Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
About a month ago I paid for and downloaded something called Real Racing 2 from the App Store. It has never worked and I cannot get any response from the makers. Lost my money on that one ! But perhaps a WARNING to others ! On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Ronni Yes, a possible solution. Thank you. The simple renaming of the file extension made it recognisable as an MPEG-4 audio file.I then edited and re-saved the file in MP3 format which was recognised by my little MP3 player. As you noted, the audio file is the same size as the original video which is a pity. Couldn't locate an obvious export audio option in my iMovie'11 (ver 9.0.4). Or is the process more labour intensive, perhaps by highlighting the audio in the Event window and copying it out? (I've copied audio clips IN to iMovie projects.) Another one to test when time allows. I have since heard that QT7 can be installed on my iMac and be upgraded to QT Pro. To be tested! In the long run perhaps QT Pro at $45 will be cheaper than an untested app that is only $8! Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Alen, You could give this shareware utility, ffmpegX, a try. I have had mixed success with it as it depends on a number of plugins that must be downloaded separately. Once it it running, drop the file on the left side of the app window and select the preset Movie audio to mp3. http://www.ffmpegx.com/ Failing that you could be a trail blazer and try WannAudio for the rest of us. :-) Regards, Carlo On 01/07/2012, at 18:09 , Alan Smith wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, a possible solution. Thank you. The simple renaming of the file extension made it recognisable as an MPEG-4 audio file.I then edited and re-saved the file in MP3 format which was recognised by my little MP3 player. As you noted, the audio file is the same size as the original video which is a pity. Couldn't locate an obvious export audio option in my iMovie'11 (ver 9.0.4). Or is the process more labour intensive, perhaps by highlighting the audio in the Event window and copying it out? (I've copied audio clips IN to iMovie projects.) Another one to test when time allows. I have since heard that QT7 can be installed on my iMac and be upgraded to QT Pro. To be tested! In the long run perhaps QT Pro at $45 will be cheaper than an untested app that is only $8! Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Alan, This is the way I have exported audio from iMovie clips to AIFF format and then use iTunes to convert the AIFF format to MP3 To export only audio in iMovie'11: If you need to export just the audio of your project, iMovie allows you to export only the audio as an AIFF file. How to export the audio of your iMovie 11 project to AIFF form. 1. At the very top of the screen there is a Share tab, this the exporting tab of iMovie. Click Share and select Export Using Quicktime.  2. This will bring up a new window. In this window you will choose where to save your project and how to save it.  3. Click the Export tab  4. Now select Sound as AIFF as the export setting.  5. Then click the Where tab and choose Desktop  6. Click Save to begin exporting.  7. This will bring up a new “Exporting project…” window.  8. Once that window disappears your project is now saved to the desktop solely as an AIFF sound file.  Add the AIFF file to iTunes To convert a song's file format: 1.Open iTunes Preferences. 2. Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings button in the second section of the window. 3. From the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the encoding format that you want to convert the song to (in this case MP3), then click OK to save the settings. 4. Select the AIFF file in your library, then from the Advanced menu, choose 'Create MP3 version' (The menu item changes to show what's selected in your Importing preferences): Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 6:09 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, a possible solution. Thank you. The simple renaming of the file extension made it recognisable as an MPEG-4 audio file.I then edited and re-saved the file in MP3 format which was recognised by my little MP3 player. As you noted, the audio file is the same size as the original video which is a pity. Couldn't locate an obvious export audio option in my iMovie'11 (ver 9.0.4). Or is the process more labour intensive, perhaps by highlighting the audio in the Event window and copying it out? (I've copied audio clips IN to iMovie projects.) Another one to test when time allows. I have since heard that QT7 can be installed on my iMac and be upgraded to QT Pro. To be tested! In the long run perhaps QT Pro at $45 will be cheaper than an untested app that is only $8! Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Ronni Thank you. Very clear instructions. Wow - there's a lot more to iMovie than I had ever explored before. This process is quite practical for my occasional (monthly meeting) needs, and the MOV file can be edited and split as needed. WannaAudio and QT7 Pro may provide a lazier way of extracting audio but overall the iMovie facility works without problems - and doesn't need the purchase of another little used app. Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 7:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, This is the way I have exported audio from iMovie clips to AIFF format and then use iTunes to convert the AIFF format to MP3 To export only audio in iMovie'11: If you need to export just the audio of your project, iMovie allows you to export only the audio as an AIFF file. How to export the audio of your iMovie 11 project to AIFF form. 1. At the very top of the screen there is a Share tab, this the exporting tab of iMovie. Click Share and select Export Using Quicktime.  2. This will bring up a new window. In this window you will choose where to save your project and how to save it.  3. Click the Export tab  4. Now select Sound as AIFF as the export setting.  5. Then click the Where tab and choose Desktop  6. Click Save to begin exporting.  7. This will bring up a new “Exporting project…” window.  8. Once that window disappears your project is now saved to the desktop solely as an AIFF sound file.  Add the AIFF file to iTunes To convert a song's file format: 1.Open iTunes Preferences. 2. Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings button in the second section of the window. 3. From the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the encoding format that you want to convert the song to (in this case MP3), then click OK to save the settings. 4. Select the AIFF file in your library, then from the Advanced menu, choose 'Create MP3 version' (The menu item changes to show what's selected in your Importing preferences): Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 6:09 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, a possible solution. Thank you. The simple renaming of the file extension made it recognisable as an MPEG-4 audio file.I then edited and re-saved the file in MP3 format which was recognised by my little MP3 player. As you noted, the audio file is the same size as the original video which is a pity. Couldn't locate an obvious export audio option in my iMovie'11 (ver 9.0.4). Or is the process more labour intensive, perhaps by highlighting the audio in the Event window and copying it out? (I've copied audio clips IN to iMovie projects.) Another one to test when time allows. I have since heard that QT7 can be installed on my iMac and be upgraded to QT Pro. To be tested! In the long run perhaps QT Pro at $45 will be cheaper than an untested app that is only $8! Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -
Re: Any User Feedback for App WannaAudio?
Hi Carlo Thanks for the suggestion. I had noticed that ffmpeg kept cropping up in discussion groups, but I couldn't understand how it all fitted together with containers and what have you. It seemed to be aimed at tech fanatics! I was going to buy WannaAudio to see if it would work when Ronni's instructions on using iMovie were posted. Advantages of the iMovie method were that it worked and there was no need for more software. Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 6:58 PM, Carlo Margio RWC wrote: Hi Alen, You could give this shareware utility, ffmpegX, a try. I have had mixed success with it as it depends on a number of plugins that must be downloaded separately. Once it it running, drop the file on the left side of the app window and select the preset Movie audio to mp3. http://www.ffmpegx.com/ Failing that you could be a trail blazer and try WannAudio for the rest of us. :-) Regards, Carlo On 01/07/2012, at 18:09 , Alan Smith wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, a possible solution. Thank you. The simple renaming of the file extension made it recognisable as an MPEG-4 audio file.I then edited and re-saved the file in MP3 format which was recognised by my little MP3 player. As you noted, the audio file is the same size as the original video which is a pity. Couldn't locate an obvious export audio option in my iMovie'11 (ver 9.0.4). Or is the process more labour intensive, perhaps by highlighting the audio in the Event window and copying it out? (I've copied audio clips IN to iMovie projects.) Another one to test when time allows. I have since heard that QT7 can be installed on my iMac and be upgraded to QT Pro. To be tested! In the long run perhaps QT Pro at $45 will be cheaper than an untested app that is only $8! Cheers Alan On 01/07/2012, at 5:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Have not used the app you mention, I have used Toast, QT Pro, and iMovie to extract audio. But, have you tried duplicating the .m4v file (so you still have the original in case). Then in Finder just changing the extension from .m4v to .m4a? It 'should' change the video file to an Audio file without loosing any sound quality. But the file size I don't think will change which would mean that the video track is still in the file using up space. Worth a shot ;-) I'll try it myself when I find a .mv4 on my MBP Cheers, Ronni On 01/07/2012, at 12:59 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Has anyone from WAMUG used the WannaAudio program which is $8.49 from Apple App Store? There are no user reviews on the App Store or Macupdate sites. If it was free I would just download and try it, but $$ is different! My need is to extract audio from a long meeting recorded in .mov format. Video was edited in iMovie to break up the session into the wanted audio sections. These were saved in iTunes .m4v format.I want to extract just the audio (voice, not music) from either the .mov or .m4v files to a standard medium quality audio .mp3 format. Some forums suggest the Garageband could do the job. Any comments about this? I confess that I've never used Garageband so i don't know its capabilities. I don't have Titanium Toast which has been suggested as another possibility. Other forums suggested Handbrake, Quicktime, and even iMovie itself: I can't see and obvious way to extract audio as a separate file from any of these programs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
