Anime How-To: Rip Audio From Video to MP3

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In my next installment of Basugasubakuhatsu Anime how-tos, I demonstrate how to rip audio to any video source and encode into an MP3 file. This is similar the process I use to rip the OP and ED from all the anime that I review.

I usually use a different audio editor, but since I want to make these how-tos accessible to everyone, all of the programs in the tutorial are free and open source.

If you find this tutorial helpful, or have any questions regarding it, please let me know in the comments section. You can also send me suggestions on future anime how-tos, since I’m always looking for new ideas.

How To: Rip Audio From Video to MP3

14 Responses to “Anime How-To: Rip Audio From Video to MP3”


  1. 1 Os Mar 5th, 2006 at 1:06 pm

    Oh, this is a very good idea. I’ll try this whenever I have time.

  2. 2 Anga Mar 6th, 2006 at 2:20 am

    Thanks, that helped much.

  3. 3 Seigi Jun 12th, 2006 at 10:10 am

    Definitly nice..
    I didnt know it was THIS easy.

  4. 4 Jon Jul 6th, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    this is gr8!..

    one question XD
    how do u transfer it to be a ringtone?

  5. 5 Ledoux Sep 8th, 2006 at 12:14 pm

    But what about a VirtualDub equivalent for us Mac users? I can’t really get past the .exe file, you see.

  6. 6 suguru Oct 15th, 2006 at 10:01 pm

    ^
    On the Mac, if you shell out $19.95 for the “Pro” version of QuickTime, and install either 3ivx or the old DivX 6 codecs (not the newest version of DivX 6 with the separate DivX player) you can select just the OP in Quicktime itself, and do a Save As… to save it as a AIFF file. Then you can open the AIFF file in iTunes and iTunes can convert it to MP3. The trick is when you save as AIFF from QuickTime be sure to pick the highest quality settings.

    Unfortunately, this approach doesn’t work for all fansubs (QuickTime won’t open mkvs at all)…but then again even on the PC, I can’t get VirtualDub to open most .avi files, it balks and tells me DirectShow codecs are “not suitable” and won’t even open the file. When it works, it really is easy, but I’m probably missing some codes or something.

  7. 7 MrTaro Nov 12th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    I LOVE This Site ^^ … this realli helped alot .. no more long nights searching for that certain anime OP and ED =P

  8. 8 Etherlite Apr 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    i got a problem, it said: can’t load XVID files, what should i do?

  9. 9 absolutehegemony May 2nd, 2007 at 2:38 am

    im having problems with the virtualdub, what is the codec thing im missing? it says its missing a decompressor or something and none my videos will work :-(

    otherwise very halpful thanks!

  10. 10 absolutehegemony May 2nd, 2007 at 2:39 am

    it says it “needs a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video”

  11. 11 absolutehegemony May 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 am

    yeah same thing as etherlite

  12. 12 absolutehegemony May 2nd, 2007 at 2:41 am

    basically it says cant load XVID videos and then goes on to say wht i type dout
    i know youre not a computer support center but if u have any solution please help! ^_^;; thanks

  13. 13 aduck8myshoes May 12th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    this was just what i needed. and it was so easy too! thanks for the awsome tutorial!!!

  14. 14 Derek Sep 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    I try to do this, but whenever I attempt to open the .wav file I’ve created into Audacity, it never fully loads. It just keeps adding time to it, ect, ect.

    I’ve been using audacity since mid june, and never had a problem with it, but for some reason I can’t get this to work. Any ideas what i’ve done wrong?


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