“Can I extract an audio clip from some of my Blu-ray discs to save in MP3 format so that I could then freely add the audio as background music to my PowerPoint presentation? I have tried to get help from my friends but none of them knew how we can extract MP3 audio off Blu-ray movies. Please help.”
If you want to rip audio from Blu-ray or extract audio from Blu-ray on Mac, you are going to take advantage of the third-party program such as a Blu-ray audio ripper to rip Blu-ray audio, a Blu-ray audio extractor that is able to extract audio from Blu-ray, etc. In the post, a professional Blu-ray audio ripper and an excellent Blu-ray audio extractor are introduced, and the two according to ways to rip audio from Blu-ray and to extract audio from Blu-ray are presented at the same time.

Part 1: Two Ways to Extract MP3 Audio off Blu-ray Movies

Actually, we have mentioned above that there are currently 2 ways to extract audio from Blu-ray movies and then save into MP3 audio files. They are: ripping Blu-ray movie to MP3 audio with professional Blu-ray to MP3 converter tools, and recording audio off Blu-ray movies to save in MP3 format.

Speaking to Blu-ray to MP3 converter tool, you could browse and search on google.com and a lot of wonderful tools would be recommended to you. The difficult thing is that you have to tell which one is the best. We know that some free Blu-ray ripping tools like MakeMKV and HandBrake could help you rip Blu-ray movies. However, you only get MP4 or MKV video files from Blu-ray movies with these tools. If you want to rip Blu-ray to MP3 audio, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is the best tool for you.

As to the audio recording method, actually there are quite a lot of free audio recording software tools that could help you record and extract audio files off Blu-ray movies to save in MP3 or other file formats, like Audacity, GarageBand, online audio recorder, etc. However, we would like to recommend you a professional audio recorder software, Leawo Music Recorder, which not only records audio files to save in MP3 format, but also automatically downloads and adds music tags to recordings, which makes it quite convenient for music organizing.

In the below content, we would like to show you why we recommend Leawo Blu-ray Ripper and Leawo Music Recorder, and how they work, of course, what their differences are in comparison table.

Part 2: Rip Blu-ray to MP3 on Mac with Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is an effective Mac Blu-ray to MP3 converter and audio extractor that could convert Blu-ray music to audio for saving in different audio formats like MP3, AAC, FLAC, etc. on iMac or MacBook. By extracting Blu-ray music from Blu-ray disc or files, you could easily play Blu-ray music on various MP3 compatible players like iPod, iPhone, etc. This guide would show you detailed steps on how to convert Blu-ray to MP3 audio files on Mac.
Guide – How to convert Blu-ray to MP3 audio files on Mac

Step 1: Download and install Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac on your computer (It’s a built-in module within Leawo Prof. DRM. Windows users should download the Windows version of Leawo’s Blu-ray Ripper). This Blu-ray to MP3 converter for Mac requires internet connection. And if you want to extract audio from Blu-ray disc for saving to MP3 format, you need to make sure your computer could read Blu-ray discs (install Blu-ray drive for your computer).

Step 2: Load Blu-ray movies
Launch Leawo Prof. Media and then open the “Convert” module. Insert target Blu-ray disc into computer’s Blu-ray drive. Click “Add Blu-ray/DVD” button on the program interface, and then the program would lead you to browse and load source Blu-ray movies. You could load Blu-ray disc and folders as you like.

Note: Leawo Blu-ray Ripper offers you 3 different content loading modes to let you load different content from source Blu-ray movie as you like: Full Movie, Main Movie and Custom Mode. You could directly choose the title the audio clip lies in in Custom Mode for convenience.

Step 3: Output settings
After loading source Blu-ray movies, select the title you want to convert and then click drop-down box named “MP4 Video” by default before the green “Convert” button and then select “Change” option to choose MP3 as output format from "Common Audio" group.

You could customize audio parameters by clicking “Edit” option on the drop-down box after you’ve set output profile, including: audio codec, bit rate, quality, channel, etc.

Step 4: Set output directory
After setting MP3 audio as output format, return to the main interface and then click the big green “Convert” button on the sub-menu. On the popup sidebar, set an output directory in the “Save to” box to save output MP3 audio files.

Step 5: Convert Blu-ray to MP3
Finally, click the “Convert” button at the bottom of the sidebar. Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac would immediately start to rip and convert Blu-ray to MP3 audio file for you. You then only need to wait for the conversion to complete.

After conversion, you will get converted Blu-ray music in MP3 format. You could transfer these MP3 audio files to any MP3 players as you like. If you want to get certain audio clip from Blu-ray movie to save in MP3 format, you could edit Blu-ray movies to get desired audio clips.

The above is what Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is and how it works for ripping and converting Blu-ray to MP3 audio. Why is it the best? Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is by far one of the few Blu-ray ripping tools available in the market that come with disc decrypting technology. It could decrypt, rip and convert copy-protected Blu-ray movies to MP3 audio files and other video files like Blu-ray to MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, etc., while other Blu-ray tools have no native support for decrypting Blu-ray discs.

Part 3: Extract Audio from Blu-Ray on Mac with Leawo Music Recorder for Mac

Another method to extract audio from Blu-ray is to use a Blu-ray audio extractor. Leawo Music Recorder for Mac is such an excellent audio extractor and recorder. Users can make good use of Leawo Music Recorder for Mac to record and extract audio from Blu-ray and save it into MP3, WAV or M4A audio format. The Mac Blu-ray audio recorder can record not only Built-in audio, but also computer audio. To extract audio from Blu-ray movies, users need to set “Record Computer Audio” as audio source. Please follow the detailed step-by-step tutorial to extract audio from Blu-ray.
Step 1: Download and install Leawo Music Recorder for Mac on your computer (Windows users should download the Windows version of Leawo’s Music Recorder). If you want to extract audio from Blu-ray disc for saving to MP3 format, you need to make sure your computer could read Blu-ray discs (install Blu-ray drive for your computer).  

Step 2: Set audio source to record
Launch Leawo Music Recorder for Mac, click the “Audio Source” icon on the main interface to set audio source firstly. To record Blu-ray audio, select “Record Computer Audio” option.

Step 3: Set output audio format
Then, you need to figure out which kind of audio formats your recordings should be saved (MP3, WAV or M4A). This could be done in “Leawo Music Recorder – Preferences – Format” panel. Under “Format” panel, you could select MP3 Audio as the output audio format and do the parameter settings like audio codec, bit rate, and sample rate.

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Step 4: Set output directory
Select the "General" tab, then click the folder button to change the recordings output location. With it done, click OK button to save the settings.

Step 5: Start recording
Then, back to the main interface and click the red “Start” button to get recording process stand by. Insert Blu-ray disc into computer’s Blu-ray drive, browse and open Blu-ray movie with Blu-ray player such as free Leawo Blu-ray Player. Leawo Music Recorder for Mac will detect sound automatically. When the Blu-ray audio is detected, it will begin to record and extract audio from Blu-ray movie. In order to record the complete Blu-ray audio, the red “Start” button must be enable before Blu-ray movie is played.

During the recording, you will see that Leawo Music Recorder automatically downloads and adds music tags like artist, album, artwork, etc. to recordings. Actually, you could manually edit music tags with Leawo Music Recorder as you like.

Part 4: Leawo Blu-ray Ripper vs. Leawo Music Recorder

Now, we would like to show you the differences between these 2 Blu-ray to MP3 converter tools. You could learn them from the below comparison table in detail.

 

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper

Leawo Music Recorder

Decrypt Blu-ray/DVD movies

Yes

No

Convert regular Blu-ray/DVD movies to MP3 audios

Yes

Yes

Supported output audio formats

MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, WMA, etc.

MP3, WAV, AAC only

Convert Blu-ray/DVD to video

Yes. Support 180+ formats

No

Edit Blu-ray/DVD movies

Yes

No

Convert Blu-ray/DVD to 3D video

Yes

No

Select subtitles and audio tracks

Yes

No

Play back Blu-ray/DVD movies

Yes

No

Record computer audio

No

Yes

Record online audio

No

Yes

Record external sound

No

Yes

Automatically add music tags

No

Yes

Manually edit music tags

No

Yes

Apply music to iTunes

No

Yes

Conclusion

Obviously, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is a professional Blu-ray/DVD to video/audio converting tool. It could help you extract MP3 audio files from Blu-ray/DVD movies via converting. But Leawo Music Recorder is a professional audio recorder tool that could help you record audio from external sound source, computer audio source and online audio source. It helps you get MP3 audio files off Blu-ray movies via recording. It takes you more time to get audio from Blu-ray movies with Leawo Music Recorder since it has to record audio being played back for completeness while Leawo Blu-ray Ripper simply extract audio from Blu-ray movies quickly.