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Ripping sound from .wmv file.

ToadTheMushroomToadTheMushroom Registered User regular
edited December 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
Is it possible to rip the audio track to a windows media player file and save it as an mp3? There is a great piece of music (unavailiable anywhere else) backing a movie, but I'd rather hae it as an mp3 than open up the whole movie file to listen to it.

It was a custom track for the file itself, not a 3rd party song. Is there a way? Quick question really.

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I think you'll have to resort to recording the sound while the movie is playing. Last time I checked there was an option in Audacity that let you select "stereo mix" as the source. Some sound card drivers also come with that option in the mixer, somewhere around the microphone volume.

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    ToadTheMushroom wrote:
    Is it possible to rip the audio track to a windows media player file and save it as an mp3? There is a great piece of music (unavailiable anywhere else) backing a movie, but I'd rather hae it as an mp3 than open up the whole movie file to listen to it.

    It was a custom track for the file itself, not a 3rd party song. Is there a way? Quick question really.
    If you have access to ffmpeg you could do it with something like this:
    ffmpeg -i .input_file.wmv -vn -acodec mp3 -ab 192 output_file.mp3

    Is there a public link to the video you're talking about?

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Barrakketh wrote:
    Is there a public link to the video you're talking about?
    I'm guessing that it's the second "Where in the Hell is Matt?" video, found HERE.

    This is just a guess, though.

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  • contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    you could download audacity and lift the audio off of the movie as it plays

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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    VirtualDub will do it easily (File -> Save .wav), but I'm not sure it opens .wmv files.
    naporeon wrote:
    'm guessing that it's the second "Where in the Hell is Matt?" video, found HERE.

    This is just a guess, though.

    Woah, that's awesome. :^:

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