J7N wrote:

>> I've been trying to get Lame to convert an .m4a file into mp3, and the Lame
>> encoder says that the file was converted successfully, but the resulting mp3
>> file (when played) is just noise.
> 
> It appears you have tried opening MPEG4 AAC or losslessy compressed Audio.
> LAME does not decode those formats itself. As the console output says, it
> assumes raw uncompressed input. The presets you mentioned only reconfigure the
> encoder, they make no difference to the way LAME treats input. You need to get
> a decoder for AAC or ALAC first and then pass the uncompressed output to LAME.
> Sorry, I don't know any Mac solutions.


Thanks!  Your answer is VERY helpful!!!  That makes perfect sense!

And thanks to the other people who contributed responses, which were all
appreciated.

--Dave


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