Re: [LAU] extract audio files embedded into adobe pdfs

On Mar 9, 2017 09:15, jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:03:21 -1000
> David Jones <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 9, 2017 08:24, "Peter P." <peterparker@fastmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > * David Jones <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> [2017-03-09 18:55]:
> > > > On Mar 8, 2017 23:50, "Peter P." <peterparker@fastmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi dear list,
> > > > >
> > > > > I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully tried to
> > > > > extract audio files embedded into adobe pdf files?
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, play the PDF while running jack_capture to save the audio
> > > > output to another file?
> > > Hi, and thank you! In order to play the audio in the PDF I guess I
> > > would need to install adobe reader (which I want to avoid).
> >
> > Well, I suppose you could investigate whatever parts of the PDF
> > standard pertain to embedding audio and maybe figure out how to use
> > Linux tools to programmatically extract it. I have no idea how to do
> > that.
> >
> > I think installing Acrobat Reader would be faster. You could
> > uninstall it afterward.
>
>
> Extracting audio from PDF files in Linux is well documented.  Simply
> use google and be certain not to use search words like 'shootout',
> 'Spectre', 'James Bond', 'wild west rhetoric' and 'mix wars'.  Provided
> the OP is able to do that, results could be obtained. :)

I typed "Linux how to extract audio from a PDF file" into my fave search engine and got useful links.

David W. Jones
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