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  aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-08 06:18 -0500
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-08 09:43 -0500
      Re: aiff-c to mp3? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-08 08:17 -0800
        Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:56 -0500
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-08 09:46 -0800
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2014-01-08 18:03 +0000
      Re: aiff-c to mp3? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-08 21:12 -0800
        Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:58 -0500
          Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-10 07:41 -0800
            Re: aiff-c to mp3? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-14 19:27 +0100
              Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-14 20:52 -0800
              Re: aiff-c to mp3? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-01-15 18:58 +0100
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-15 10:34 -0800
                  Re: aiff-c to mp3? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-01-16 02:11 +0100
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-16 01:50 +0000
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-01 16:26 -0400
                  Re: aiff-c to mp3? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-01 16:31 -0400
                    Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-01 17:07 -0400
                      Re: aiff-c to mp3? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-01 17:15 -0400
                        Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-28 07:20 -0400
      Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:57 -0500
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? mandyreadygo@gmail.com - 2014-04-09 19:31 -0700

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#20369 — aiff-c to mp3?

Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital 
surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in 
the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was 
just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are 
AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file 
and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the 
tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control 
clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were 
listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.

I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes 
(or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the 
metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I 
haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of SoundConverter 
but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really like not to have 
to hand enter album and track info.  I think the problem I was having 
with various instructions that I found when I googled the problem was 
that all of them were for an earlier version of iTunes.

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#20370

M. John Matlaw:

> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital 
> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in 
> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was 
> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are 
> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file 
> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the 
> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control 
> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were 
> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
> 
> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes 
> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the 
> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I 
> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of SoundConverter 
> but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really like not to have 
> to hand enter album and track info.  I think the problem I was having 
> with various instructions that I found when I googled the problem was 
> that all of them were for an earlier version of iTunes.

Lotta work there. Why not just get the album from iTunes?

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#20372

In article <080120140943278202%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
wrote:

> M. John Matlaw:
> 
> > Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital 
> > surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in 
> > the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was 
> > just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are 
> > AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file 
> > and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the 
> > tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control 
> > clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were 
> > listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
> > 
> > I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes 
> > (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the 
> > metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I 
> > haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of SoundConverter 
> > but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really like not to have 
> > to hand enter album and track info.  I think the problem I was having 
> > with various instructions that I found when I googled the problem was 
> > that all of them were for an earlier version of iTunes.
> 
> Lotta work there. Why not just get the album from iTunes?

Some years ago, I bought a DTS CD of Alan Parsons music from an Amazon 
seller. It wasn't marked as such.  None of my equipment would play it 
nor could I decode the songs with anything I had (Soundconverter, 
iTunes, or any other app I downloaded), so I contacted the seller who 
told me all sales were final.  Then I contacted Amazon and they refunded 
my money.  The seller got all cartoony.  I tossed the CD and got the 
music from another seller.  Apparently DTS is a VIDEO codex, so many of 
the sound converting utilities can't deal with it.  You have to extract 
the audio from a video container file.  The files on my disk weren't 
video container files.

I'd take this CD back to where ever you bought it and get your money 
back. You will have lots of problems converting the files.  Google for 
"convert dts to aac mac" and see what you find, but I'd try returning 
the disk.

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#20397

On 1/8/14, 11:17 AM, Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <080120140943278202%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
> wrote:
>
>> M. John Matlaw:
>>
>>> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital
>>> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in
>>> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was
>>> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are
>>> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file
>>> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the
>>> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control
>>> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were
>>> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes
>>> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the
>>> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I
>>> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of SoundConverter
>>> but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really like not to have
>>> to hand enter album and track info.  I think the problem I was having
>>> with various instructions that I found when I googled the problem was
>>> that all of them were for an earlier version of iTunes.
>>
>> Lotta work there. Why not just get the album from iTunes?
>
> Some years ago, I bought a DTS CD of Alan Parsons music from an Amazon
> seller. It wasn't marked as such.  None of my equipment would play it
> nor could I decode the songs with anything I had (Soundconverter,
> iTunes, or any other app I downloaded), so I contacted the seller who
> told me all sales were final.  Then I contacted Amazon and they refunded
> my money.  The seller got all cartoony.  I tossed the CD and got the
> music from another seller.  Apparently DTS is a VIDEO codex, so many of
> the sound converting utilities can't deal with it.  You have to extract
> the audio from a video container file.  The files on my disk weren't
> video container files.
>
> I'd take this CD back to where ever you bought it and get your money
> back. You will have lots of problems converting the files.  Google for
> "convert dts to aac mac" and see what you find, but I'd try returning
> the disk.
>
Actually, I bought it from a guy selling cds off a table in the street. 
  Bought four total (the other three were normal) and he didn't charge 
me for the Lovett.  Maybe I'll return it to him but I might play around 
with some freeware to see if I can convert it.  It's got a great song 
called Church on it.

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#20374

On 2014-01-08 11:18:58 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:

> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital 
> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in 
> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was 
> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are 
> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file 
> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the 
> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control 
> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were 
> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
> 
> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes 
> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the 
> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I 
> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of 
> SoundConverter but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really 
> like not to have to hand enter album and track info.  I think the 
> problem I was having with various instructions that I found when I 
> googled the problem was that all of them were for an earlier version of 
> iTunes.

I use Amadeus Pro for things like this, though I've never specifically 
tried to make this conversion.

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#20375

On 2014-01-08 11:18:58 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>
> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital 
> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in 
> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was 
> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are 
> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file 
> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the 
> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control 
> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were 
> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
> 
> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes 
> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the 
> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I 
> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of 
> SoundConverter but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really 
> like not to have to hand enter album and track info.  I think the 
> problem I was having with various instructions that I found when I 
> googled the problem was that all of them were for an earlier version of 
> iTunes.

Try using xld. It's free and open-source.

http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html

(You may want to use this as a CD ripper, too.)

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#20377

On 1/8/14   PDT, 10:03 AM, Salvatore wrote:
> On 2014-01-08 11:18:58 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>
>> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital
>> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in
>> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was
>> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are
>> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file
>> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the
>> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control
>> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were
>> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
>>
>> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes
>> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the
>> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I
>> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of
>> SoundConverter but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really
>> like not to have to hand enter album and track info.  I think the
>> problem I was having with various instructions that I found when I
>> googled the problem was that all of them were for an earlier version of
>> iTunes.
>
> Try using xld. It's free and open-source.
>
> http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
>
> (You may want to use this as a CD ripper, too.)
>
<http://www.jriver.com> makes an application for Mac that can convert 
just about everything. I don't have an AIFF-C file to test, though.

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#20399

On 1/9/14, 12:12 AM, John McWilliams wrote:
> On 1/8/14   PDT, 10:03 AM, Salvatore wrote:
>> On 2014-01-08 11:18:58 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>>
>>> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital
>>> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in
>>> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was
>>> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are
>>> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file
>>> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the
>>> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control
>>> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were
>>> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes
>>> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the
>>> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I
>>> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of
>>> SoundConverter but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really
>>> like not to have to hand enter album and track info.  I think the
>>> problem I was having with various instructions that I found when I
>>> googled the problem was that all of them were for an earlier version of
>>> iTunes.
>>
>> Try using xld. It's free and open-source.
>>
>> http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
>>
>> (You may want to use this as a CD ripper, too.)
>>
> <http://www.jriver.com> makes an application for Mac that can convert
> just about everything. I don't have an AIFF-C file to test, though.
Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.

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#20400

On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:

> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.

Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a 
demo period.

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#20430

gtr wrote:

> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>
>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>
> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a 
> demo period.

IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.

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#20433

On 2014-01-14 18:27:03 +0000, Paul Sture said:

> gtr wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>> 
>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>> 
>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>> demo period.
> 
> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.

That should answer his question.

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#20438

Paul Sture wrote:
> gtr wrote:
>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>>
>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>> demo period.
>
> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.

Yes, both Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro will open AIFF-C (or AIFC as it 
also occours). - BUT - if the audio is included in a container of one or 
the other kind such as Audio_TS, VOB etc., Amadeus will not open 
anything. Neither will any other audio app that I'm aware of.

If the audio is contained in a container the only way to pick it out is 
to convert the file into an AVI file fx. using Toast Titanium 9 or newer 
and then use Amadeus Pro.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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#20439

On 1/15/14   PDT, 9:58 AM, ErikRS wrote:
>
> Paul Sture wrote:
>> gtr wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>>>
>>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>>> demo period.
>>
>> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.
>
> Yes, both Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro will open AIFF-C (or AIFC as it
> also occours). - BUT - if the audio is included in a container of one or
> the other kind such as Audio_TS, VOB etc., Amadeus will not open
> anything. Neither will any other audio app that I'm aware of.

Specifically, did you use JRiver?

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#20447

John McWilliams wrote:
> On 1/15/14   PDT, 9:58 AM, ErikRS wrote:
>>
>> Paul Sture wrote:
>>> gtr wrote:
>>>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>>>>
>>>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>>>> demo period.
>>>
>>> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.
>>
>> Yes, both Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro will open AIFF-C (or AIFC as it
>> also occours). - BUT - if the audio is included in a container of one or
>> the other kind such as Audio_TS, VOB etc., Amadeus will not open
>> anything. Neither will any other audio app that I'm aware of.
>
> Specifically, did you use JRiver?

No, I wasn't even aware that the JRiver was available for OS X. But I've 
tried quite many of the available AV converters and none of these are 
able to convet or open AIFC files, - including a.m.o. SoundStudio Pro, 
Logic Audio, ProTools Lite/Pro, Avid, SoundRecorder, SoundBooth... The 
old classic Macromedia SoundEdit 16II was able to open AIFF-C/AIFC files 
when they weren't in a container - just like Amadeus II/Pro.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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#20448

In message <lb6i7k$kmp$1@solani.org> 
  ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> wrote:

> Paul Sture wrote:
>> gtr wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>>>
>>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>>> demo period.
>>
>> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.

> Yes, both Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro will open AIFF-C (or AIFC as it 
> also occours). - BUT - if the audio is included in a container of one or 
> the other kind such as Audio_TS, VOB etc., Amadeus will not open 
> anything. Neither will any other audio app that I'm aware of.

> If the audio is contained in a container the only way to pick it out is 
> to convert the file into an AVI file fx. using Toast Titanium 9 or newer 
> and then use Amadeus Pro.

That may be *a* way, it is certainly not the *only* way.

another way is to use VLC, though it's not the way I would choose.

I would probably do it with ffmpeg, but afconvert might work as well,
and that has the advantage of already being on any modern OS X machine.


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#22121

On 1/15/14, 12:58 PM, ErikRS wrote:
>
> Paul Sture wrote:
>> gtr wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-10 13:58:33 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>>>> Thanks.  I'll add it to the list of apps to try.
>>>
>>> Don't forget the full report.  I'm not sure, but I think Amadeus has a
>>> demo period.
>>
>> IIRC the Amadeus demos will do a limited number of file saves.
>
> Yes, both Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro will open AIFF-C (or AIFC as it
> also occours). - BUT - if the audio is included in a container of one or
> the other kind such as Audio_TS, VOB etc., Amadeus will not open
> anything. Neither will any other audio app that I'm aware of.
>
> If the audio is contained in a container the only way to pick it out is
> to convert the file into an AVI file fx. using Toast Titanium 9 or newer
> and then use Amadeus Pro.
>
> Cheers, Erik Richard
>
Finally got around to giving the various suggestions a try.  I suppose I 
should have mentioned that Command I says aiff-c audio.  Unfortunately, 
none of the suggested programs worked.  Some others I tried from google 
searches and from those of one hit ( 
http://www.computing.net/answers/mac/converting-aiffc-audio-to-mp3/13536.html 
) also wouldn't work.  I could have sworn I saw a post in some mac 
usenet group (from nospam, I think) that said that Quicktime 7 could be 
used to find out what compression type was being used which might be 
useful to know.  I downloaded qt 7 but didn't see a way to get the info 
on the files.  I've looked at the Wikipedia aiff aiff-c compression type 
section ( 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format#AIFF-C_common_compression_types 
) so I'd probably recognize the compression type if I saw it.

I'm beginning to think that Erik Richard's caveat about the audio in a 
container might be the basis for proceeding and I'm wondering if there's 
some freeware that I might substitute for Toast Titanium.

I suppose I should buy the cd in regular format but I'm beginning to 
develop an Ahab like obsession about format conversion.

Currently trying out things on a 10.6.8 mac running iTunes 11.2.2 but 
could move it to a mavericks system.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

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#22122

In article <lmg29i$25r$1@dont-email.me>, M. John Matlaw
<nouser@invalid.com> wrote:

>  I could have sworn I saw a post in some mac 
> usenet group (from nospam, I think) that said that Quicktime 7 could be 
> used to find out what compression type was being used which might be 
> useful to know.  I downloaded qt 7 but didn't see a way to get the info 
> on the files.

open the file with quicktime player and choose get properties (cmd-j)
and in that panel it will say what codecs were used.

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#22123

On 6/1/14, 4:31 PM, nospam wrote:
> In article <lmg29i$25r$1@dont-email.me>, M. John Matlaw
> <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>   I could have sworn I saw a post in some mac
>> usenet group (from nospam, I think) that said that Quicktime 7 could be
>> used to find out what compression type was being used which might be
>> useful to know.  I downloaded qt 7 but didn't see a way to get the info
>> on the files.
>
> open the file with quicktime player and choose get properties (cmd-j)
> and in that panel it will say what codecs were used.
>
Bummer.  Looks like it needs Quicktime 7 Pro which I ain't got.  Also 
refers to Show Movie Properties while the file I'm interested in shows 
up as aiff-c audio.

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#22124

In article <lmg4n0$jm2$1@dont-email.me>, M. John Matlaw
<nouser@invalid.com> wrote:

> >>   I could have sworn I saw a post in some mac
> >> usenet group (from nospam, I think) that said that Quicktime 7 could be
> >> used to find out what compression type was being used which might be
> >> useful to know.  I downloaded qt 7 but didn't see a way to get the info
> >> on the files.
> >
> > open the file with quicktime player and choose get properties (cmd-j)
> > and in that panel it will say what codecs were used.
> >
> Bummer.  Looks like it needs Quicktime 7 Pro which I ain't got.  

that's a problem.

> Also 
> refers to Show Movie Properties while the file I'm interested in shows 
> up as aiff-c audio.

that doesn't matter.

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#23122

On 6/1/14, 5:15 PM, nospam wrote:
> In article <lmg4n0$jm2$1@dont-email.me>, M. John Matlaw
> <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>>>    I could have sworn I saw a post in some mac
>>>> usenet group (from nospam, I think) that said that Quicktime 7 could be
>>>> used to find out what compression type was being used which might be
>>>> useful to know.  I downloaded qt 7 but didn't see a way to get the info
>>>> on the files.
>>>
>>> open the file with quicktime player and choose get properties (cmd-j)
>>> and in that panel it will say what codecs were used.
>>>
>> Bummer.  Looks like it needs Quicktime 7 Pro which I ain't got.
>
> that's a problem.
>
>> Also
>> refers to Show Movie Properties while the file I'm interested in shows
>> up as aiff-c audio.
>
> that doesn't matter.
>
Double bummer.  Sprang for QT 7 Pro and it looks like the cmd-j came up 
short -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/za63manaob9ovl4/cmdJqtPro.png .  I'm 
assuming the Format N/A means I lose.

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