Sorry, wrong link in the previous message, the correct file is: http://ecasound.seul.org/download/snapshots/ecasound-2.3.4-pre20040714.tar.gz On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Kai Vehmanen wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Dylan wrote: > > > I've got a bunch of files in MPEG-4 format (x.m4a) - is there any > > software to convert them to either mp3 or (preferably) ogg or flac > > files? > > Install latest Ecasound snapshot from: > > http://ecasound.seul.org/download/snapshots/ecasound-2.3.4-pre20040709.tar.gz > > Then install FAAD2 from: > > http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.php > > Optionally install mpg123, FLAC and vorbis-tools (probably you already > have these). > > And then you can just do: > > sh> ecaconvert .wav *.m4a > sh> ecaconvert .mp3 *.m4a > sh> ecaconvert .ogg *.m4a > sh> ecaconvert .mp3 *.m4a > > ... and it'll convert all the m4a files. If you want to change the > encoding parameters, edit your ~/.ecasound/ecasoundrc (see ecasoundrc(5) > man page for more info). > > -- > http://www.eca.cx > Audio software for Linux! >