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Extract individual audio stems from MKV file?
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#1
Extract individual audio stems from MKV file?
I am interested in taking an .mkv file and extracting the 5.1 audio file (I'm guessing an ac3 file?) and then separating
each track (left, center, right, left surround etc.) into 6 discrete WAV files.
Is there a program that can accomplish this?
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Well MKVtoolnix will extract the ac3 track from an mkv file.
Then if you have a windows machine you can use:-
BeSweet or
eac3to or
HeadAC3he to convert ac3 to 6 mono waves.
On the Mac side of things the only thing I could find is the 3rd post of this thread on the Mac OSX Audio forum that talks
about using Audacity to convert ac3 to 6 mono waves and there's a Mac version of Audacity.
http://www.macosxaudio.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33085
Audacity
This is all I could find, hope it helps.
#3
Thanks roidy!
I'll give that a shot. Much appreciated!
#4
OK, so I've tried all of the options laid out by roidy - and sadly, nothing seems to work.
I don't have access to a windows machine, and opening the .exe files in WINE give me errors.
Is there any Mac application that can demux an ac3 file into seperate WAV files?
#5
OK, I've just done a test and Audacity works perfectly under Windows, so there's no reason the Mac version shouldn't
also work.
1. Install Audacity 1.3.13.
2. Install the FFmpeg import/export library, from the Audacity site. This will allow you to import/export AC3 files.
Now you can open your mkv/mp4 files directly in Audacity and select the AC3 track, but for some reason it downmixes it
 Now you can open your mkv/mp4 files directly in Audacity and select the AC3 track, but for some reason it downmixes it
to stereo So.....

3. Extract your AC3 track from your movie file.

4. Run Audacity and goto Edit->Preferences, this box will popup:-

5. Goto the Import/Export page and under the "When exporting tracks to an audio file" section select "Use custom mix",
if you don't do this when you export your file all the tracks will be mixed into one file.

6. Goto File->Open and load your AC3 file, it should load as 6 mono tracks:-

7. Goto File->Export Multiple.

8. Select the export format and location then press Export.

9. You'll get an edit metadata page for each of the 6 tracks just press ok on each.

10. Mission accomplished

Just a quick side note, Audacity doesn't label the 6 mono audio tracks but the ordering is as follows:-

Track 1 = Left front

Track 2 = Right front
Track 3 = Center
Track 4 = LFE(Sub)
Track 5 = Left Surround
Track 6 = Right Surround

Last edited by roidy; Sep 10, 2011 at 06:30 AM.

Sep 11, 2011, 01:24 PM #6

Harry322 Well Roidy, you've done it again.

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macrumors member Turns out there was a problem with my AC3. I tried your method on a different file and it worked like a charm!
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Sep 11, 2011, 02:20 PM #7

roidy No problem, glad to hear you've got it working.

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Sep 14, 2011, 01:16 PM #8

Harry322 Just to further complicate things, I am trying to use this process on Thor which has a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track.
 Harry322 Just to further complicate things, I am trying to use this process on Thor which has a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track.
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macrumors member Any chance that there's a work around that supports this type of file? Or is it also an .ac3 file?
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Sep 14, 2011, 04:03 PM #9

roidy Yep, just tried it and it seems to work with DTS-HD 7.1, heres what I did:-
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1. Convert a Blu-ray to mkv using MakeMKV, selecting only the DTS-HD 7.1 track to make it easier.
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2. Use MKVExtract from MKVToolsnix to extract the 7.1 audio to a file that has a .dts extension.
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3. Load the .dts file into Audacity just like in the 5.1 AC3 example.
4. Export the same as before.

Sep 14, 2011, 11:11 PM #10

Harry322 Quote:
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Yep, just tried it and it seems to work with DTS-HD 7.1, heres what I did:-
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1. Convert a Blu-ray to mkv using MakeMKV, selecting only the DTS-HD 7.1 track to make it easier.
2. Use MKVExtract from MKVToolsnix to extract the 7.1 audio to a file that has a .dts extension.
3. Load the .dts file into Audacity just like in the 5.1 AC3 example.
4. Export the same as before.

Fantastic!!! Thanks, I'll give it a shot

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