How to convert .ram files to mp3 files??
vasanta
I have some .ram files, how can I convert those files into mp3 files.
I downloaded winamp, can I use winamp to convert it, or Is there any
other tool is available to convert?. Appreciated for help.
John Corden
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=RAM+to+mp3&btnG=Google+Search
Name
tvn...@yahoo.com says...
A .ram file, or Real Audio Metafile, is merely a tiny text file (which
can be read in something like Notepad, if desired).
The text file DOES contain an address to an actual media file, however.
It is this media file which you would need to download and have on your
computer if you wished to convert it.
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Mark
news:3E4E78C2...@mb.sympatico.ca:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=RAM+to+mp3&btnG=Goog
> le+Search
>
This patronizing "do a Google search" stuff is getting out of control.
Did you actually do this Google search? It isn't very helpful (and the
"to" reveals how much you know about Google). Posting a specific
question like this is completely legitimate and does not demand any
response whatsoever by those who don't think it worth their time!
Winamp 2.81 can be used for .rm to wav or mp3 conversion with the Tara
input plugin and the Diskwriter (.wav) or out_enc (mp3) output plugin.
Here's a relevant post:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?
s=a5ac8fff8de8bce93552284f6bef6edf&threadid=73414&highlight=.rm+convert
For hard-to-get-at .ram streams (i.e. ones in which you can't find the
.rm file in the .ram file), there's a program out there called StreamBox
VCR, but I'm not sure of its legal status.
Graphic Queen
>In article <5d593b38.03021...@posting.google.com>,
>tvn...@yahoo.com says...
>> Guys,
>>
>> I have some .ram files, how can I convert those files into mp3 files.
>> I downloaded winamp, can I use winamp to convert it, or Is there any
>> other tool is available to convert?. Appreciated for help.
>>
>You can't.
>A .ram file, or Real Audio Metafile, is merely a tiny text file (which
>can be read in something like Notepad, if desired).
>The text file DOES contain an address to an actual media file, however.
>It is this media file which you would need to download and have on your
>computer if you wished to convert it.
Right you are. But if he wants to convert .ra files then he can go
here and get this program and it works great and is free.
Graphic Queen
John Corden
Mark wrote:
> John Corden <jco...@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:3E4E78C2...@mb.sympatico.ca:
>
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=RAM+to+mp3&btnG=Goog
> > le+Search
> >
>
> This patronizing "do a Google search" stuff is getting out of control.
> Did you actually do this Google search?
Yep. That's why I recommended the link. Lot's of info. Did YOU look???
> It isn't very helpful (and the
> "to" reveals how much you know about Google).
Funny. I use it all the time and with great results.
fred-bloggs
>
>
> Mark wrote:
>
>> John Corden <jco...@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>> news:3E4E78C2...@mb.sympatico.ca:
>>
>> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=RAM+to+mp3&btnG=G
>> > oog le+Search
>> >
>>
>> This patronizing "do a Google search" stuff is getting out of
>> control. Did you actually do this Google search?
>
> Yep. That's why I recommended the link. Lot's of info. Did YOU look???
>
>> It isn't very helpful (and the
>> "to" reveals how much you know about Google).
>
> Funny. I use it all the time and with great results.
>
>
I get
""to" is a very common word and was not included in your search"
If you want to use "to" you need to include the phrase in quotes so:
"RAM to mp3", giving
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22RAM+to+mp3%22
which reduces the search results from 925,000 to 1,960
--
fred
Mark
> Mark wrote:
>
>> John Corden <jco...@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>> news:3E4E78C2...@mb.sympatico.ca:
>>
>> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=RAM+to+mp3&btnG=G
>> > oog le+Search
>> >
>>
>> This patronizing "do a Google search" stuff is getting out of
>> control. Did you actually do this Google search?
>
> Yep. That's why I recommended the link. Lot's of info. Did YOU look???
>
Of course there's lots of info. The question is how helpful it would be
to someone asking this particular question. What does page one of this
search provide?
1. A long thread consisting mostly of questions, but also inluding a
dead link to suggestions of how to do it, a suggestion to record the file
on your system in real time--not a great option--and two more helpful
suggestions: a 1999 program called Streambox ripper that will indeed
convert .rm or the obsolete .ra to mp3 or wav, and the obsolete
RealJukebox Plus (a commercial option).
2. 3 questions of the type, "how to I convert ram to mp3?"
3. A paragraph explaining that converting .ram to mp3 "requires the
RealOne player", which is not true.
4. A page where one can download the Streambox Ripper program, mentioned
above.
5. Some sermons in RealAudio and mp3 formats.
6. A thread where someone recommends Streambox Ripper (see above)
7. A page where you can download mp3's by the rock band "Ram Trilogy"
8. The page of some professor from Heidelberg University
9. An ad page.
page 2 has a program that promises to convert RealAudio files for $30--
besides that nothing useful.
ditto page 3.
So on the basis of this Google search I'd think my best bet would be
StreamBox Ripper. I'd be wrong, since it does not handle .ram, which
Winamp will do usually and Streambox VCR will do always.
Of course Google is extremely valuable and should be used whenever
possible--I just didn't understand your post. You could not really have
found the information from that search helpful or complete if you knew
anything about the issue. So why post it?
On the other hand, doing the same search on Google Groups turns up more
useful info. And sorry for impugning your Google skills, I was wrong
about "to".
Name
sym...@representative.com says...
>
> So on the basis of this Google search I'd think my best bet would be
> StreamBox Ripper. I'd be wrong, since it does not handle .ram, which
> Winamp will do usually and Streambox VCR will do always.
>
required a response.
Your best bet is indeed StreamBox Ripper. Of course it doesn't handle
.ram files, because .ram files are not audio files and therefore there is
nothing to convert.
WinAmp with the correct plugins should be able to produce an output in
.mp3 format, regardless of the input (again, assuming you have all the
correct plugins). So I have no arguments there.
Streambox VCR is a download agent, it does no conversions at all. So
Streambox VCR has zero bearing on conversion. It does, however,
interpret the .ram text files and generally download the appropriate .rm
file which would be necessary in order to have something to convert.
After the .rm file is available, Streambox Ripper for the conversion is
again the best choice.
Mark
news:MPG.18b9831a1...@news.zcloud.net:
> In article <Xns9323EA228934Csy...@216.148.227.77>,
> sym...@representative.com says...
>>
>> So on the basis of this Google search I'd think my best bet would be
>> StreamBox Ripper. I'd be wrong, since it does not handle .ram, which
>> Winamp will do usually and Streambox VCR will do always.
>>
>> Your best bet is indeed StreamBox Ripper. Of course it doesn't handle
> .ram files, because .ram files are not audio files and therefore there
> is nothing to convert.
> WinAmp with the correct plugins should be able to produce an output in
> .mp3 format, regardless of the input (again, assuming you have all the
> correct plugins). So I have no arguments there.
> Streambox VCR is a download agent, it does no conversions at all. So
> Streambox VCR has zero bearing on conversion. It does, however,
> interpret the .ram text files and generally download the appropriate
> .rm file which would be necessary in order to have something to
> convert. After the .rm file is available, Streambox Ripper for the
> conversion is again the best choice.
So, if the conversion is from .rm to .wav, then StreamBox Ripper is _as
good_ as Winamp--I don't see why it's the "best bet," since it does nothing
more than Winamp in this case. If the conversion is .rm to .mp3, than I
think Winamp has the edge, since you get somewhat more configuration
options--the gamut of LAME presets. Though maybe that's not such a big
deal. If you don't have StreamBox VCR--and, as one of the "read me" files
included in the download admits, using it might not be quite legal--then
Winamp will allow you to input some, though not all, .ram links and convert
to .wav or .mp3 on the fly.
Streambox Ripper is just fine at what it does; my complaint was with the
condescending gesture "here's a Google search" when the search cited
yielded vague, often contradictory, and in no way complete information;
and with the defense of that gesture as an adequate substitute for a
straight answer.
Name
> my complaint was with the
> condescending gesture "here's a Google search" when the search cited
> yielded vague, often contradictory, and in no way complete information;
> and with the defense of that gesture as an adequate substitute for a
> straight answer.
>
I don't disagree with any of your comments.