H
hubert
Anyone know what software to use and how? This is for XP pro.
N
Nil
There are many solutions. One is to use the free audio editor Audacity.
It will open an MP4 file (but will play the audio only, of course),
then you can Save As a new file in MP3 format.
C
choro
Do a Google search for heaven's sake. Why does everybody expect
everything served on a platter?
H
hubert
Then why dont we all just stop using usenet all together.
Not only that, but doing a google will bring up tons of demos that will
only half work not to mention all the ads. I'm sure there are others on
here who can recommend something useful thats not a demo or costly.
P
Paul
There are commercial applications you could look for.
One of them did so much advertising, you couldn't help
but have seen it on a web page by now
Sites like this are also a great help.
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
*******
From the free ware world, the fun started with FFMPEG.
And from that, a separate project to make a library of
codecs. That's LibAV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libav
Programs like VLC use Libav for playback.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www.ehow.com/how_5803999_convert-using-vlc-media-player.html
So somehow, you can convert the file, to something an editor
can use. Windows Movie Maker, is one way I can edit something,
after it's been converted to a decent format. Windows Movie Maker
is included in my copy of WinXP Pro SP3 x32.
For audio, there's Audacity. To save something in Audacity,
have a look at the "Export" option, rather than Save.
You may be able to convert the format there, as desired.
Audacity requires the download of additional software,
for some of its features, which I'm not that happy about.
I would sooner convert the original file with VLC, to something
Audacity understands without added software.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Plenty of free tools. You pay for them, with the
time wasted figuring out the necessary recipes.
For example, to make some movie DVDs here, took me about
two weeks of experiments, because of so many "free software"
dead ends. Any $99 video editor probably could have
completed the project in one night. So two weeks of my time
was worth about $99. In many cases, I'd wait two hours for
a render to finish, only to discover it was unusable and
I had to start again. Many, many experiments like that.
Good fun.
Paul
C
choro
OK. Then do your homework first, find out what software is available,
read reviews, make a short list and then ask for the opinion of others.
But don't for heaven's sake expect everything served to you on a platter.--
choro
*****
V
VanguardLH
hubert said:
Yeah, wouldn't Usenet be great if it were populated by those with
initiative to research before asking for help (i.e., try to help
themselves first) rather than tons of posts from lazy posters submitting
knee-jerk inquiries.
That's why "do Google" is also a lazy response. If someone says Google
will find the answer then they should be willing to show a URL with all
the search parameters included to show that Google will work to find
relevant articles within the first 50 hits.
You gave absolutely no criteria regarding all the possible solutions in
software. For example, are you willing to pay or are you looking for
only freeware solutions? Are you looking for a permanent solution or
would trialware or shareware be a viable solution? Do you only want the
conversion or do you want control over other parameters regarding the
conversion, like sampling rate, noise filtering, volume amplification or
attenuation, do you want software at all (to install locally) or would
you like a non-local solution where instead you can visit some web site
that will do the conversion for you? "I want something but don't know
anything about it" pretty much shows that you haven't even bothered to
do any research before asking.
Here's a Google search based on some *guesses* regarding criteria which
were never divulged, like you want it free, you don't want trialware or
shareware (for temporary or short-term use while free):
http://www.google.com/search?q=free+convert+mp4+mp3
http://www.google.com/search?q=free+convert+mp4+mp3+online
You'll notice download.com (Cnet) and Softpedia are often listed. They
are well-known download sites and you can perform searches there with
similar criteria.
And now to spoon feed a solution, one product that may work (it's free
and a locally installed program) is FormatFactory. It is adware but the
ads are tiny and within a banner in the program's UI. For sample images
of what adware FormatFactory looks like, Google Images will show you:
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=formatfactory
like the one at:
http://www.pcfreetime.com/images/FormatFactory.jpg
The ads (2 of them) are in the "FormatFactory" banner section. They
don't change after an install. They are determined by what the author
chose to show in a particular installer version. They are small and
static so they are unobtrusive. There's no reason for you to click in
that area to accidentally visit some ad-sponsoring site. You'll find a
lot of freeware is also adware. I use the freeware version of Avast and
that's adware, too.
N
Nil
Someone did, over an hour ago.
H
hubert
Yep, you did, and I will be checking on that program.
Thanks
H
hubert
BAM...... Exactly. I find it more than irritating, it's insulting.
I've been on the internet since the mid 90's. I know all about Google,
and Google is *NOT* my friend. Google is a huge company that makes
large amounts of money off you, and I, and they do so by pushing the
stuff that makes them the most money. The majority of the time I find
software on Google that says it's "free", it's not free at all. The
only thing that's free is the download. They they open the program
wanting money, and the demo only partly works, or expires soon after.And
there are better search engines than google too.
What is the point of spending hours going thru all the junk google
shoves in our faces, testing out demos which sometimes dont work with
certain operating systems, and installing programs that dont even do
what we want, and so on. In other words, why re-invent the wheel?
I'm sure I'm not the first person to want a program to do this, and sure
others have good recommendations of programs thay alreadsy use and can
state the cost and usefulness in a few words.
Here is one of these useful recommendations I just mentioned. I say
that because I have already used Goldwave. It was probably 10 years
ago, and running on Windows 95 or 98. I liked it, and it was free as
far as I recall (back then). But that was before the MP4 format. I
used to use it to convert .WAV files and other older sound files to
another format. Having experience with it, I'd highly consider it, even
if I have to pay a small fee for it. However, I was not aware it now
handles MP4. However, I will have to see if it works in XP, since some
software now requires Vista or Win7 to work.
I have also heard of VLC, but thought that was only a player.
What I need is just something to convert some videos from sites like
youtube. I often save the videos just to hear the music. I want to
convert some of them to audio only, for my MP3 player. Some of the
videos dont play well even on my computer using an audio player, such as
Winamp. The seem to overload the player if they are large in size. If
the video portion is good, I'll save the video also. But I have gotten
videos that are nothing but one picture during the whole song. One I
got was a good song but the video was advertising. Who needs that....
I'd prefer freeware, but might pay a small fee (under $20). I dont need
bloat, I prefer simple. It must run in XP or older OS. All I want to
do is occasionally strip the video from the MP4, and save the audio
portion in MP3.
I
ismaakeel
T
Tim Meddick
Very simple! Use the [free] software; vDownloader - intended as a You-Tube
video downloader, it *also* converts, via it's "File" } "Encode" command
from the top menus, between various video formats, but also, between those
video formats and the mp3 (audio only) format!
Download [free] from:
http://www.vdownloader.es/
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
video downloader, it *also* converts, via it's "File" } "Encode" command
from the top menus, between various video formats, but also, between those
video formats and the mp3 (audio only) format!
Download [free] from:
http://www.vdownloader.es/
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
J
John Smith
For MP4 video to MP3 audio
With Any Video Converter,
you can convert your videos to any output formats within three steps:
For MP4
Step One:
Add videos and then edit added videos by clipping,
cropping and applying effects.
For MP3
Step Two:
Choose output profile and set technical parameters for output videos.
Generally, default settings are recommended to use.
Step Three:
Start converting videos by clicking the Convert button.
< http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/ >
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audacity mp3/wav toy........
< http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ >
H
hubert
I have been using DownloadHelper for years. Aside from the fact it
quits working when there is an upgrade (which is annoying), it works
great. I'd probably not download a video as an audio unless I saw the
video first, to see if the video content is worth keeping.
I mostly use Firefox for all browsing. I avoid IE and have not found
any other decent browsers lately. I once used K-Meleon, and liked it,
but the newer websites were constantly causing it to lock up with script
errors. K-meleon has not made an update in years, so I abandoned it.