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Have you used SoundConverter in Gnome? Takes 30 s to convert 4 meg of M4a TO Ogg Mp3 or WAV On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 13:41 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > I've been given a few file of what looks like apple iTunes format to > convert for a customers music on hold - however I can't make any sense of > them... file identifies them as: > > moh1.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > moh2.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > moh3.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > moh4.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > moh5.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > moh6.m4a: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AAC-LC > > When I try to play them (with the play command) all I get is garbage - it > does vaguely sound like something, but it's running 10x too fast > > I've tried mplayer and faad and some Python script to try to convert them > to bog-standard pcm files. > > mplayer gives this message: > > FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s! > > so I'm guessing that somehow the bit-rate is missing from the input files > - anyone have any clues about what to use, or how to use it? > > I don't use Apples iPlayer, nor have I any apple hardware to use either, > so I can't actually check them, but the person who I got them from > probably knows what he's doing, so I'm assuming the files are actually OK. > > Any help appreciated... > > Thanks, > > Gordon > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq