converting .m1a to aiff???

[Jedi27]

Hi,

I've searched and searched, but have yet to find a definitive answer so here goes:

I have a bunch of mpeg files (1s, not 2s) which I need to convert and add to a Final Cut Express movie and ultimately, to DVDSP2.

I used bbdemux to split the audio and video. I tried the suggested route of changing the suffix for the audio from .m1a to .mp3, but ITunes 4.0 does not convert it to AIFF for me - I only get 4 seconds before the file is silent.

What should I do now? bbdemux was great at splitting them, but now I'm at my wits end. Ultimately, I would still like to have 2 seperate files so I can compress the audio with A.Pack because I was able to convert the original mpeg into avi and then into a .mov, but the file size was unnecessarily too big.

Thanks,
Jedi-looking-for-the-force-to-answer-me

[mhar4]

Try renaming them mp2 and using madplaywrap, Mpeg2Works, ffmpegX, maybe even iTunes to convert them to other formats.

[galactica]

it should.
.m1a is same thing as .mp2

enjoy.

[ZeroSix]

if you rename them to MP2 and ***NOT*** MP3, iTunes will convert them to AIF or WAVE.

Why dont you just use the "re-encode MP2" option of MPEGPowerTool?

This way you just load your original MP2 in, change the sampling rate to 48k, and let 'er rip... a lot less time consuming since it turns a three step process into a 1 step process without changing the file's format.