Extracting audio: A request for technical assistance

[Mark]

Okay, I'm having to admit defeat on this technical issue, and I'm hoping someone here might be able to help.

I have a PVR, as many of you now know. It records broadcasts from digital TV and radio in the .rec format. These are easily transferred to my PC via USB 2.0. With TV broadcasts, I use a program called Mpeg2 StreamClip to speedily convert the .rec into .mpg, after which I can import/transcode this resultant file using Nero 7 and create a DVD. From there, I can quickly extract the audio track using Xilisoft DVD Audio Ripper.

My problem is with radio broadcasts. Yes, I can turn these into .mpg, but I can't burn them to DVD and follow the above procedure for audio extraction because no program will recognise these conversions as video files - rightly so, as there's no image content. I've tried a few free audio extractors, but these work pretty badly with the .mpg files I've created. I'd love to extract the audio track straight from the original .rec files, but can't figure out which program might be able to handle this.

It's really starting to get on my nerves, so if anyone has a suggestion, I'm all ears.

Thanks in advance.

[Mark]

Ha! Isn't it always the way? Just when you give up hope, you crack it!

Turns out Mpeg2 StreamClip can demux .rec into .aiff with no loss of quality. I can then burn to CD using Nero or convert to MP3 using EAC/LAME.

Now my only problem is with the data breaks that occurred during transmission and mean that the broadcast I recorded gets screwed up in several places.

[mahlertitan]

Ha! Isn't it always the way? Just when you give up hope, you crack it!

Turns out Mpeg2 StreamClip can demux .rec into .aiff with no loss of quality. I can then burn to CD using Nero or convert to MP3 using EAC/LAME.

Now my only problem is with the data breaks that occurred during transmission and mean that the broadcast I recorded gets screwed up in several places.

wouldn't this process get much easier if you would use a mpg to (whatever) converter?

[Mark]

wouldn't this process get much easier if you would use a mpg to (whatever) converter?

Tried a few of these. They sucked. The one I mentioned seems to work the best. I've got the hang of this now: just import the file to the program, couple of clicks, and in minutes, out pops perfect audio in .aiff format. I'm now busy chopping up Bruckner's Seventh Symphony from the BBC Proms concert I attended the other evening.

Oh, and my luck's in. The Tchaikovsky part of the concert (which got screwed up because of a reception error on my PVR) will be repeated on Monday (along with the whole programme, actually), so I can have another go at capturing it for posterity.