all i need is the audio ... problem with virtualdub2

[roeselpi]

hello.

(sorry for bad english, not a native speaker)

i have virtualdub2 and have opened a *.vob file. it plays and i have sound an vision so all that works.
this vob file is however an audiobook so basically i do not require the images from the video because
all it tells me is the chapter it is on currently.

i would like to save the audio as an mp3 file without the video. if i click on save audio i only get the
windows audio format (*.wav) with no compression. and there does not seem to be any way to
change that. i guess i need a plugin but all i have tried sofar has failed.

i could use some help with this problem. maybe someone can show me how to go about it to get
this working.

my programme is: virtualdub2 build 44282/release (Fr Mar 20 00:39:01 2020)
system: win7 32bit engine

thanks for your patience and your help to get this matter resolved

[ProWo]

Use clever FFmpeg-GUI instead.
Load your file, click main, after analysis you will see the audiostream and his codec.
If it's mp3, then click main, click extract audiostream, click extract audio, done.
If it's pcm(wav), then click main, click convert audiostream, click go to the encoder, select mp3 as codec (encode to), leave all other settings as they are and click convert. Done.

[jagabo]

After opening the VOB file in VirtualDub2:

1) Audio -> Full Processing Mode
2) Audio -> Compression
3) Select FFMpeg Lame MP3, then Configure as desired
4) File -> Export -> Raw Audio, set name to something.mp3, press Save

[roeselpi]

After opening the VOB file in VirtualDub2:

1) Audio -> Full Processing Mode
2) Audio -> Compression
3) Select FFMpeg Lame MP3, then Configure as desired
4) File -> Export -> Raw Audio, set name to something.mp3, press Save

hello,

that was the perfect tip. took quite a while but i have a working mp3 file now. it is
in 48 khz and not in 44.1 khz but it plays in winamp and that means it works fine.

i tried other mp3 settings to encode but it seems you can not encode from 48 khz
directly to 44.1 khz in one session but that does not matter.

so: cool. thank you very much.

@ProWo: i will give "clever FFmpeg-GUI" a try aswell.

thanks a million.

[jagabo]

You can convert to 44100 Hz by selecting Audio -> Conversion... between steps 1 and 2.

[roeselpi]

that also worked beautifully. thanks a lot for the advice. perfect solution for my problem.
i am indeed very greatful.

problem resolved.