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  m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 12:04 -0800
    Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 15:52 -0500
    Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-02-16 10:16 -0600
      Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-02-18 08:17 -0800
        Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink - 2014-02-22 11:08 -0600
          Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-02-22 11:52 -0800
            Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-23 07:27 +1100
              Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-22 21:38 +0000
          Re: m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-22 22:23 +0000

#21113 — m4a audio files - is there a way to save as MP3 or convert to it?

I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when you use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the compressed option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called "m4a." iTunes recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them, but I've discovered the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site does;t like them, and it looks like the copyright office isn;t going to like them, because it does;t list them as an acceptable format for upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, and  that's still an option in the new version of GB, but I can't believe there's no way to share a file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and didm;t find anything. 

So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert an M4a file to an MP3?

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#21114

In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
 David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when you 
> use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the compressed 
> option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called "m4a." iTunes 
> recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them, but I've discovered 
> the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site does;t like them, and it looks 
> like the copyright office isn;t going to like them, because it does;t list 
> them as an acceptable format for upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, 
> and  that's still an option in the new version of GB, but I can't believe 
> there's no way to share a file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and 
> didm;t find anything. 
> 
> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of 
> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert an 
> M4a file to an MP3?

http://its.ucsc.edu/fitc/tutorials/itunes.html
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
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#21122

In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
 David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when you 
> use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the compressed 
> option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called "m4a." iTunes 
> recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them, but I've discovered 
> the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site does;t like them, and it looks 
> like the copyright office isn;t going to like them, because it does;t list 
> them as an acceptable format for upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, 
> and  that's still an option in the new version of GB, but I can't believe 
> there's no way to share a file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and 
> didm;t find anything. 
> 
> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of 
> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert an 
> M4a file to an MP3?

Audacity (free sound editing program) will do it.

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#21137

On 2014-02-16 16:16:22 +0000, Matthew Lybanon said:

> In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
>  David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when you
>> use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the compressed
>> option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called "m4a." iTunes
>> recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them, but I've discovered
>> the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site does;t like them, and it looks
>> like the copyright office isn;t going to like them, because it does;t list
>> them as an acceptable format for upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files,
>> and  that's still an option in the new version of GB, but I can't believe
>> there's no way to share a file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and
>> didm;t find anything.
>> 
>> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of
>> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert an
>> M4a file to an MP3?
> 
> Audacity (free sound editing program) will do it.

I use Amadeus Pro.

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#21168

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> On 2014-02-16 16:16:22 +0000, Matthew Lybanon said:
> 
> > In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
> > David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when
> >> you use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the
> >> compressed option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called
> >> "m4a." iTunes recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them,
> >> but I've discovered the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site
> >> does;t like them, and it looks like the copyright office isn;t going to
> >> like them, because it does;t list them as an acceptable format for
> >> upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, and  that's still an option
> >> in the new version of GB, but I can't believe there's no way to share a
> >> file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and didm;t find
> >> anything.
> >> 
> >> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of
> >> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert
> >> an M4a file to an MP3?
> > 
> > Audacity (free sound editing program) will do it.
> 
> I use Amadeus Pro.

Armadeus Pro is, in general, a lot more user friendly than Audacity, but
the latter is free.  And doing what you want is really simple and quick
on Audacity.  I use it constantly to convert youtube radio or talking
head interviews for iPod listening.

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#21177

On 2014-02-22 17:08:36 +0000, paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink said:

> gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-02-16 16:16:22 +0000, Matthew Lybanon said:
>> 
>>> In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
>>> David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when
>>>> you use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the
>>>> compressed option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called
>>>> "m4a." iTunes recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them,
>>>> but I've discovered the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site
>>>> does;t like them, and it looks like the copyright office isn;t going to
>>>> like them, because it does;t list them as an acceptable format for
>>>> upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, and  that's still an option
>>>> in the new version of GB, but I can't believe there's no way to share a
>>>> file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and didm;t find
>>>> anything.
>>>> 
>>>> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of
>>>> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert
>>>> an M4a file to an MP3?
>>> 
>>> Audacity (free sound editing program) will do it.
>> 
>> I use Amadeus Pro.
> 
> Armadeus Pro is, in general, a lot more user friendly than Audacity, but
> the latter is free.  And doing what you want is really simple and quick
> on Audacity.  I use it constantly to convert youtube radio or talking
> head interviews for iPod listening.

Quite true, and I use Amadeus pro for a lot more things than file 
conversion, so it works out great for me that I don't have to pursue a 
lot of other tools.  That said, I still have a lot of audio 
manipulation tools.

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#21181

In article <2014022211524959172-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

...
> 
> ...and I use Amadeus pro for a lot more things than file 
> conversion, so it works out great for me that I don't have to pursue a 
> lot of other tools.  That said, I still have a lot of audio 
> manipulation tools.

Talking conversion from mp4 to mp3, I have to do this so it will play 
in my car and the only thing I think will do it on my computer with 
present resources is MPEG Streamclip. "Export to other formats"

Neither my QT7 Pro nor VLC nor Handbrake seem able to do it. I post 
this to help me remember to always go straight to MPEG Streamclip.

-- 
dorayme

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#21184

In message <do_ray_me-78D74E.07274523022014@news.albasani.net> 
  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> In article <2014022211524959172-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> ...
>> 
>> ...and I use Amadeus pro for a lot more things than file 
>> conversion, so it works out great for me that I don't have to pursue a 
>> lot of other tools.  That said, I still have a lot of audio 
>> manipulation tools.

> Talking conversion from mp4 to mp3, I have to do this so it will play 
> in my car and the only thing I think will do it on my computer with 
> present resources is MPEG Streamclip. "Export to other formats"

I missed the original post. itunes will conver mp4 audio to mp3.
Quicktime will let you save the audio from an mp4 video. VLC will let
you save audio from a mp4 video as well.

> Neither my QT7 Pro nor VLC nor Handbrake seem able to do it. I post 
> this to help me remember to always go straight to MPEG Streamclip.

I've certainly done it in VLC and Quicktime, though VLC is more fiddly
than is worthwhile and Quicktime may have required more steps.

-- 
THERE WAS NO ROMAN GOD NAMED "FARTICUS" Bart chalkboard Ep. 5F06

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#21185

<paulfuchs@spamain'tkosher.oink> wrote:
> gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-02-16 16:16:22 +0000, Matthew Lybanon said:
>> 
>>> In article <43e61760-104b-4707-93c6-e6fc611b554e@googlegroups.com>,
>>> David Downing <david.h.downing@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I recently upgraded to v. 10.0.1 of GarageBand, and it seems that when
>>>> you use the "Share" option "Burn song to disk" and you choose the
>>>> compressed option, it no longer saves as an MP3, but in a format called
>>>> "m4a." iTunes recognizes these files, and SoundCloud recognizes them,
>>>> but I've discovered the Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing site
>>>> does;t like them, and it looks like the copyright office isn;t going to
>>>> like them, because it does;t list them as an acceptable format for
>>>> upload. Both these sites accept AIFF files, and  that's still an option
>>>> in the new version of GB, but I can't believe there's no way to share a
>>>> file as as an MP3. I looked in the preferences and didm;t find
>>>> anything.
>>>> 
>>>> So is there a way to export a song as an MP3 in the new version of
>>>> GarageBand? Failing that, is there anything out there that will convert
>>>> an M4a file to an MP3?
>>> 
>>> Audacity (free sound editing program) will do it.
>> 
>> I use Amadeus Pro.
> 
> Armadeus Pro is, in general, a lot more user friendly than Audacity, but
> the latter is free.  And doing what you want is really simple and quick
> on Audacity.  I use it constantly to convert youtube radio or talking
> head interviews for iPod listening.

I was just trying to remember how I did it and I believe it was with
Audacity.
-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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