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Old 06-09-2015, 02:08 PM   #1
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mp4 to mp3 convert


Does anyone know a good program for converting mp4 files to mp3,s?
 
Old 06-09-2015, 02:14 PM   #2
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I use ffmpeg for all kinds of conversions between multimedia formats.
 
Old 06-09-2015, 02:46 PM   #3
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ffmpeg or avconv (essentially ffmpeg) is good.
For a very simple conversion, it would go something like this:

Code:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 file.mp3
To do a bunch, loop the file names with a for loop.
 
Old 06-09-2015, 04:02 PM   #4
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ffmpeg or avconv (essentially ffmpeg) is good.
For a very simple conversion, it would go something like this:

Code:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 file.mp3
To do a bunch, loop the file names with a for loop.
garrett@mint-desktop ~/Desktop $ ffmpeg
ffmpeg: command not found

garrett@mint-desktop ~/Desktop $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
 
Old 06-09-2015, 04:03 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Garrett85 View Post
garrett@mint-desktop ~/Desktop $ ffmpeg
ffmpeg: command not found

garrett@mint-desktop ~/Desktop $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
try avconv.
 
Old 06-09-2015, 05:40 PM   #6
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avconv

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try avconv.
garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install avconv
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package avconv
 
Old 06-09-2015, 05:48 PM   #7
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garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install avconv
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package avconv
Did you run avconv?

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$ sudo apt-get install avconv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package avconv

$ avconv -i file.mp4 file.mp3
I'm not sure why the ubuntu repository is not providing avconv, especially since it's (apparently) preinstalled and have dropped their support of ffmpeg which..

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This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is not actually obsolete
 
Old 06-09-2015, 06:47 PM   #8
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you are aware that a mp4 is a MORE compressed file than a mp3
and BOTH are whats called " lousy" in that they toss DATA( information) into the trash can to compress the files

and mp4 tosses out even MORE information

do not expect the files to sound good or if video look good

expect a bit of a "bad" image quality
 
Old 06-09-2015, 07:33 PM   #9
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I have made a mistake. I need to files to go from m4b to mp3. Any ideas?
 
Old 06-09-2015, 07:46 PM   #10
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being a audio book format

is it DRM'ed

if so .......
 
Old 06-09-2015, 11:23 PM   #11
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No there's no DRM on the file. I try not to give any of my money to companies that DRM encumber their files. One reason I never buy from audible.com
 
Old 06-10-2015, 12:02 AM   #12
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It's probably the exact same syntax. Since you probably have avconv
Code:
avconv -i file.m4b file.mp3
 
Old 06-10-2015, 03:31 AM   #13
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If I am not mistaken, avconv is provided by the libav package, try to install that.
 
Old 06-11-2015, 10:59 AM   #14
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garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install libav
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libav

garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install avonc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package avonc

Any ideas?
 
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Which version of Ubuntu do you use?
 
  


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