MC Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 As it says, Can I convert a MPEG4 file to an MP3? if so how do I do it? Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Mpeg 4 is a type of video compression, mp3 is a type of audio compression. It's not possible to watch an MP3 file. (if that makes sense!) ___________ Part 3 ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio A set of compression codecs for perceptual coding of audio signals, including some variations of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) as well as other audio/speech coding tools. _______________ That's just a partial breakdown of the mpeg 4 file, which solely deals with audio. So as you can see, it's a file type that handles both audio and video. It is possible, but if you're doing it to compress the file, there's far better ways of doing it. Look up an mpeg compressor or convert it to divx, using divx converter (you can select how big you want the output file using that program) If it's a case that your system isn't playing it, becuase it's unrecognised format, download an mpeg codec pack, or just download VLC Player, which plays everything (search for VLC in google) Edited January 14, 2009 by harfordwmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 That doesn't make sense, I downloaded a piece of bagpipes music from Itunes (my mate is having a burns night party) but it has been downloaded as a Mpeg4. It is only a piece of music unless the album artwork is classed as video. I downloaded a free trial of a converter but it would only do 30 seconds before it wanted me to buy it. I'll try google again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcgreg1 Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 From Wikipedia 'MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining compression of audio and visual (AV) digital data' Maybe this might be of use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaBravo Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 PM'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 That doesn't make sense, I downloaded a piece of bagpipes music from Itunes (my mate is having a burns night party) but it has been downloaded as a Mpeg4. It is only a piece of music unless the album artwork is classed as video. I downloaded a free trial of a converter but it would only do 30 seconds before it wanted me to buy it. I'll try google again MPEG 4 will play both music and video, that's the type you've got. HOWEVER.... if you've taken it off iTunes, it'll have DRM (digital rights management - or something like that) which will basically stop you copying or changing it. You need a bit of DRM removal software before you do anything, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 try a program called mp3 workstation i use it to do mp3s but not done any mp4s as of yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 As it says, Can I convert a MPEG4 file to an MP3? if so how do I do it? Cheers Martin Martin, Mersea doesnt even have streetlights and in 2009 the residents are still deciding between VHS or Betamax. Stop making out like you know what an MPEG4 or MP3 are. They were droids in Star Wars werent they ?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy18 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 http://www.mp3-cd-converter.com/convert_mp...g_4_to_mp3.html Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 If you get completely stuck Martin you could try using your sound cards recording option. Simply set it to record what you hear and play the video. job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Martin, Mersea doesnt even have streetlights and in 2009 the residents are still deciding between VHS or Betamax. Stop making out like you know what an MPEG4 or MP3 are. They were droids in Star Wars werent they ?.... LV, I'll have you know that the Mersea residents decided on Betamax last year. Anyone got any tapes I could borrow. Blockbusters doesn't seem to stock them. I suppose they will catch up with technology soon enough. Axe, It would probably be easier to learn to play the bagpipes than try to work out how to record on my sound card. Cheers anyways Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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