Importing Music from PS2 games...

[Will.C]

Seeing as I'm not exactly sure of where this should go, I'll post it in this forum as it seems fairly wide in its topics.

Anyway, I own a lot of PS2 games and an old G4 that has a DVD-ROM drive (side question: will this drive burn CD-R/Ws?).

I like listening to the music from some of these games, but I don't like having to go into the game to play the songs. (You can see where this is going.)
So, is there any way on the Mac - I know there is on the PC - to import and convert the various types of music formats stored on PS2 DVDs?

If there is, could you point me in the right direction (to a program/tutorial etc.)? It would be most appreciated.

I don't think it's illegal to import the songs if you own the CD, although someone may raise the issue of 'Any de-encryption of files is a crime.'

[Mike Teezie]

There is a program that rips the audio from DVD's for OS X .

I've used OSEx to rip the audio from DVD: www.cs.buffalo.edu/~afaversa

Then, I used mAC3dec to convert the files to AAC or mp3: sourceforge.net/projects/mac3dec

I don't see why it wouldn't work on a PS2 DVD. I don't have a Mac here right now, or I would try it for you before you downloaded it.

Let us know how it turns out, I might be interested in ripping some game music myself.

[Mike Teezie]

There is a program that rips the audio from DVD's for OS X .

I've used OSEx to rip the audio from DVD: www.cs.buffalo.edu/~afaversa

Then, I used mAC3dec to convert the files to AAC or mp3: sourceforge.net/projects/mac3dec

I don't see why it wouldn't work on a PS2 DVD. I don't have a Mac here right now, or I would try it for you before you downloaded it.

Let us know how it turns out, I might be interested in ripping some game music myself.

[grabberslasher]

It really depends on the game, some use Mp3 / Aiff files, others have files stored in archives on the disc. I recommend downloading MPlayer OS X (do a google search), as it can open nearly every type of music/video file. Then just try playing random files off the PS2 disc.

Not exactly what you were asking how to do, but you might as well try it anyway...

[Will.C]

Sounds like it's time I got OSX, or people still made OS9 compatible programs...

Thanks for the help, though.