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 -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crud.
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