MPEG-4 Audio Files Question

[sweetbac]

Got a buncha Mpeg-4 files in a trade...what the hell are they?
They came from a mac computer...Mac!...dont get me started!
They dont play in winamp...how do you convert them to Flac?
I dont want to burn them to disc, just play them.
Anyone deal with this stuff?

[sparksfly]

iTunes? What the fuck do I know?

[Band Beyond Desu]

Nuthin to do with Mac or Wiindoze, just play em in a different
multiplatform media player such as VLC. You and Larry BOTH gotta get out
more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player

[Walter Karmazyn]

I believe VLC media player will play them, it's a free download if you
don't have it. Don't have any to play with, but VLC might convert them
to FLAC also.

W

[Edwin Hurwitz]

In article <k5ffp3$m83$1...@dont-email.me>,

They are video files. You can get a decoder for Windows Media Player or
you can use Quicktime.

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/mpeg4/

If you want to send them to me, I can probably convert to a Windows
friendly format, but it better not be any of that cheap Chinese porn.

[sweetbac]

"Bangladesh Billy" <t...@aiko.com> wrote in message

>
> Nuthin to do with Mac or Wiindoze, just play em in a different
> multiplatform media player such as VLC.
> You and Larry BOTH gotta get out more.

Thanks....the LVD player worked....but G'damn....
what the hell is up with all these different formats?
I just got an APE file in a download...huh?...
You upload shit in Flac format or step off....APE!...
and fools still use shorten...shorten went out with
beanie babys and Arbys ill fated seitan/horseradish wraps.
I use winamp exclusively..fucking around with another player
is a drag...how can I decode these things to Flac?

[Band Beyond Desu]

The Jizzmopper is good ol' Amurikun product, as Dave's lawyer will have you
know...

[sweetbac]

"Jaco Hurowitz Jr." <ed...@indra.com> wrote in message

> If you want to send them to me, I can probably convert to a Windows
> friendly format, but it better not be any of that cheap Chinese porn.

Nah....there aint no chinese broads on these vids...
at least i dont think...but I'm just going from titles alone....
"Anal Fortune Cookie Secrateries 23" notwithstanding

[Band Beyond Desu]

Actually VLC has been up there among the predominant multi platform
open-source media players for the past several years. It often plays audio
and video files where others won't, and is robust, reliable and continually
updated by crowdsourcing developers. OTOH Winamp is a one-trick pony best
left to the ashes of the early naughties (the past decade, the early
2000s).

[Kirk McElhearn at dot]

On 2012-10-15 00:55:42 +0000, "sweetbac" <swee...@sbcglobal.net> said:

> Thanks....the LVD player worked....but G'damn....
> what the hell is up with all these different formats?
> I just got an APE file in a download...huh?...
> You upload shit in Flac format or step off....APE!...
> and fools still use shorten...shorten went out with
> beanie babys and Arbys ill fated seitan/horseradish wraps.
> I use winamp exclusively..fucking around with another player
> is a drag...how can I decode these things to Flac?

Yea, it's certainly not a common format. Use the free XLD that can
convert just about any audio format to just about any other audio
format.

Kirk
--

Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com
Writings about more than just Macs
Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ: http://www.mcelhearn.com/itunes

[bigrr]

In article <k5ffp3$m83$1...@dont-email.me>, sweetbac
<swee...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

You can play them in iTunes Dave. If you wanted to burn them, you could
do it through there.

I know there's a Mac program that converts .flac into .m4a (Apple
lossless), so there must be something in the PC world that does the
opposite.

HTH, Rick

[sweetbac]

"Kirk McElhearn" <kirkmc (at) mac (dot) com> wrote

> Yea, it's certainly not a common format. Use the free XLD that can convert
> just about any audio format to just about any other audio format.
>

> Kirt(an)

THANK you <stares at Bangladesh Billy>
I will google this XDL when I get home from work.
Since we jawin' and all....are these Mpeg 4 things just
the Mac version of Flac?....lossless?
As for the VLD player...I dont like it...clunky....where's
the hip little equalizer?...I load up winamp like a jukebox
and let 'er rip....now I gotta change players to listen to
these tunes?.....fuck that.
Dig....this VLD player is typical of Mac...take simple things
and complicate it...if they dont continue to to change shit
all the time, the lemmings lined up outside they stores arent
interested...

[sweetbac]

"Band Beyond Desu" <t...@aiko.com> mac'd in message

> is robust, reliable and continually updated by
> crowdsourcing developers.

Oh, Brother! <stares>
See....THIS is whats wrong with this company...right there...
Crowdsurfing developers!..oh my goodness...
Now run along, baby....there's allready a long line forming down
at the Calcutta Mac store...rumour has it they MAY announce a
new Ipad 8 in early 2014!
Technology.

[Band Beyond Desu]

VLC isn't a Mac-only application; it's multiplatform, meaning there's a
version for you Windoze troglodytes. By contrast, XLD is Mac-only (I
think...unless it's also a Windoze codec). Mpeg-4 is simply a file standard
that works on most operating systems.

You're in SF: get a computer geek to help you...they're probably so
numerous you only need turn around at the Toronado to find one..just assure
him you're not trying to sex him up and for the cost of a beer or two
you'll be set with good advice (not that it'd be any better than that
you've already received here). You could also ping others here for Windoze
advice, no sexy strings attached.

Here's yet another good explanation of what mpeg4 is:

http://www.winxdvd.com/resource/mpeg-4.htm

MPEG-4 is one of the latest (audio and video) compression method
standardized by MPEG group, designed especially for low-bandwidth (less
than 1.5MBit/sec bitrate) video/audio encoding purposes. Probably the
best-known MPEG-4 video encoders are called DivX and XviD, which both are
nowadays fully standard-compliant MPEG-4 encoders.

It should be noted that unlike MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, the MPEG-4's
predecessors, MPEG-4 itself isn't just one unified encoding mechanism, but
rather a group name for several flavors of video and audio encoding methods
that share certain same characteristics. These "flavors" are often referred
either as "profiles" or "layers" in MPEG-4 compression scheme and each new
profile should be backwards compliant to the older, "lower" versions of
MPEG-4 in terms of playback capability. MPEG-4 group has standardized
several new layers - most important ones are h263+(which is used widely in
mobile phones, named as 3GP) and h.264 (often also called as AVC).

Related MPEG-4 Resources :
Convert MKV to MPEG4, Play MKV on New iPod touch iOS 4 with MP4 M4V.

MPEG-4 Overview
MPEG-4 enables different software and hardware developers to create
multimedia objects possessing better abilities of adaptability and
flexibility to improve the quality of such services and technologies as
digital television, animation graphics, the World Wide Web and their
extensions.

The MPEG-4 format provides end users with a wide range of interaction with
various animated objects.

Standardized Digital Rights Management signaling, otherwise known in the
MPEG community as Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP).

The MPEG-4 format can perform various functions, among which might be the
following: Multiplexes and synchronizes data, associated with media
objects, in such a way that they can be efficiently transported further via
network channels.

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WinX DVD Ripper for Mac: Mac version WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, runs
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Related External Source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14