[LAU] converting mp4

Tom Szilagyi tomszilagyi at gmail.com
Sat Mar 29 12:51:30 EDT 2008


On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> David Forsyth wrote:
>  > I downloaded some free language lessons that are mpeg4 files (extension
>  > .mp4)
>  >
>  > so far I have found nothing that will play them, nor convert them.  I
>  > have sox and lame, neither knows this format.  Audacity just exits.
>  >
>  > I'll need to convert them to MP3 so my daughter can play them and do the
>  > lessons.
>  >
>  Mplayer or xine. Both play mp4 files here with no troubles.

Aqualung can convert MP4 files to MP3 via the file exporting feature
(as well as play them, of course), if compiled with ffmpeg (supporting
AAC) and lame.

Tom



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