Copying audio track from a Panasonic dvd, plus audio problem

[spiritgumm]

2 problems: I want to burn an audio cd of the audio file from a dvd made from a Panasonic dvd recorder, but the audio seems to be buried. Any ideas?
Also, I have a dvd (made from a different recorder) which only had the LEFT audio recorded on it. Using a computer (not a dvd player hooked up to a dvd recorder), how could I re-burn the dvd using the LEFT track for both LEFT and RIGHT tracks?

[ZippyP.]

2 problems: I want to burn an audio cd of the audio file from a dvd made from a Panasonic dvd recorder, but the audio seems to be buried. Any ideas?

Vobedit will demux the audio and video from a VOB file, or one of the ripping programs (smartripper, dvd decrypter?) will rip a DVD into elementary streams.

Also, I have a dvd (made from a different recorder) which only had the LEFT audio recorded on it. Using a computer (not a dvd player hooked up to a dvd recorder), how could I re-burn the dvd using the LEFT track for both LEFT and RIGHT tracks?

Demux the audio and video with VOBedit. Load the audio into Goldwave.
- First blank out the right chnnel.....Edit>channel>right, edit>select all, edit>cut
- Then copy the left channel to the right...edit>channel>left, edit>select all, edit>copy, edit>channel> right, edit>paste. After that's done you can save out a new wav file. You can convert your wav to MP2 (besweet) or AC3 (ffmpeggui) then feed your audio and video back into an authoring program and burn.

[spiritgumm]

Thanks, Zip, I'll give it a try (though it sounds abit challenging).

[ZippyP.]

Thanks, Zip, I'll give it a try (though it sounds abit challenging).

If you've never used the programs before, I agree. I did it as a test while composing my original reply.