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Questions tagged [m4a]

m4a is a compressed audio file format

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How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?

I tried to convert an .m4a file to an .mp3 file using ffmpeg with the following command: $ ffmpeg -i music.m4a music.mp3 Unfortunately, I got a zero byte-sized file returned as output. The output of the command is as follows: FFmpeg version…
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Convert lossless m4a to flac

I tried to convert a file with pacpl, but I get the well-known "256" error. With the -v flag, the FAQ of pacpl tells me: "The file you are trying to convert is a lossless .m4a file. The format is not yet supported by FAAC/FAAD." Since…
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How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 use command line?

How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 command line? (with no deterioration in quality, if possible). Ubuntu 16.04LTS media info: General Complete name : show.m4a Format : MPEG-4 Format…
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Is there a command-line program to read tags from .m4a files?

Running id3v2 -l file.m4a didn't find any tags, but displaying it in rhythmbox did. Is there another command-line program for working with tags that works on .m4a files? I'm running precise 12.04. Note: See Wikipedia's page for .m4a, .mp4, MPEG-4…
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Embedding album art in m4a files?

I have a directory of m4a files together with a single album art image named cover.jpg. How can I 'embed' this album art image into the m4a files using the command line?
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Convert entire playlist from m4a to mp3

I have a ton of music on my computer, but unfortunately it's in m4a, and steam only takes mp3. Is there a program or a terminal command that will convert an entire folder?
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How can I convert .mp4 and .m4a files to .mp3 files automatically, keeping the cover art?

I have some .mp4 and .m4a audio files that I want to convert to .mp3 files. I want the resulting .mp3 files to include the cover art included in the source files, without fiddling with EasyTAG manually. How can I do this?
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Recovering corrupted m4a recordings

I have been using Ubuntu on my school computer this year, I usually record the lectures that I can't hope to keep up with the prof, I have permission to do this. I have been using the default audio recorder that you can install with sudo apt-get…
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MPEG 4 Audio Support Not Working in Rhythmbox 3.4.4 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

In Rhythmbox 3.4.4 - which is included with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ("Focal Fossa") - there is the option to "rip" music in MPEG-4 Audio (".m4a") format... Underneath said option, there is a big ol' button that says: Install additional software required to…
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How can I get Spotify to play M4A files?

Spotify on Ubuntu 11.10 can only play mp3, does Spotify on Ubuntu support M4A, if so how can I enable this?
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All kinds of music players cannot play m4a files, throwing "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."

So I've carefully checked all those similar questions posted, tried their solutions. Just in case that I've missed anything, here are the packages info for gstreamer installation: Also ubuntu-restricted-extras was installed. I'm pretty sure the…
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Conversion of m4a file names

Hi everyone hoping I can find an answer to my music related question. I switched from PC to Ubuntu and had run iTunes in the past. I have a lot of music that I have the CDs for but I loaded them into the system one by one. The problem is that…
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Audacious can't play some m4a files, but vlc can play it

I have some audio files with m4a format. But some of the file can't be played with Audacious but can be played with VLC. Why did it happen?
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Clementine can't play m4a files. missing plugin issue cannot be solved

Many suggest to delete ~/.gstreamer-0.10/ and install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad. But when I try installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad apt-get tells me it's installed at latest version. And when I delete ~/.gstreamer-0.10/ and try playing an m4a…
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How to play .aac / .m4a files in cmus in 14.04 (trusty)?

I am unable to playback .m4a (aac) files in cmus. They work in mplayer and totem. Anyone know a fix? $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l I already tried blowing away ~/.gstreamer*, updating cmus and cmus-plugin-ffmpeg...
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