Play Sound only from DVD

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You need a DVD player to play a DVD disc.
A CD player cannot play a DVD.

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Carey Frisch
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"bobnrobin" wrote:

| Dumb question, but... Have a DVD with a great sound track. No interest in
| watching just to hear the music, but don't want to destroy it. Anyone know
| if putting the disk into an el cheapo, boom-box style CD player will play the
| audio only ? Without ruining the whole disk ? When asked this question, my
| first thought was No, it won't play it. But promised I would ask the experts
| here.... Anyone ever tried this ? What hapened ?
| Will appreciate any thoughts or advice. Thanks.

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You can of course use software that can rip the audio from the DVD which you
can then burn it to CD-Rom,
DVD Audio Extractor 3.3.1 which is available at www.download.com
this software should do the trick!

Arioch
www.vanessa-mae.co.uk

"bobnrobin" wrote:

> Dumb question, but... Have a DVD with a great sound track. No interest in
> watching just to hear the music, but don't want to destroy it. Anyone know
> if putting the disk into an el cheapo, boom-box style CD player will play the
> audio only ? Without ruining the whole disk ? When asked this question, my
> first thought was No, it won't play it. But promised I would ask the experts
> here.... Anyone ever tried this ? What hapened ?
> Will appreciate any thoughts or advice. Thanks.