[mythtv-users] Extract audio from HDTV MPEG2 stream to make audio CD

[Mike Holden]

Richard Shaw wrote:
> I have a recording of "Soundstage" from my local PBS station that I would
> like to extract the audio from and create an audio CD tracks (instead of
> one
> big track). Has anyone else had a need for this? It's not something one
> would need frequently but as the same time I think it would be a great
> addition to MythArchive.
>
> I'm guessing the basic steps would be something like this:
>
> Extract Audio
> Convert to 44.1KHz 2-channel audio (WAV)
> Cut audio into "Tracks" (audacity) [1]
> Burn (k3b)
>
> Anyone have suggestions? Especially for the first two steps?

Theres a contrib perl script in MythTV called something like
dvbradioextract.pl (that may not be the exact name, but it's something
like that) which will extract the aduio to an mp3 file. With a minor tweak
(to the -acodec flag maybe?) it could probably extract direct to WAV.
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