daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield4/28/18 5:38 AM |
VLC ripping (tech)
This is in the weeds for most everybody, but there are a few podcast/VLC users who might benefit. I'll end up using this for my notes just in case I don't do this again for 6 months. ---so why not share.
I didn't want to re-open "Indoor Cycling" for a tangent, but this is the thread where VLC was mentioned this winter:
http://cyclingforum.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=159858&highlight=vlc#159858
VLC technique update (with politics!):
Setup:
Today wanted to listen to our President's half-hour prompted monologue on Fox and Friends.
New-found technique:
Being a half-hour, it takes maybe 10 minutes for this laptop to rip MP3 from a YouTube stream like this.
The approach starts the same: Advanced open>Network>paste URL>etc>pause>right-click/save> new technique
There's a 'save' choice "dump raw input."
Considering how fast 128MB downloads I gave it a shot and it worked. A few seconds for a half-hour of video.
Then I tried save/converting the local file the old way and it was just as slow.
Next try: At the save/convert ...settings the 'profile' setting allows new profiles. There are three buttons, 'new profile' looks like a sheet of paper.
Under 'encapsulation' click MP3, under the Audio Codec tab check ✔ Audio, the default is 128kbps, everything was left default
Give the new profile a good name
Test using the new profile, it will be at the bottom of the pull-down.
--Instead of 10 minutes to rip, it ripped in less than 10 seconds, and sounds fine. Stock profile bitrate was 192-, this is 128- and the feed is 128- (~650- total bitrate audio/video)
--download took 10 seconds, ...rip 10 seconds and the process setup time is the same.
Plus I came up out of it with an HD MP4 of our President making the hosts of Fox and Friends uncomfortable for 30 minutes. --An MP4 that can't be removed.
---One last thing, It's probable that the "dump raw input" step can be skipped but I didn't test that and it's nice to know anyway.
OKAY, time to swing my leg over the saddle, it's Saturday and 70!
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