On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:50:41 -0500 Fred Smith <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 06:20:15PM +0100, Antonio M wrote: > > I installed sounconverter with a bunch of plugins, lame, ffmpeg, faac > > --- I can convert for example a flac to mp3 but not a m4a file to a > > mp3 file?? what is missing?? > > One can use vlc to convert between various formats. just for fun i > converted a m4a to a mp4. Not sure if it'll go to mp3 or not. I certainly would try ffmpeg, the Swiss Army knife for audio/video ... :) ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.mp3 and see what happens ... or: ffmpeg -i input.m4a -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 0 output.mp3 https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/MP3 HTH Wolfgang _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx