Please help with ffmpeg conversion

[James Egan]

Someone gave me some .m4b files, and told me they
were the same as .m4a. I can convert these files
to .mp3 format using this command:

ffmpeg -i file.m4b -acodec mp3 -ac 2 -ab 128 file.mp3

However, the rusulting audio is SLOW and deep in
pitch. I've tried various permutations of the
command, i.e., different bit rates and so on,
but the result is always the same. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.

-Thanks

[Bill Marcum]

Convert to a raw audio format, then convert that to mp3 at a different
bit rate.

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