On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 07:49 -0500, Brian Dunn wrote: > I'm trying to un-ipod some songs. > Does anyone know why the following command gives me an mp3 with a horid > hiss? > > #!/bin/bash > for i in *.m4a; do > faad -o - "$i" | lame -m s - -o "${i%m4a}mp3" > done > > using the faad plugin in XMMS gives me crystal clear sound on these > songs, but stinking not so for this here command. > Is there an easy way to get the songs off the iPod under Linux? I had ripped a ton of CDs and put them on my GF's iPod then the disk with iTunes on it failed. I REALLY don't want to rip them all again - can I use this method to turn the .m4as on the iPod into MP3s? (Man I can't believe I wrote that in Apple-Caps) Lee