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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
On 04 Apr 2019, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: FLAC natively supports information tags that can be read by any player that plays FLACS That sounds rather obvious (-: Not necessarily so obvious. In my experience, most destructive audio editors will discard or corrupt FLAC metadata when resaving, so it's better to work on uncompressed files. Plus the speed-of-opening factor. Remember one of the 'groups this thread is going to is the XP one, and the other is the 7 one! I've been using FLAC files extensively for many years, mostly on my old XP machine. It's never been an issue for me. WAV for editing. FLAC for archiving. MP3 for portable players and non-critical listening. |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
On 02 Apr 2019, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
in alt.windows7.general: Since the editor I use doesn't accept .m4a, I use Pazera's "extract to WAV" function, and proceed from there. You might want to look at the free Audacity editor, which can open and save M4A format. It's not my daily audio editor (Adobe Audition is), but it's got a good feature set, is in active development, an active support base, and you can't beat the price. |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
Nil wrote:
On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: I simply meant there are some audio utilities or audio players that won't recognize it (along with some other formats too), like some portable mp3 players, for example. And since it only reduces the file size by half, for both reasons I don't see much use for it, but that's just my own take on it. :-). For me, mp3's are the saving grace, with their concurrent 10:1 or better reduction in file size, whilst yet negligible sound loss. :-) Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. I use MP3s for portable players. I use FLAC for archiving. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
In message , Nil
writes: On 02 Apr 2019, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in alt.windows7.general: Since the editor I use doesn't accept .m4a, I use Pazera's "extract to WAV" function, and proceed from there. You might want to look at the free Audacity editor, which can open and save M4A format. It's not my daily audio editor (Adobe Audition is), but it's got a good feature set, is in active development, an active support base, and you can't beat the price. Audacity does seem to be the default for free audio editing. I really must look at it sometime! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Correct me if I'm wrong ... everybody else does. |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Nil writes: On 02 Apr 2019, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in alt.windows7.general: Since the editor I use doesn't accept .m4a, I use Pazera's "extract to WAV" function, and proceed from there. You might want to look at the free Audacity editor, which can open and save M4A format. It's not my daily audio editor (Adobe Audition is), but it's got a good feature set, is in active development, an active support base, and you can't beat the price. Audacity does seem to be the default for free audio editing. I really must look at it sometime! You are correct. It is the default free audio editor. It's definitely not as polished as the commercial ones, however. And check out Acon Acoustica (from German, I believe) while you're at it, which is pretty inexpensive. A bit better for audio restoration than Goldwave, and about the same price: https://acondigital.com/products/aco...-audio-editor/ |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 12:05:22 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Nil writes: On 02 Apr 2019, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in alt.windows7.general: Since the editor I use doesn't accept .m4a, I use Pazera's "extract to WAV" function, and proceed from there. You might want to look at the free Audacity editor, which can open and save M4A format. It's not my daily audio editor (Adobe Audition is), but it's got a good feature set, is in active development, an active support base, and you can't beat the price. Audacity does seem to be the default for free audio editing. I really must look at it sometime! I have it but I never really used it. I like Sound Forge. I used 4.5 for years and when there was a promo on 10 for $40 or so I bought it. |
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On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. |
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Nil wrote:
On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. To be honest, I haven't gone through the list, so it may have been somewhat assumatory on my part, except for some simple dedicated portable mp3 players like the one I carry with me on my walks. That said, I don't see much use for it, since it only provides a 50% reduction in file size. Well, wait a minute. I just checked Sound Forge 7, and it's not listed in the file formats. According to Wiki, FLAC didn't even exist until year 2000. So FLAC is a relatively recent development. I have several audio utilities that are older than 2000, however. |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 12:37:48 -0600, "Bill in Co"
surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Nil wrote: On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. To be honest, I haven't gone through the list, so it may have been somewhat assumatory on my part, except for some simple dedicated portable mp3 players like the one I carry with me on my walks. That said, I don't see much use for it, since it only provides a 50% reduction in file size. You've quoted 50% multiple times in this thread and I knew it wasn't right, so I took a quick look just now. It seems to depend quite a bit on the specific source material, but the reduction that I see from wav to flac is anywhere between 10% and about 25%. If I continued looking I'm sure I could find a 30% example. I didn't find any examples that were close to 50%. Well, wait a minute. I just checked Sound Forge 7, and it's not listed in the file formats. According to Wiki, FLAC didn't even exist until year 2000. So FLAC is a relatively recent development. I have several audio utilities that are older than 2000, however. Almost 20 [computer] years is recent? ;-) -- Char Jackson |
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 12:37:48 -0600, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Nil wrote: On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. To be honest, I haven't gone through the list, so it may have been somewhat assumatory on my part, except for some simple dedicated portable mp3 players like the one I carry with me on my walks. That said, I don't see much use for it, since it only provides a 50% reduction in file size. You've quoted 50% multiple times in this thread and I knew it wasn't right, so I took a quick look just now. It seems to depend quite a bit on the specific source material, but the reduction that I see from wav to flac is anywhere between 10% and about 25%. If I continued looking I'm sure I could find a 30% example. I didn't find any examples that were close to 50%. Well, wait a minute. I just checked Sound Forge 7, and it's not listed in the file formats. According to Wiki, FLAC didn't even exist until year 2000. So FLAC is a relatively recent development. I have several audio utilities that are older than 2000, however. Almost 20 [computer] years is recent? ;-) -- Char Jackson I thought I had read it somewhere (the 50% figure). OK, here is one source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC And if the compression of FLAC is even less in practice, it just adds to my feelings of why even bother using it, instead of just sticking with the source (wav) file format. As for my use of the term "recent", 20 years ago to me isn't all that long ago. :-) A lot of my software is older than that, and works great. In fact, I often use (and prefer) the older versions of software, since they are less bloated with (so-called) "features", and are just more direct, and to the point. |
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Can a .m4a audio file be converted into a .mp3 one losslessly?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:16:33 -0600, "Bill in Co"
surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Char Jackson wrote: On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 12:37:48 -0600, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Nil wrote: On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. To be honest, I haven't gone through the list, so it may have been somewhat assumatory on my part, except for some simple dedicated portable mp3 players like the one I carry with me on my walks. That said, I don't see much use for it, since it only provides a 50% reduction in file size. You've quoted 50% multiple times in this thread and I knew it wasn't right, so I took a quick look just now. It seems to depend quite a bit on the specific source material, but the reduction that I see from wav to flac is anywhere between 10% and about 25%. If I continued looking I'm sure I could find a 30% example. I didn't find any examples that were close to 50%. Well, wait a minute. I just checked Sound Forge 7, and it's not listed in the file formats. According to Wiki, FLAC didn't even exist until year 2000. So FLAC is a relatively recent development. I have several audio utilities that are older than 2000, however. Almost 20 [computer] years is recent? ;-) -- Char Jackson I thought I had read it somewhere (the 50% figure). OK, here is one source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC And if the compression of FLAC is even less in practice, it just adds to my feelings of why even bother using it, instead of just sticking with the source (wav) file format. OOPS, sorry about that. I just re-read my post and I see that it was vague and misleading. I meant to convey that my FLAC files are only about 10% to 25% the size of the corresponding WAV files, so the compression ratios would be about 10:1 to 4:1. That's actually a significant saving in disk space if you have a bigger library. I only have around 100,000 music files, much fewer than some folks here. As for my use of the term "recent", 20 years ago to me isn't all that long ago. :-) A lot of my software is older than that, and works great. In fact, I often use (and prefer) the older versions of software, since they are less bloated with (so-called) "features", and are just more direct, and to the point. I think the oldest program that I still use is this newsreader, Agent 2.0, copyright 1999-2004. For everything else that I can think of, when a new version is released I almost immediately move to it. -- Char Jackson |
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:16:33 -0600, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Char Jackson wrote: On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 12:37:48 -0600, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Nil wrote: On 04 Apr 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Nil wrote: Unless it's quite old I can't think of a computer audio utility that can't handle FLAC. Even most hardware players newer than about 10 years should be able to play them... unless they are named Apple. Well, I do use a lot of old software, so that may be it. 10 years seems like yesterday to me. :-) What do you use that can't handle FLACs? Even the ancient and venerable Winamp had no trouble with them. To be honest, I haven't gone through the list, so it may have been somewhat assumatory on my part, except for some simple dedicated portable mp3 players like the one I carry with me on my walks. That said, I don't see much use for it, since it only provides a 50% reduction in file size. You've quoted 50% multiple times in this thread and I knew it wasn't right, so I took a quick look just now. It seems to depend quite a bit on the specific source material, but the reduction that I see from wav to flac is anywhere between 10% and about 25%. If I continued looking I'm sure I could find a 30% example. I didn't find any examples that were close to 50%. Well, wait a minute. I just checked Sound Forge 7, and it's not listed in the file formats. According to Wiki, FLAC didn't even exist until year 2000. So FLAC is a relatively recent development. I have several audio utilities that are older than 2000, however. Almost 20 [computer] years is recent? ;-) -- Char Jackson I thought I had read it somewhere (the 50% figure). OK, here is one source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC And if the compression of FLAC is even less in practice, it just adds to my feelings of why even bother using it, instead of just sticking with the source (wav) file format. OOPS, sorry about that. I just re-read my post and I see that it was vague and misleading. I meant to convey that my FLAC files are only about 10% to 25% the size of the corresponding WAV files, so the compression ratios would be about 10:1 to 4:1. That's actually a significant saving in disk space if you have a bigger library. I only have around 100,000 music files, much fewer than some folks here. There's a test by a HydrogenAudio poster here. https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,97310.0.html The lossless compressors weigh in at around 2/3rds the size of the original .wav file. 3TB of .WAV files could be stored on a 2TB drive as .flac. Apparently .flac has some scheme for detecting information duplication between channels, so if you had something recorded with 8 channel LPCM, there could be additional savings. And the content type might make a difference (classical versus rock). Paul |
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 21:45:31 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I've just tried. Unfortunately, neither my old Goldwave nor my old WinAmp did, so I doubt my standalone player would. I just tried with another .aac file I have, and old GoldWave still didn't like it, but old WinAmp did, so there are obviously more than one kind of .aac file. I've used Foobar with good results converting from one format to another. You can try that one. |
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