The files may have non-standard headers. Do you know what produced the m4a files? Try running the files through ffmpeg using the "copy" audio codec. That should regenerate the headers without degrading the audio.
Dave -- Sent from a tiny keypad. -----Original Message----- From: derek riemer <derek.rie...@colorado.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:09:29 To: <sox-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Reply-To: sox-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [SoX-devel] getting setup with required libraries. Ok. Yeah so a droid tablet can play m4a's? I ggot a banner while trying to move them over that said it couldn't play it. Maybe I need to install a new app. On 12/26/2013 2:52 PM, Jan Stary wrote: > On Dec 26 11:17:57, derek.rie...@colorado.edu wrote: >> >> So a tablet can play songs i only have in m4a. Sent from my iPhone > whatever your tablet is, > i am pretty sure there is > an m4a player for it. > >>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 4:28 AM, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: >>> >>>> On Dec 26 11:41:53, h...@stare.cz wrote: >>>>> On Dec 25 23:12:35, derek.rie...@colorado.edu wrote: >>>>> I am using sox to write a script to convert a bunch of songs to ogg >>>>> format from m4a and mp3. Is there any tools I need to get in order to do >>>>> this? >>> Forgot to mention: recoding from one lossy format >>> to another lossy format will degrade audio quality. >>> Why exactly are you doing this? >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT >>> organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance >>> affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your >>> Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics >>> Pro! >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SoX-devel mailing list >>> SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT >> organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance >> affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your >> Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics >> Pro! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> SoX-devel mailing list >> SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > SoX-devel mailing list > SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ SoX-devel mailing list SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ SoX-devel mailing list SoX-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-devel