Hi, I also believe you can convert to mp3 directly with Ffmpeg as well and this should save you one step.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: converting from mp4 to mp3. OK, I understand. I also agree what i describe isn't quite beginner level. If someone doesn't come up with a better solution for you, and you still want to try, I'll walk you through this step by step. Just let me know. I'm usually on list every few days, and often once or twice a day. Best, Janina Lorie McCloud writes: > I'm sorry but I don't understand any of this. I don't know anything at all > about how to use the commandline. I'd like to. it sounds like it's very > useful for more than one thing. but I don't have any idea how to impliment > what you just told me here. > > > On Jul 10, 2019, at 10:59 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > It's not exactly conversion because the MP4 file is actually a > > container, but extracting the audio is certainly possible. Someone else > > might be able to help you with a graphical tool. I use ffmpeg on the > > terminal command line with a shell script where the operative command is > > the following: > > > > ffmpeg -i "$1" -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 audio.wav > > > > > > In the above you would want to replace "$1" with the filename of the mp4 > > file. The output you get is in a wav file called audio.wav. You can > > certainly change the output file name, and you can pipe the output to a > > command that would create an mp3 from the wav. > > > > As I mentioned, I run this from a shell script which I've saved as ae16. > > So, when I need to do this, and I do it often, I simply issue this > > command: > > > > ae16 <filename.mp4> > > > > And I get a file called audio.wav in the same directory. > > > > If I want mp3, I then use lame to create that. More often I encode to > > flac. > > > > You can rename the audio.wav file to whatever you like, of course. > > > > hth > > > > Janina > > > > > > > > Lorie McCloud writes: > >> I just want the audio on an mp4 created in a Zoom meeting. what's the best > >> way to get it on a Mac? can it be done with VLC media player? it seems > >> like Pontes Media Downloader might be able to do it but I haven't figured > >> out how to make it work. > >> > >> thanks. > >> Lorie > >> > >> -- > >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac > >> Visionaries list. > >> > >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > >> > >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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