How to Extract Music From Games

Ripping Playstation Discs

1. Insert the disc into the disc drive of your computer. Make sure it is read by the computer, and exit out of any auto-play options that start up.

2. Boot up the program 'MF Audio.' This program can be downloaded form the link in the 'Resources' section of this article. Please note that you will use that program if it is a PlayStation 1 or 2 disc. Playstation 3 games are on Blu-Ray discs and as such cannot be ripped.

3. Select the location where the audio is stored on 'Input Audio File' bar. Don't forget to select what format the audio you want extracted is in, as well as what format you want the completed file to be in.

4. Click 'Save as' and choose a name and location for your finalized song file.

Extracting Audio from Wii Discs

5. Insert Nintendo Wii game disc into the drive. Exit out of any auto-play options that come up.

6. Download 'Trucha' from the resources section of this article. It is on a forum, so you will have to register first to download it. Launch 'Trucha' and let it read the Wii disc. Once it is fully loaded, extract the audio files (look for them in any folders that are labeled 'Music' or 'Audio').

7. Launch 'Winamp' (it can be downloaded from www.winamp.com/media-player) after installing the plug-in below in the resources section. This plug-in will allow you to read various video game formats in 'Winamp.' Import the audio file you extracted with 'Trucha' into 'Winamp' and export it into a playable format.

Xbox Games, the larger problem

8. Plug in your Xbox or Xbox 360 cable into a TV Tuner connected to your computer. Microsoft does not allow its game discs to be read by anything other than an Xbox drive. So the only way to get music from the game is to actually record it as it plays.

9. Launch your capture program that you use to record input, and record the audio from the section of the game that plays the song you want to have.

10. Relocate the song to the location you want it to be stored in for later use. The capture program will have put it in a playable audio format so there is no need for conversion; the audio should be fine as is.