[MPlayer-users] mencode perfect rip

[Alexander Roalter]

Rich Felker wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:37:07PM -0400, Peter Gavin wrote:
>> One question, though, is if this method is not supported, what's the
>> recommended method to rip ac3 audio tracks off of a dvd?  mencoder -of
>> rawaudio -oac copy?
> 
> Yeah, I think so. In practice -dumpaudio works for mpeg container +
> ac3 audio, but afaik it does not work for avi container + ac3 audio.
> 
> Rich
Wouldn't mplayer -ao pcm file.xyz work also?