convert .m4a to .mp3 ?? (1 Viewer)

[jake2.0]

hey, does anybody know a free program which can convert .m4a files to .mp3 files??

thanks

 

[mr_brightside]

iTunes

 

[jake2.0]

anything else?

 

[AsyLum]

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=convert+m4a+to+mp3

 

[jake2.0]

^ yeah, tried all those but they were all crap

 

[mr_brightside]

Whats wrong with iTunes?

 

[jake2.0]

how big is iTunes?

 

[mr_brightside]

bout 33mb..

size a problem?

 

[jake2.0]

yeah, i was hoping for something less than 10mb

 

[AsyLum]

You tried all those programs?

Ive been using riverpast's audio converter without a problem, its on the second page...

 

[jake2.0]

the riverpast's audio converter trial only lets you convert clips less than 2mins

 

[AsyLum]

Well, try itunes if you dont want to pay for it

 

[SashatheMan]

best way to do it, play the song, then put a little tape recorder to the speaker, record the song. Then press play on the recorder and put a microphone next to it , to record the song on the computer in a .wav format. Then covert it to mp3 using some other program.

 

[santaslayer]

God you're picky.

 

[mr_brightside]

best way to do it, play the song, then put a little tape recorder to the speaker, record the song. Then press play on the recorder and put a microphone next to it , to record the song on the computer in a .wav format. Then covert it to mp3 using some other program.

Talk about a loss of quality.


To the mod who deleted my post: So im not allowed to post links to program access codes? or....what?

 

[wanton-wonton]

Talk about a loss of quality.

Not if you use TotalRecorder.

 

[AsyLum]

Not if you use TotalRecorder.

Going from lossy to anything = loss of quality, it doesnt matter what you use, since the algorithm is designed to "save" on the irrelevant parts.

 

[jase_]

best way to do it, play the song, then put a little tape recorder to the speaker, record the song. Then press play on the recorder and put a microphone next to it , to record the song on the computer in a .wav format. Then covert it to mp3 using some other program.

That's the worst way to do it =.=. You can enable the WAV output in your Recording controls (should work on any full duplex sound card) and then you can just play your sound and record it at the same time, as a .wav or .mp3 file (depending on what recording program your using). I've done that plenty of times, and as long as you don't have any extra sounds in the background (like MSN), then it works like a charm in converting sound files that normally would be hard to convert.