Thanks Chris! I'll give these very comprehensive instructions! I'll give it a go!
Sent from my iPhone On 30 May 2012, at 21:21, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
