say i want to rip bgm from a dvd or the tv is the method the same as ripping vgm?
or should i record the episode & then convert to mp3? please help thanks in advance!

say i want to rip bgm from a dvd or the tv is the method the same as ripping vgm?

Not at all. It can be very challenging. There's not a one-click solution and it requires editing and patience.

The first thing you need to do is check whether the DVD in question has a stereo or 5.1 audio mix. If you're just getting the opening/closing credits, then stereo is fine. If you're looking for incidental music, then you'll have to roll up your sleeves.

You'll need to rip the DVD to your hard drive using Handbrake+VLC, or ArcSoft+eac3to, etc. to bypass the copyright protection. And then you'll need to import the audio into Audacity (I just drag-and-drop the video file in since I have the FFMPEG plugin). And then after all that you may find that it's impossible to rip the BGM, as different mixers like to mix the dialogue and SFX in interesting ways. Sometimes the music is isolated in the two rear channels (channels 5&6) and sometimes voice echoes abound everywhere (I hate it when they do that). You'll just have to say how it was mixed. (Hint: lower-budget animated films & TV shows are often the easiest to rip).

TL;DR: It's maybe possible.

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It will NOT be free of SFX. Without an official release all clips you'll have cannot possibly be 100% free from SFX.

With dialogue, you can install a plugin for Audacity to lower down the "S" sounds as when you use the Voice Remover tool those "S" sounds will still be pretty noticeable.

One of these days I'm gonna make a how-to thread on how to rip music from surround mixes.

Like Dimensioner's guide, but more up-to-date.

that makes perfect sense i mean vgm is easier to rip because there is no voices or other sounds getting in the way! (except with cut-scenes which have acting) with most games the bgm still plays when the game is paused plus some games have sound tests which makes it easier to rip than tv & movies! maybe tv & movies should have sound tests or cartoons should have instrumental ost releases like games,movies,anime,etc but i don't ever see that happening unless people can convince & prove to disney,CN,& nick that there is a market besides kids who want to support this stuff! i know some people on this forum want avatar so there obviously IS a market but we gotta get the companies to listen to us but idk where to even start? are there any instrumental osts you guys really want?

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in the meantime ill go with method 2 (record & convert) so i at least would have it

if we want a chance of this happening i think instead of going through the companies who could care less about what we want we should go straight to the source to the composers themselves!

if we want a chance of this happening i think instead of going through the companies who could care less about what we want we should go straight to the source to the composers themselves!

... And?

They're not always allowed to just put up their work for free. And sometimes composers, believe it or not, would like to be paid for what they do. So they might rather go through a proper soundtrack release.

Most composers have emails and contact info on their websites, so you can always try that, but I think you should seriously work on your grammar if you want them to even look at any emails you send.

What TV shows in particular are you so desperate to get the music for?

if we want a chance of this happening i think instead of going through the companies who could care less about what we want we should go straight to the source to the composers themselves!

Tough. The "companies" have the rights to the soundtrack, not the composer.

Tough. The "companies" have the rights to the soundtrack, not the composer.

That doesn't stop composers from putting samples up on their sites and SoundClouds.

That doesn't stop composers from putting samples up on their sites and SoundClouds.

Depends what company it is. With something like Warner Bros, it's overwhelmingly rare to find samples on SoundCloud, etc.