Has anyone had any luck with m4a files? Goldwave doesn't really like them. My winamp player plays them but that's all I can do with them since I'm not a mac or ipod person.
P -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:00 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: converting an .m4b file to MP3 without using iTunes in Windows XP Hi, I was able to convert some m4b files to mp3 with GoldWave. On 5/9/2009 1:47 PM, Ann wrote: > Hi folks, > > Does anyone know how to convert an M4b, which is some kind of, I > think, Apple extension for audiobook to an mp3 file? I know that, > theoretically, iTunes can do this, but it doesn't work on my Windows > XP computer. i can use itunes to convert the file to every other > format, but when I try to convert it to MP3, iTunes crashes my > computer. I think the crash is somehow related to the fact that this > file is long, about 9 hours,only in one large file instead of split up > in to disks,and iTunes seems to be extremely processor intensive. > > I have a 3 GHZ machine, with 1 GB of Ram,and tons of hard drive space > though not enough to comfortably convert it to .wav, and iTunes is the > only program that crashes so badly when trying to make MP3 files. It > also seems to be the only program I have that will open the file. > > any advice would be appreciated. I've never had to work with an m4b > format before. > > ~Ann > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
