DVD Audio Extractor
DVD Audio Extractor is a Mac app for extracting audio tracks from Blu-ray, DVD-Audio, and DVD-Video discs into common audio files.
What is DVD Audio Extractor?
DVD Audio Extractor is a native desktop audio-ripping app for macOS that helps users pull audio streams from Blu-ray, DVD-Audio, and DVD-Video discs. It is designed for people who want to save disc audio as regular files for listening, archiving, conversion, or disc-to-CD workflows. The app supports common output formats such as MP3, OGG, WAV, and FLAC, and it can also demux some streams directly to formats like AC3, DTS, MPA, MLP, and PCM. It includes multi-channel audio handling, sample-rate conversion, audio preview, and a guided interface intended to simplify track selection and extraction. DVD Audio Extractor is also available on Windows and Linux, but this entry refers to the macOS app.
Key features
- Extract audio from Blu-ray, DVD-Audio, and DVD-Video discs.
- Save output in formats such as MP3, OGG, WAV, and FLAC.
- Demux supported audio streams directly to files like AC3, DTS, MPA, MLP, and PCM.
- Preview audio before extraction.
- Convert selected disc audio into a CD image for disc-burning workflows.
- Handle multi-channel audio during extraction.
- Resample audio to different sample rates.
- Use a guided interface to select titles, tracks, and output settings.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This app’s file access and disc-reading behavior are consistent with its purpose as an audio extraction tool. It may need access to optical media and folders where you save output files, which is normal for ripping and conversion work. Keep in mind that extracted audio can take significant storage space, especially with lossless formats and multi-channel tracks. If you no longer use disc-audio ripping tools, removing the app should only affect your ability to extract or convert disc audio with this software.
Recommendation: Keep DVD Audio Extractor if you still extract audio from Blu-ray or DVD discs on your Mac. If you do not use disc-ripping workflows anymore, you can remove it to free space without affecting macOS beyond this app’s features.
Common paths
/Applications/dvdae.app
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