncompressed format for storing and transmitting sampled sound. The
format was developed by Apple Computer and is the standard audio format for Macintosh computers.

Note that uncompressed aiff files can take large amount of disk spaces. And there is a limit in this format that any
single aiff file can not be larger than 2G bytes. If you want to save space or get around the size limit, consider using
FLAC format.

AIFF Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz, 44100Hz,
48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in the source
audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Note
Most DVD audio streams are sampled in 48000Hz. If you want to record the output
WAV files onto an Audio CD, you need to change the Sample Rate to 44100Hz.
You should also set channel to Stereo and use 16 bits per sample. Those are the
standard for Audio CD.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select from Mono,
Stereo or All the available channels (when the original audio contains more
then 2 channels).

Bits pre sample: Specify the number of bits per sample to use. The common value is 16 bits per sample.
Truncating to 8 bits will cause lost of quality and is not recommended. Also, unless the
source audio stream is 20bit or 24bit LPCM, saving results in 24 bits will not bring you
much benefit than occupying more disk spaces.

3.2.4. PCM Wave Format

PCM Wave is uncompressed lossless digital audio. You may want to use this format if you want to reuse the audios
you extracted with DVD Audio Extractor.

Note that uncompressed wave files can take large amount of disk spaces. And there is a limit in this format that any
single Wave file can not be larger than 4G bytes. If you want to save space or get around the size limit, consider using
FLAC format.

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Wave Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz,
44100Hz, 48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling
frequency.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used
in the source audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Note
Most DVD audio streams are sampled in 48000Hz. If you want to
record the output WAV files onto an Audio CD, you need to change
the Sample Rate to 44100Hz. You should also set channel to Stereo
and use 16 bits per sample. Those are the standard for Audio CD.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select from
Mono, Stereo or All the available channels (when the original
audio contains more then 2 channels).

When selected channel is Mono or Stereo, the output file will be saved in PCM
Wave Format for best compatibility; When use more than 2 channels, the file
will be saved in Extensible Wave Format, which supports multi-channel audio
better.

Bits pre sample: Specify the number of bits per sample to use. The common value is 16 bits
per sample. Truncating to 8 bits will cause lost of quality and is not
recommended. Also, unless the source audio stream is 20bit or 24bit LPCM,
saving results in 24 bits will not bring you much benefit than occupying
more disk spaces.

Save each channel into separate Each channel will be written into a separate output file. This is most useful for
file: users who want to reuse one or more interested channels. This option is available
only when selected track contains more than 2 channels.

For 6 channel Wave output decoded form 5.1 Dolby Digital or 5.1 DTS, when
save each channel into separate file, ch1 will contain left channel, ch2 will
contain right channel, ch3 will contain front center channel, ch4 will contain
low frequency enhance, ch5 will contain surround left channel, and ch6 will
contain surround right channel.

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3.2.5. ALAC Format

ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio codec developed by Apple and supported on iPhone, iPad, most
iPods, Mac and iTunes. ALAC is a data compression method which reduces the size of audio files with no loss of
information. A decoded ALAC stream is bit-for-bit identical to the original uncompressed audio file.

ALAC Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz, 44100Hz,
48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in the source
audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select from Mono,
Stereo or All the available channels (when the original audio contains more
then 2 channels).

Bits pre sample: Specify the number of bits per sample to use. The common value is 16 bits per sample.
Unless the source audio stream is 20bit or 24bit LPCM, saving results in 24 bits will not
bring you much benefit than occupying more disk spaces.

3.2.6. FLAC Format

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codex) is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without
any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because
it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player just like
you would an MP3 file.

FLAC file can compress audio to about 50%-80% size of PCM uncompressed Wave and can be later decoded back to
a Wave file bit-for-bit identical with the uncompressed one. Use this option only when you know your system supports
FLAC format.

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FLAC Format Settings:

Sample rate: Specifies the number of samples per second. Specify one of the 32000Hz, 44100Hz,
48000Hz, etc to re-sample it in the appropriate sampling frequency.

You can also select Same as input, in that case whatever samplerate used in the source
audio will be used at ouput, and no resampling will be done.

Channels: Specify the number of distinct channels of the encoded file. You can select from Mono,
Stereo or All the available channels (when the original audio contains more
then 2 channels).

Bits pre sample: Specify the number of bits per sample to use. The common value is 16 bits per sample.
Truncating to 8 bits will cause lost of quality and is not recommended. Also, unless the
source audio stream is 20bit or 24bit LPCM, saving results in 24 bits will not bring you
much benefit than occupying more disk spaces.

3.2.7. Direct Stream Demux

The selected audio stream will be copied out unchanged to the result file. This is the quickest way to get audios from
DVD disks. But make sure your audio player/editor software can handle the selected audio format.

• AC-3 audios will be saved to *.ac3 file.

• DTS audios will be saved to *.dts file.

• MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audios will be saved to *.mpa file.

• LPCM audios will be saved to *.pcm file.

Note
The LPCM format used in DVD discs are in a special DVD-packed Motorola format, which is different
from normal Intel PCM format in byte orders.

• MLP audios will be saved to *.mlp file.

3.2.8. CD Image and Cuesheet

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This is the most convenient way to create an Audio CD from the DVD. The selected audio will be converted into an
Audio CD image file along with a cuesheet file, which can be imported directly into popular CD burning software
like Nero, EAC or CDRWin.

Note
You are supposed to open the cuesheet file (*.cue) at CD burning software. If you use the CD image file
(*.wav) directly, the burned CD is still complete but not seekable.

CD Image format settings:

Compress to lossless FLAC format Compress the CD image to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) format. FLAC
to save space: file can compress the CD Image to about 50%-80% of original size.

Use this option only when your CD Recording software supports FLAC format.
FLAC plugin for Nero can be downloaded from neroplugins.cd-rw.org.

Create DTS-CD: Create a DTS-CD image. DTS-CD can be read out by normal CD/DVD player
and decoded with DTS enabled receiver.

3.3. Output Setting

Step 3: setup output file location and other settings.

Output location:
Specify (or select using the browse button ) the output folder. All ripped
tracks will be placed in that folder. Please make sure there is enough disk space
in the output folder before continue. Accelerator key: Alt+W.

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To use an output folder relative to DVD source folder, put %SOURCE% at

the beginning of output location. Beside that, following macros can be used to
specify a folder based on disc metadata.

%ARTIST% Expands to the artist name set in step 1.

%ALBUM% Expands to the album name set in step
1.

Tip
Example 1: If at Step 1 you opened DVD from folder "C:\Temp
\Sample DVD", and now specify "%SOURCE%\..\output" at output
location, then output files will be saved to folder "C:\temp\output".

Example 2: If at Step 1 you set Artist tag to "Enigma" and Album tag
to "Remember the future", and now specify "C:\Music\%ARTIST%
- %ALBUM%" at output location, then output files will be saved to
folder "C:\Music\Enigma - Remember the future".

Save each chapter into an When selected, each chapter will be saved to a separate output file. Otherwise
individual file: all the chapters on the same title will be saved into one file.

Name format: Specify the output filename format, when each chapter is saved into an
individual file. Following macros can be used to specify a filename based on
disc metadata. Must contain at least one of %CHAPTER% and %INDEX%.

%ARTIST% Expands to the artist name set in step 1.

%ALBUM% Expands to the album name set in step
1.
%TITLE% Expands to the title name set in step 1.
%CHAPTER% Expands to the chapter name set in step
1.
%INDEX% Expands to the chapter index, from 01
to the count of all selected chapters.

Insert 2 seconds silence between Only available in CD Image and Cuesheet format. When selected, a 2 seconds
tracks: silence will be inserted before each track. Otherwise there will be no break and
you will get a gapless playback CD.

Overwrite files with same name: Check this to overwrite files in the output folder with the same name. Otherwise
the file with the same name will be skipped.

Create M3U list: Check this to creates a M3U play list (recognized by Windows Media Player,
Winamp, etc) with the ripped tracks.

Normalization: Sometimes the audio level on DVD disc are too low. This option allows you to
adjust the volume of audio files to a standard level.

Note
Selecting this will cause slower ripping speed since additional volume
scan/normalization operation will be performed.

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3.4. Start Encoding

Step 4: start encoding and watch the process.

Thread priority: Lets the user adjust the priority of the encoding task (or thread). Idle means
that only unused CPU time will be used to encode. Normal is the priority that
programs run with. Higher and Highest slows down computer more than normal
programs.

After encoding, do this: Performs one of the following actions when all files are encoded.

Pop up a notify window Pop up a notify window and play a

notify sound. This is the default.
Close DVD Audio Extractor Closes DVD Audio Extractor when
finished.
Log me off Logs off the current user when
finished.
Shutdown the computer Shuts down Windows and power off
when finished.
Do nothing Do nothing. Not even a sound.

Start button: Starts encoding. Accelerator key: Alt+S.

Pause/Resume button: These allow you pause and resume the encoding process. Useful when you have
to break the encoding for a while to handle something else. Accelerator key:
Alt+U.

Stop button: Stops encoding. The program will stop at where it has completed and you will
get partly done result files. Accelerator key: Alt+T.

Encoding status: Shows information about the number of files already encoded, the currently
processed file, time used and progress meters.

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Note
A "Restart" button is available (only) in this wizard page. Clicking this button has the same effect as click
"Back" button for three times and refresh the DVD-ROM. Accelerator key: Alt+R.

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Chapter 4. Command Line Interface
Aside from the wizard like GUI program, DVD Audio Extractor also comes with a fully functional command line
interface.

Usage: dvdae [options] SOURCE

SOURCE is path to either a DVD-ROM, a folder, or a file.

-h, --help Show help message and quit.

-l, --list List all the contents found in SOURCE and quit.

Input Options
-T, --title=num Selecte title. If not specified, all titles are selected.

-A, --angle=num Selecte angle. (default=1, first available angle)

-C, --chapter=str Select chapters. Multiple chapters can be specified like '1,2,3...'. If not specified, all
chapters in selected titles are selected.

-S, --stream=num Select audio stream. (default=1, first available audio stream)

Note
Options --angle, --chapter and --stream will only be used when --
title is specified.

Format Options
-f, --format=str Encoding format. Either ogg (Ogg Vorbis), mp3 (MP3), wav (PCM Wave), alac
(ALAC), flac (FLAC), demux (Direct Stream Demux), or cd (CD Image and
Cuesheet). (default=ogg)

-s, --samplerate=num Sampling frequency in Hz. Can be one of 11025, 22050, 32000, 44100,
48000, 88200, 96000, 176400 or 192000. Default is the same samplerate as
in SOURCE.

Format Options for Ogg Vorbis Format

-c, --channel=num Channels. Either 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 3 (5.1 Surround). (default=2)

-v, --vbr=float Enable VBR, with quality setting. (0.0 to 1.0 from low to high)

-a, --abr=num Enable ABR, with norminal bitrate in kbits. (32-320)

-b, --cbr=num Enable CBR, set bitrate in kbits. (32-320)

-m, --min=num When ABR is enabled, specify a minimal allowed bitrate. (32-320)

-M, --max=num When ABR is enabled, specify a maximum allowed bitrate. (32-320)

Note
When none of --vbr, --abr and --cbr is specified, default to --
vbr=0.5.

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Format Options for MP3 Format

-c, --channel=num Channels. Either 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 3 (Joint Stereo). (default=2)

-p, --preset=str Use one of the LAME built-in presets, medium, standard, extreme or insane.

-V, --vbr=num Enable VBR, with quality setting. (0 to 9, 0=highest quality)

-a, --abr=num Enable ABR, with average bitrate in kbits. (32-320)

-b, --cbr=num Enable CBR, set bitrate in kbits. (32-320)

-m, --min=num When ABR is enabled, specify a minimal allowed bitrate. (32-320)

-M, --max=num When ABR is enabled, specify a maximum allowed bitrate. (32-320)

Note
When none of --preset, --vbr, --abr and --cbr is specified, default to
--preset=standard.

Format Options for PCM Wav Format

-c, --channel=num Channels. Either 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 3 (All channels). (default=2)

-b, --bps=num Bits per sample. Either 8, 16 or 24. (default=16)

-sp, --separate Save each channel into separate file.

Format Options for ALAC Format

-c, --channel=num Channels. Either 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 3 (All channels). (default=2)

-b, --bps=num Bits per sample. Either 16 or 24. (default=16)

Format Options for Flac Format

-c, --channel=num Channels. Either 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 3 (All channels). (default=2)

-b, --bps=num Bits per sample. Either 8, 16 or 24. (default=16)

Format Options for CD Image and Cuesheet Format

-x, --compress Compress to lossless FLAC format to save space.

-d, --dts Create DTS-CD.

Output Options
-o, --output Output folder. If not specified, current directory will be used.

To use an output folder relative to DVD source folder, put %SOURCE% at the
beginning of output location.

%ARTIST% and %ALBUM% can also be used to specify a folder based on disc tags.

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-ns, --no-split If not specified, will save each chapter/track into separate file.

When CD Image and Cuesheet format is used, if this option is not specified, will
insert a 2 seconds silence before each track.

-nf, --name-format Specify the output filename format, when each chapter is saved into an individual
file. Must contain at least one of %CHAPTER% and %INDEX%.

%TITLE%, %ARTIST% and %ALBUM% can also be used to generate a filename based
on disc tags.

-w, --overwrite Overwrite files in the output folder with the same name.

-u, --m3u Create M3U play list file.

-n, --normalizatioin Enable normalization, change max level to. (0.1 to 1.0).

4.1. Examples
• List DVD contents in disc F:.

dvdae -l F:

• Extract all chapters from disc F:, save to Stereo Ogg Vorbis format at current directory.

dvdae F:

• Extract from file VTS_01_1.VOB, save to Mono Ogg Vorbis format at current directory, with average bitrate at
128 kbits, limit allowed frame sizes between 96 and 144 kbits.

dvdae -fogg -c1 -a128 -m96 -M144 VTS_01_1.VOB

• Extract all chapters from title 2 of folder VIDEO_TS, save to Setreo MP3 format at folder Music.

dvdae --title=2 --format==mp3 --output=Music VIDEO_TS

• Extract from file ATS_01_1.AOB, resample to 44100 Hz, save to MP3 format, with LAME preset insane, at current
directory.

dvdae -fmp3 -pinsane -s44100 ATS_01_1.AOB

• Extract chapter 1 and chapter 3 from angle2, title 1 of folder VIDEO_TS, use second audio stream, save to 6 channels
PCM Wave format, with each channel in a seperate file, at current directory.

dvdae -T1 -A2 -C1,3 -S2 -fwav -c3 -se VIDEO_TS

• Extract all chapters from folder AUDIO_TS, resample to 48000 Hz, save to 24bit Stereo Flac format, at current
directory.

dvdae -fflac -s48000 -c2 -b24 AUDIO_TS

• Demux all chapters from folder AUDIO_TS, save to folder Music.

dvdae -fdemux -oMusic AUDIO_TS

• Extract all chapters from title 1 of disc F:, save to CD Image and Cuesheet format, and compress to Flac to save
space, at current directory.

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dvdae -T1 -fcd -x F:

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Chapter 5. Shortcut Keys
This page lists all the Accelerator keys available in DVD Audio Extractor.

Table 5.1. Shortcut keys for all pages

Keys Function
F1 or Ctrl+H Open html help
Alt+N Step to next page
Alt+B Step back to last page
Alt+X Quit the program

Table 5.2. Shortcut keys special for page 1

Keys Function
Alt+F Refresh the selected DVD-ROM
Alt+W Browse to DVD folder or single VOB file
Alt+P Start playback the selected chapters
Alt+U Pause playback
Alt+< Go to last chapter
Alt+> Go to next chapter
Alt+T Stop playback
Ctrl+A Select/Unselect all the chapters in the active title
Alt+A Select/Unselect all the chapters in all the titles
F2 Rename the active chapter

Table 5.3. Shortcut keys special for page 3

Keys Function
Alt+W Browse to the output folder

Table 5.4. Shortcut keys special for page 4

Keys Function
Alt+S Start encoding
Alt+U Pause encoding
Alt+T Stop encoding
Alt+R Restart. Go back to first page and refresh the DVD-ROM

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Chapter 6. Change Log
7.6.0 (2018-03-04)

• Fix a bug that caused crash on FLAC output on some Win10 machines.

• Fix a bug that caused channel ordering of ALAC files not recognized correctly by iTunes.

7.5.1 (2017-10-02)

• Fix a bug that caused decoding error at the beginning of chapters on some Bly-ray discs.

7.5.0 (2017-07-22)

• WinXP is no longer supported. Minimum supported Windows system is now Windows 7.

• Fix a random crash on Windows 10.

• Fix a bug on decoding 16 bit DTS audio stream.

7.4.0 (2017-04-30)

• Support DTS-HD MA audio streams.

• Update libFLAC library to version 1.3.2.

• Fix a bug on decoding DVD-Audio LPCM.

7.3.0 (2016-10-07)

• Update Vorbis library to version 1.3.5.

• Update libFLAC library to version 1.3.1.

• Other minor enhancements.

7.2.0 (2014-02-20)

• Use default frame size for ALAC format, for better compatibility with players like iPod.

• Fixed a bug that caused a small part of audio at the beginning of chapters being skipped on some Bly-ray discs.

• Fixed a crash on OSX that happens when editing chapter names.

• Other minor enhancements.

7.1.3 (2013-10-29)

• DVD Audio Extractor is now compatible with OSX 10.9 Mavericks.

• Other minor enhancements.

7.1.2 (2013-06-05)

• Fixed a bug that caused crash when downloading metadata.

• Fixed a decoding error on mono DTS stream.

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• Other minor enhancements.

7.1.1 (2012-12-18)

• Fixed a bug that might cause clicks on created DTS-CD image.

• Other minor enhancements.

7.1.0 (2012-12-04)

• Improved player compatibility for generated DTS-CD images.

• Fixed a bug that might cause crash in rare case, when editing chapter names on OSX.

• Win2K is no longer supported. Minimum supported Windows system is now XP.

• Other minor enhancements.

7.0.2 (2012-10-09)

• Fixed a bug that caused white noise output on decoding LPCM stream on some DVD-Audio discs.

• Save each chapter into individual file option should always be enabled on Bluray discs.

7.0.1 (2012-09-09)

• Fixed a bug that caused crash when encoding to ALAC files with normalization enabled.

• Updated Lame library to version 3.99.5.

• Updated Vorbis library to version 1.3.3.

7.0.0 (2012-08-15)

• DVD Audio Extractor now supports Blu-ray discs.

• The CD Image and Cuesheet format can now be used to create DTS-CD image.

• Supports decoding audio files that is demuxed from Blu-ray and DVD files, like dts, ac3, mlp, thd, etc.

• Other minor enhancements.

6.3.0 (2012-02-12)

• New feature: Added support to ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) format.

• Added 64-bit Linux packages.

• Other minor enhancements.

6.2.0 (2011-11-23)

• DVD Audio Extractor is now released on Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora are supported).

• Fixed a bug in 6.1.1 that caused error while encoding to Mono MP3 files.

• Updated Lame library to version 3.99.2.

6.1.1 (2011-11-11)

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• A copy of metadata is saved to local cache, to save the trouble of downloading metadata for the same disc again
and again.

• Avoid invalid characters being used as file names.

• Updated Lame library to version 3.99.

6.1.0 (2011-10-16)

• Metadata (tag) editor moved to step 1. Added a button to upload and download disc metadata. All the uploaded
metadata is shared between all the users, so that people don't need to enter metadata for the same disc again.

• Allow output folder and output file names to be generated based on disc metadata.

• Resized main window to allow all controls arranged appropriatly.

• Other minor enhancements.

6.0.2 (2011-08-20)

• Dither is now always applied on 8 bit and 16 bit output.

• Small quality improvement for MP3 format.

• Video preview is more stable on OSX.

• Fixed a bug that notify sound is not played when encoding finished.

6.0.1 (2011-06-30)

• DVD Audio Extractor now goes cross-platform. The Mac OS X version is formally released.

• Fixed a bug that caused valid license file not recognized in rare cases.

• Minor GUI adjustments.

6.0.0 (2011-05-31)

• License upgrade. The license code used on old versions won't work any more. Paied users please create an account
at our website and download a new license file.

5.3.0 (2011-03-26)

• Moved website to new domain: www.dvdae.com.

• Added a new command line interface. Run "dvdae -h" at console to see usage. The wizard-like GUI interface is
renamed to dvdae-gui.

• Removed MP3 algorithm option from UI. High quality algorithm will always be used.

• Other minor enhancements.

5.2.3 (2011-01-26)

• Improved Audio/Video sync during preview.

• Fixed hang up when preview was paused.

• Bigger preview window.

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• Other minor enhancements.

5.2.2 (2010-12-23)

• Updated Vorbis library to version 1.3.2.

• Added Genres to tag info.

• Fixed an error that caused program crash in rare cases.

• Fixed a bug that mono stream previews at wrong speed.

• Other minor enhancements.

5.2.1 (2010-08-15)

• Added splash window and busy waitting notification.

• Added RIFF INFO tags support to wave files.

• Bug fix: UTF-8 encoded CUE file is not recorgnized by Nero.

5.2.0 (2010-07-19)

• Inprovement on audio decoding codes.

• Fixed a bug that caused 88.2KHz output when 96KHz is selected.

• Other minor enhancements.

5.1.1 (2010-05-25)

• Fixed a DTS decoding bug that was introduced in last version.

• Minor UI adjustments.

5.1.0 (2010-05-10)

• Improved AC3 and DTS decoding codecs: DRC is turned off and better downmix quality can be expected.

• Better video perview performance.

• Fixed a bug that caused wrong audio stream get listed on some DVD-Audio discs.

• Other minor enhancements.

5.0.3 (2010-04-12)

• Updated Vorbis library to version 1.3.1.

• Updated LAME library to version 3.98.4.

• Bug fix: titles on DVD-Audio discs are not listed correctly in some rare cases.

• Other minor enhancements.

5.0.2 (2010-03-04)

• Improvement on reading DVD-Audio discs.

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• Updated LAME library to version 3.98.3.

• Bug fix: audio not encoded correctly when option "Save each chapter into separate file" is not enabled.

5.0.1 (2010-02-22)

• Fundamental code restruction which makes it easer to add new features.

• DVD Audio Extractor now supports DVD-Audio discs.

• Always use miximum compression level for FLAC format.

• Other minor enhancements.

4.5.5 (2009-09-09)

• Fixed a bug that caused subtle audio skip on some DVD discs.

• Updated Vorbis library to version 1.2.3.

• DVD Audio Extractor has been verified to be Windows 7 compatible.

4.5.4 (2009-05-09)

• Reorganized html help document and added fixes to make F6 shortcut key works within it.

4.5.3 (2009-04-04)

• Video preview is now always on.

• Fixed program crash during window resize.

4.5.2 (2009-03-21)

• Fixed audio/video synchronization in preview window.

4.5.1 (2009-01-21)

• Default to use ID3V1 tag to minimize the chances of wrong MP3 length being reported.

• Fixed a bug that caused none existing audio streams be listed in VOB mode.

4.5.0 (2008-12-26)

• Removed restriction that reading DVDs need administrator privileges on XP and Win2K. The software can now be
used with none administrator accounts on all platforms.

• Improved DVD reading speed that result in higher extracting speed.

• Updated Lame library to version 3.98.2.

• Other minor enhancements.

4.4.1 (2008-07-19)

• Fixed some errors caused on MP3 output.

• The program now works better with UAC on Vista.

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4.4.0 (2008-07-07)

• Updated Lame library to version 3.98.

• Now use ID3V2 tag for MP3 files and overcome some limits of ID3V1.

• Added checking for update feature, with an option to automatically check for updates.

• Added an option to pop up a notify window when encoding finished.

• Other minor enhancements.

4.3.0 (2008-01-13)

• DVD Audio Extractor is now developed on Vista. Win95, Win98, Windows ME and Windows NT platforms are
no longer supported. Please stay on 4.2.2 if you are using one of these platforms.

• Added support to FLAC tags, updated libFLAC library to version 1.2.1.

• Updated Vorbis library to version 1.2.0.

• Other minor enhancements.

4.2.2 (2007-07-08)

• Updated libFLAC library to version 1.1.4.

• Allow browse and save to network folder.

• Remember last used sample rate.

• Fixed an error on opening About Dialog.

4.2.1 (2007-01-16)

• Fixed a bug in version 4.2.0 that the newly included version of libFLAC.dll could not be opened on some systems.

4.2.0 (2006-12-21)

• Changed back to use old user interface due to user feedbacks. It allows easier changing of audio streams, while still
keep it easy to select chapters in all titles.

• The main window is now resizable.

• Updated Lame library to version 3.97.

• Updated libFLAC library to version 1.1.3.

• Other minor enhancements.

4.1.1 (2006-09-04)

• More accurate calculation on needed disk space.

• Always show audio stream selection combo box, to make it more obviously to change active stream.

• Remember last browsed folders.

4.1.0 (2006-07-12)

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• New feature: Added video preview.

• Bug fix: a small part of audio at the end of chapter get skipped in preview mode.

• Added speed meter at the encoding page so that it's more easy to see the processing speed.

4.0.2 (2006-04-22)

• Fixed a bug that caused the program to crash when some DVD title contains no audio stream.

• Fixed a bug that caused silent MP3 output.

4.0.1 (2006-04-18)

• New user interface for step 1. This allows easier selection of chapters in different titles. And all the selected chapters
can be previewed/played together.

• Enabled thread reading at background. This brings even faster extracting speed.

• Other minor enhancements.

3.5.1 (2006-02-12)

• Added accelerator keys for bitmap buttons: Alt+P for Play, Alt+U for Pause, Alt+T for Stop, Alt+> for Next
Chapter, Alt+< for Last Chapter, and Alt+F for Refresh DVD-ROM, Alt+W for Browse.

• Press Enter on any button should now get it clicked.

• For DVD disc that doesn't have valid title in it, ignore it instead of showing up an exception error.

3.5.0 (2006-01-05)

• New feature: Added support to FLAC format. Now you can extract to FLAC to save space and get around the 4G
size limit of Wave files. It's also possible to save Audio CD Image in FLAC format.

• Improved online-help. Press F1 in Step 2 will go directly to the detailed help page of selected format.

• Uses less run-time memory than before.

• Updated OGG/Vorbis libraries to version 1.1.2.

• Other minor enhancements.

3.4.1 (2005-11-15)

• When converting to CD, selecting "break tracks by chapter" will now insert 2 seconds silence.

• For best compatibility with old software, use old PCM Wave format for Mono or Stereo wav output.

• Fixed a bug in 3.4.0 that caused skips on some audio stream.

• Added a warning when output wav file is larger than 4G.

• Try to read DVD label and use it as album name when ID3 tag not specified.

• Other minor enhancements.

3.4.0 (2005-11-11)

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• New feature: Now all titles can be extracted at once.

• Uses Extensible Wave Format. This allow created multi-channel wav files be played on Windows Media Player.

• All chapters of first title are selected by default.

• Improved normalization speed.

3.3.3 (2005-09-08)

• Implemented full context tooltips to all controls on the user interface.

• Fixed a DLL loading error on Win98.

3.3.2 (2005-08-09)

• Writes adjusted bitrate info into MP3 header, so that the playback time shows up correctly in Windows Media Player.

• Uses user's temp dir for output folder by default.

• Other minor enhancements on UI.

3.3.1 (2005-07-14)

• Fixed a bug which caused Access Violation Exception on some DVD discs.

• Updated OGG/Vorbis libraries to version 1.1.1.

3.3.0 (2005-06-12)

• New feature: Added ripping from single VOB file. This can be used as a workaround when IFO files are missing
or contain error.

• Fixed a bug on decoding Mono audio stream to MP3 format.

• Fixed a bug which caused error on LFE channel when decoding DTS to 6 Mono wav.

3.2.1 (2005-05-18)

• Added exception handling. The program is now more robust on not well made DVDs which contain invalid IFO
information.

• More accurate time length info.

3.2.0 (2005-04-11)

• Improved DVD reading library. Now reads UDF formatted DVD discs and handles encrypted discs better.

• Downmix 5.1 channel audio to Dolby surround compatible stereo since this is more preferred than plain stereo.

• Fixed a program loading failure caused by DVD information error in IFO files.

3.1.0 (2005-02-23)

• Enhanced MP3 encoding settings. Added LAME presets and provided better support to LAME encoder.

• Loads OGG Vorbis and LAME library only when used.

3.0.2 (2005-01-16)

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• Fixed a bug in the audio playback/preview function.

3.0.1 (2005-01-10)

• New feature: Added a CD Image and Cuesheet mode that can convert selected audio into an Audio CD image,
which can be imported directly into popular CD burning software like Nero, EAC or CDRWin. Creating an Audio
CD from DVD can't be easier.

• Improved keyboard accessibility: All the control items can now be accessed by Tabs; Added several accelerator
hotkeys: Ctrl+A for select all chapters, F2 for rename chapter, and Alt+B for step back, Alt+N for step next, etc.

• Always check the output folder and make sure there is enough disk spaces for result files.

• Other minor enhancements.

2.3.2 (2004-12-02)

• New feature: Added a normalization option which allows you to adjust the volume of audio files to a standard level.

• Always add Wave header for WAV files.

2.3.1 (2004-10-20)

• Now the program keeps all the user settings like Sample Rate, Bitrate, etc.

• Added a "Restart" button to make it easier to start another round of audio extracting. Clicking this button has the
same effect as click "Back" button for three times and refresh the DVD-ROM.

• Other minor enhancements.

2.3.0 (2004-10-01)

• New feature: Now you can play/preview the selected chapters before you start to extract.

• Fixed a bug in previous versions which caused skips and pops on some audio streams.

• Updated OGG/Vorbis libraries to 1.1.0 version.

2.2.2 (2004-09-19)

• Added pause/resume function. Useful when you have to break the encoding process for a while to handle something
else.

• Resized UI. Allow easier navigation when DVD title contains lots of chapters.

• Enhanced caching buffer. Fixed a hidden bug and now read discs more smoothly.

2.2.1 (2004-09-12)

• Fixed a bug in the resample function.

2.2.0 (2004-09-09)

• Enhanced stream decoding engine. Use less memory and provide better performance and compatibility.

• Added support to 24 bit Wave output (for those Hi-Fi 24/96 players).

• Write correct playback time into m3u playlist file.

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• Fixed track number in ID3 tag.

2.1.0 (2004-08-21)

• New feature: Direct DTS audio decoding supported.

• Adjusted channel order for multiple channel Wave file output. Now use default Multi-channel Wave Channel
Ordering: Left, Right, Center, LFE, Surround Left and Surround Right.

• Enhanced speed when resampling to different sample rate.

• Other minor fixes.

2.0.1 (2004-08-02)

• Fully support all LPCM formats: any 16, 20 or 24 bit, 48000 or 96000 Hz sample rate, 1 to 8 channels LPCM can
be decoded.

• Multi-channel Wave output supported, with an option to save each channel to separate file.

• Multi-channel OGG Vorbis output now possible. Now you can save Dolby Digital 5.1 audio to 5.1 Surround OGG
files.

• Update Lame library to latest 3.96.1 version.

• Other minor enhancements.

1.2.2 (2004-07-09)

• Fixed a bug in OGG/Vorbis format that caused the result file be several seconds shorter than original audio.

• New feature: DVD Audio Extractor now shows how much space will be needed for the output files.

• ID3 tags (artist, album) will not be put into output filenames due to user requests.

1.2.1 (2004-06-21)

• Added support to Average Bitrate (ABR) mode for MP3 encoding.

• Fixed a bug which will cause DVD authentication error when using multiple DVD-ROMs.

1.2.0 (2004-05-06)

• Computer Application Studio has moved to it's new website www.castudio.org. Old pages on
thunder.prohosting.com are no longer accessible.

• New feature: Win9x/Me systems now fully supported. The program will try to load and utilize ASPI manager
(wnaspi32.dll) on Win9x/Me systems.

• The UI now displays well on Win98 and above.

• Update to Lame 3.96.

1.1.6 (2004-03-27)

• Removed original Drive Capabilities tests. Now provides better compatibility with external or virtual DVD/CD
drive.

• Fixed a bug happened when converting from 20bit LPCM to 16bit wav.

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1.1.5 (2004-03-07)

• New feature: Added reading from file folder mode due to user requests. This also added (limited) support to Win9x/
Me systems where DVD-ROMs are not recognized by this software.

1.1.4 (2004-02-02)

• New feature: Allow changing of audio track/chapter names.

• Bug fix: The length of User Name in the register window is too short. Extended to 40 characters.

• Update to Lame 3.95.1.

1.1.3 (2004-01-11)

• Bug fix: "Can not read the selected audio stream." error due to DVD unlocking failure.

1.1.2 (2003-12-27)

• Added direct stream demux function for LPCM, MPEG, AC-3 and DTS audio streams.

• Improvement on decoding speed.

1.1.1 (2003-12-21)

• Added time elapsed and time remaining information during decoding.

• Bug fix: In some rare cases redundant silences get inserted when decoding multiple chapters to single output file.

1.1.0 (2003-12-18)

• Changed chapter selection method from VTS->PGC to Title->Chapter. The new method is more close to the way
people watching DVD movies and thus easier to understand.

• Improved DVD reading speed.

• Update OGG/Vorbis libraries to latest 1.01 version.

1.0.1 (2003-11-22)

• First public release.

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Chapter 7. Support Information
This section contains user support information. The following documents are in this section:

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Contact Information

Other useful links:

• The official DVD FAQ -- Explains everything about DVD.

• Hydrogenaudio Forums -- The audio technology enthusiast's resource.

• Doom9 -- The definitive DVD backup resource.

• VideoHelp -- This site will help you with your movie-files.

7.1. Contact Information

DVD Audio Extractor home page: http://www.dvdae.com/dvdae/

Purchase DVD Audio Extractor Online: http://www.dvdae.com/purchase

To get noticed automatically when new versions are out, subscribe to DVD Audio Extractor Announcements mailing
list by sending an empty email to: [email protected].

For technical issues like installation, using the software, feature suggestion and bug report, the best way to get help is
to login to your customer account and submit a support ticket.

For non-technical related issues and business cooperation, please write us email at [email protected].

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