It's a free app you can get from here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
and many folks like to use it instead of iTunes.
Generally once you have VLC launched you choose advanced Open from the
file menu, choose the file tab from the Open Source dialog. Inside that
tab is a browse button which you hit space on and then pick your m4a
file. Then further down the file tab is a Streaming/Saving checkbox.
Turn that on and then go to the Settings option. That will pop open the
streaming/saving options dialog. In there is a file radio button
followed by an input field and then another Browse button. This is where
you put in the filename of your converted file such as test.mp3. Further
down is Encapsulation Method followed by a popup button. I picked
QuickTime there. Further down in the Transcoding Options is an audio
checkbox. Turn that on and then move to the format popup button right
after that to pick mp3 (or whatever you want). I chose mp3. This is
followed by a bitrate input combobox. Just arrow down to pick what you
want. Since my test was some music I chose 192kbps and then hit return.
After that is Channels with another combobox. My sourcec was stereo so I
arrowed down to pick 2 from the list. Then go to the end of the options
dialog and hit OK. That will drop you back to the previous dialog. Move
to the end and hit Open. After a bit of gemongulating you should have
the converted file wherever you told it to save.
Hope this helps.
CB
On 5/25/12 3:39 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote:
Do I have vlc as standard on my Mac? Or do I have to get it from somewhere?
When I have it, what would I need to do?
Thanks
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 May 2012, at 21:49, Chris Blouch<[email protected]> wrote:
Seems like VLC should be able to do this. I was able to play the file with VLC
but I couldn't get the transcode feature to work.
CB
On 5/24/12 3:47 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote:
Hi all,
First, apologies for the cross posting. I've tried to resolve this problem, but
I can't seem too, can anyone help?
I have four wma files which I now can play on my mac using quick-time/perrien
However, I really want these folders (audio) to transfer to my phone, in a
podcast style. However, I can't change them to mp3 or m4a. When I try to export
them into m4a to subsequently add to itunes on the Mac it says this media must
be corrupted. It's fine. I tried renaming them as mp3 but that didn't work
either. Then I thought that if I tried exporting them from my dropbox app on my
iphone into downcast that might work, but of course, they are still in wma and
I can't get them to play there.
How can I get them into itunes so they will sync to my phone?
How can I get them into mp3 or m4a so I can if nothing else put them through
downcast and dropbox and get them on that way?
Can anyone help? I need simple instructions, cos clearly I can't get it to work
myself ...
Thanks.
Kirsten.
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