Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:25:12 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: m4p conversion to mp4? Message-ID: <42D2C798.8090204@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050711012250.GA48771@keyslapper.net> References: <20050711005704.GA48167@keyslapper.net> <20050711012250.GA48771@keyslapper.net>
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Louis LeBlanc wrote: >On 07/10/05 08:57 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed: > > >>This is probably painfully obvious, but I can't find it in the ports >>with a search or through google. >> >>I recently acquired an iPod Shuffle, and am enjoying it thoroughly. >>Unfortunately, I also acquired a gift card for the iTunes store, so I >>thought it would be better to get a copy of "Bohemian Rhapsody" >>through the store rather than go buy the CO. I'm not a big enough fan >>to listen to "Radio GaGa" if I don't have to. >> >>Anyway, I learned something disturbing. They give you the music you >>buy in m4p format, which is an mp4 format protected by an MD5 >>derivative. I think. >> >>Normally I wouldn't really care, except I can't play this (and other >>iTunes downloads) on my FreeBSD (5.4 RELEASE-p4) box. Just the >>Windoze box and the Shuffle. Rhythmbox won't play it, and xmms won't >>even play mp4 (it complains about an undefined reference or >>something). >> >>A quick search on Google provided enough to assure me that converting >>this file to mp4 is possible, but nothing definitive has turned up. >> >>Is there a port that can convert this file format to mp4? If so, are >>there any special build parameters required? >> >> > >Sorry for the error above. What I meant was I want to convert from >m4p to m4a format. > >I've found the alac decoder, but that puts out either raw pcm or wav >format. > >TIA >Lou > > There's always faad2. -Garrett
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