converting .rm/ram files

[schnaarf]

Hi, I am trying to convert a rm file to mp3 however when i click convert I almost immediately get the alert telling me the file has converted. The converted file is only zero k.

I followed this guide: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060906153448633

any ideas?

[Case]

Please post the Process Information log, accessible by clicking the blue "i" after a conversion attempt.

[schnaarf]

HI thanks for the reply.

Now it wont work, I get failed'!

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
Sat Mar 14 20:56:15 GMT 2009
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[NULL @ 0x54340c]Unsupported video codec
Input #0, rm, from '/Users/xxxxxx.rm.wav':
Duration: 00:04:19.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 106 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: atrc, 44100 Hz, stereo, 104 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Data: 0x0000
Output #0, mp2, to '/Users/xxxxxx.rm.wav.ff.mp3':
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.0

thanks for any suggestions.

[Case]

Stream #0.0: Audio: atrc, 44100 Hz, stereo, 104 kb/s
Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.0

It seems ffmpeg isn't able to decode this particular audio codec "atrc" (ATRAC3, best known as the codec used by Sony's MiniDisc).

I would suggest a different route for conversion of this audio file:
Use an audio capture program that records to file anything that is played on your Mac, while playing the file in Real Player. There are several such capture programs available, Audio Hijack and WireTap being two of them. Neither one is free anymore, but the latter has a 30 day full featured trial period.

[schnaarf]

thanks Case. Thats what I've been doing, just hoped there would be an easier way!