Backing up media for safekeeping
Dec 31, 2016 18:36:24 GMT
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Post by atomicsynth on Dec 31, 2016 18:36:24 GMT
Backup processes for all the two channel high resolution mixes from the source DVD.
Please note this is offered solely for purpose of personal media backup – nothing else.
If any moderators think this violates anything, then simply remove the post and I'll have wasted a couple hours typing it all out on my phone, but such is life....
Also note that some of the extracted files will be split (by nature of the source DVD) and would need to be “joined” through use of an “append” process in an audio editor to have them play uninterrupted for PC use.
Personal opinion:
I don’t like being dependent on original media and always want to have a backup (or three). I think it’s the owner’s right to do this for personal backup only of purchases.
Not applicable to the below, but I abhor the current trend of both streaming and the associated lack of physical media.
I won’t buy anything, personally, that doesn’t contain physical media. Nor do I accept being unable to backup anything I buy, such as those expensive Jethro Tull special editions of late, so, again, for purpose of personal backup ONLY, this is how I do it, step by step.
Please don’t PM me with questions as I’ve made the process totally clear in documenting, meaning, not to sound elitist, if the following steps don’t make sense to you, then simply don’t do it…?
This will save you hours of digging through stupid tech forums (present company excepted, of course, as this is a worthwhile forum) to then end up wasting hours trying things that don’t work because said addicted idiots living on DVD burning forums either can’t read or can’t answer a question.
I don't have a surround system for my TV so I simply wanted the 2 channel high resolution mixes to listen to on my studio monitors downstairs without needing to use a bloatware software DVD player and I always make backups of costly media .
Step by Step
1. Search, Download and install DVD Decrypter 3.5.4. It's freeware.
2. Open Windows explorer and make a folder for the extracted files Decrypter will extract after running.
3. Open DVD Decrypter, Click “Tools” at top, scroll to and open “settings” then go to the “general” tab at top.
4. Choose “custom” and browse for the folder you made as the chosen location for extracted files. Choose a location other than within DVD Decrypter’s location. Change no other settings then click OK to return to the main screen.
5. Insert the DVD and wait for Decrypter to display the contents of the disc. All the files will be selected by dafault (highlighted in blue).
6. Click the green arrow at bottom left to begin decrypting the DVD. It’ll take 5-10 minutes.
7. After the decryption is complete, click once in the highlighted file field to unselect all files.
8. The only files that matter are the VOB files. Not all will contain 2 channel extractable audio. This is easily determined by clicking “Video TS.VOB” once to highlight in blue. Right click the highlighted file and choose “stream processing”. You’ll see a searching for streams box and it’s progress bar.
9. After this brief process completes you’ll see two screen areas. There will be checkboxes in the left area. The top one will be highlighted. If this area contains the following : “Video” “Subtitle” “Subitile”, there is no extractable audio in that VOB. Click cancel, then click to highlight the next VOB file, repeating the above searching for streams process. Proceed through the VOB’s one by one until you see “audio” showing in the left screen area.
10. Uncheck everything in the left area but “Audio PCM” (The audio AC3 files should not chosen as they are useless for extraction purposes).
11. Click a check into “Audio PCM” only and make sure it alone is highlighted by clicking on the text to change it to blue. The right area of the screen shows file information, Example – Sampling Frequency: 96 kHz. Bits per Sample : 24, Channels: 2. This is a high resolution stereo version.
12. Change the default “Direct Stream Copy” to “DMUX” by clicking the DMUX checkbox in the bottom screen area.
13. Click OK and allow the progress bars to complete.
(In your previously specified output folder you’ll see the extracted wave file along with information. Example – VTS 02 1 -0xA0 – Audio – PCM – 2ch – 96kHz – 24bit -DELAY 0ms Wave sound. Right click on the file and choose “properties” the file size of this example is 567 MB. It will fit onto a CDR for backup. A 96K high resolution file such as this won’t play in your external CD player but you’ll have a personal backup of the file.
If you use an audio editor and have a 96K capable audio interface you’ll be able to play it on your PC and view the wave for much faster cueing.
(You could also, of course, opt to burn your collection of extracted PCM’s to a DVD-R for your personal backup. (For that matter you could use “DVD Shrink” (freeware) to backup the entire original DVD to a DVD-R for routine home DVD play, but DVD Shrink will compress it in order to fit it on a standard DVD-R).
Now back to the processes.
Click OK to the completion box in Decrypter to stop the annoying success tones which then returns you to the main screen.
14. Repeat the process chain individually for each VOB, only choosing PCM files to extract. You can rename the extracted files to your liking.
Please note this is offered solely for purpose of personal media backup – nothing else.
If any moderators think this violates anything, then simply remove the post and I'll have wasted a couple hours typing it all out on my phone, but such is life....
Also note that some of the extracted files will be split (by nature of the source DVD) and would need to be “joined” through use of an “append” process in an audio editor to have them play uninterrupted for PC use.
Personal opinion:
I don’t like being dependent on original media and always want to have a backup (or three). I think it’s the owner’s right to do this for personal backup only of purchases.
Not applicable to the below, but I abhor the current trend of both streaming and the associated lack of physical media.
I won’t buy anything, personally, that doesn’t contain physical media. Nor do I accept being unable to backup anything I buy, such as those expensive Jethro Tull special editions of late, so, again, for purpose of personal backup ONLY, this is how I do it, step by step.
Please don’t PM me with questions as I’ve made the process totally clear in documenting, meaning, not to sound elitist, if the following steps don’t make sense to you, then simply don’t do it…?
This will save you hours of digging through stupid tech forums (present company excepted, of course, as this is a worthwhile forum) to then end up wasting hours trying things that don’t work because said addicted idiots living on DVD burning forums either can’t read or can’t answer a question.
I don't have a surround system for my TV so I simply wanted the 2 channel high resolution mixes to listen to on my studio monitors downstairs without needing to use a bloatware software DVD player and I always make backups of costly media .
Step by Step
1. Search, Download and install DVD Decrypter 3.5.4. It's freeware.
2. Open Windows explorer and make a folder for the extracted files Decrypter will extract after running.
3. Open DVD Decrypter, Click “Tools” at top, scroll to and open “settings” then go to the “general” tab at top.
4. Choose “custom” and browse for the folder you made as the chosen location for extracted files. Choose a location other than within DVD Decrypter’s location. Change no other settings then click OK to return to the main screen.
5. Insert the DVD and wait for Decrypter to display the contents of the disc. All the files will be selected by dafault (highlighted in blue).
6. Click the green arrow at bottom left to begin decrypting the DVD. It’ll take 5-10 minutes.
7. After the decryption is complete, click once in the highlighted file field to unselect all files.
8. The only files that matter are the VOB files. Not all will contain 2 channel extractable audio. This is easily determined by clicking “Video TS.VOB” once to highlight in blue. Right click the highlighted file and choose “stream processing”. You’ll see a searching for streams box and it’s progress bar.
9. After this brief process completes you’ll see two screen areas. There will be checkboxes in the left area. The top one will be highlighted. If this area contains the following : “Video” “Subtitle” “Subitile”, there is no extractable audio in that VOB. Click cancel, then click to highlight the next VOB file, repeating the above searching for streams process. Proceed through the VOB’s one by one until you see “audio” showing in the left screen area.
10. Uncheck everything in the left area but “Audio PCM” (The audio AC3 files should not chosen as they are useless for extraction purposes).
11. Click a check into “Audio PCM” only and make sure it alone is highlighted by clicking on the text to change it to blue. The right area of the screen shows file information, Example – Sampling Frequency: 96 kHz. Bits per Sample : 24, Channels: 2. This is a high resolution stereo version.
12. Change the default “Direct Stream Copy” to “DMUX” by clicking the DMUX checkbox in the bottom screen area.
13. Click OK and allow the progress bars to complete.
(In your previously specified output folder you’ll see the extracted wave file along with information. Example – VTS 02 1 -0xA0 – Audio – PCM – 2ch – 96kHz – 24bit -DELAY 0ms Wave sound. Right click on the file and choose “properties” the file size of this example is 567 MB. It will fit onto a CDR for backup. A 96K high resolution file such as this won’t play in your external CD player but you’ll have a personal backup of the file.
If you use an audio editor and have a 96K capable audio interface you’ll be able to play it on your PC and view the wave for much faster cueing.
(You could also, of course, opt to burn your collection of extracted PCM’s to a DVD-R for your personal backup. (For that matter you could use “DVD Shrink” (freeware) to backup the entire original DVD to a DVD-R for routine home DVD play, but DVD Shrink will compress it in order to fit it on a standard DVD-R).
Now back to the processes.
Click OK to the completion box in Decrypter to stop the annoying success tones which then returns you to the main screen.
14. Repeat the process chain individually for each VOB, only choosing PCM files to extract. You can rename the extracted files to your liking.