To Tony and Georgina: I forgot to mention that Zoom does create more than one file; one of the files is named Audio_Only; if I'm not mistaken, this particular file is the M4A and will play in Winamp! But if again, if I convert to MP3, then Winamp absolutely will not play it in its converted form! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Trying To Convert File To MP3 I have used Audio Converter Plus for M4a files. It will alsw convert M4B files if you rename them to M4A. I also use Free M4A to MP3 Converter. It can split M4B books into chapter files. Both can reduce the bit rate if the files are too large as long as you don't go too far and lose sound quality. Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Trying To Convert File To MP3 Okay...I tried converting to WAV; same result: file won't play! One of the files in this group is "audio_only; this file in its original form is an M4A file. I need to make an MP3 file so I can then run it through MP3 Direct cut and take the unwanted stuff out! Can this not be done? I know that MP3 files definitely can be cut as I've done it often enough! So what is it I'm doing wrong here? Thanks, Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Trying To Convert File To MP3 Hello, You are working with 2 lossy formats. You should convert to wav or another lossless format make your cuts etc then convert to mp3. Because you might not know it but this is what switch would have been doing in the background. I am guessing that something wasn’t carried across to the mp3 file. This will cut down on the number of downward conversions. Which is important because each conversion further detail is lost, hence their name lossy formats. HTH Gena > On 3 Jun 2020, at 21:14, Tom Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello list: Am attempting to convert an MP4 file to MP3; here's what is > happening: I am using the program Switch to convert this MP4 file to an MP3 > file, so I then can running it through MP3 Direct Cut to trim some parts > off! However, while I have managed to convert to MP3, then I find I have no > file.at least, the file isn't playing in Winamp; nor will it play in MP3 > Direct Cut! What is it I am missing? An doing this for a friend who needs > this, so am hoping I can get a solution to this one! > > Thanks, > > Tom Kaufman > > > > Gena Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Loc: IO83PS 73 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3387): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3387 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74658171/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
