--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: convert m4a audio files to mp3? > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 10:07 AM > #yiv600762138 p, #yiv600762138 li > {white-space:pre-wrap;}Hi all; > > > My son who has been running a mac for a few years has > finally had it and wants to return to the land of Linux. > > > He's copied the entire itunes library/directory > from his mac to his new Linux box. > > > How can I convert all these m4a files to mp3? I tried > lame but it gives me an 'unsupported format' error. > > > > Thanks in advance.. > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/converting-m4a-to-mp3-170553/ or you can copy + paste following code: from http://flodhest.net/files/linux/m4a2mp3.sh?embed=1 #!/bin/sh MPLAYER=mplayer LAME=lame for m4a in *.m4a; do mp3=`echo "$m4a" | sed -e 's/m4a$/mp3/'` wav="$m4a.wav" if [ ! -e "$mp3" ]; then [ -e "$wav" ] && rm "$wav" mkfifo "$wav" || exit 255 mplayer "$m4a" -ao pcm:file="$wav" &>/dev/null & lame "$wav" "$mp3" [ -e "$wav" ] && rm "$wav" fi done exit 0; Save it as m4a2mp3 and chmod +x and run ./m4a2mp3 in directory -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines