I have radio programs that I have obtained with the extension rm
and ra
. How to convert them to mp3 or other more common type?
3 Answers
1) add medibuntu repository. Instructions here
2) install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53
3) Run
ffmpeg -i inputfile.ra outputfile.mp3
To use this through a GUI:
- get WinFF
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could you improve your answer so as to provide commands for converting multiple files of the same type or of different types? (i mean something like
ffmpeg -i *.ra *.mp3
)– user47206Oct 22, 2012 at 14:44 -
1I think this program only take one file as input, but you can always make a script to run it for multiple files. For example:
for i in *.ra; do ffmpeg -i $i $(echo $i | sed 's/\.ra/\.mp3/'); done
– EirrielOct 22, 2012 at 15:43 -
is there a gui for this? it seems much faster than
soundconverter
?– user47206Oct 22, 2012 at 18:38 -
i don't know soundconverter but ffmpeg is a command line utility. maybe there is some 3rd party frontend– EirrielOct 22, 2012 at 19:05
In this case I had to use a piece of heavy artillery I was familiar with in Windows: Format Factory (for a clean download use the torrent)
Unzip if needed and install Format Factory ... after installing Wine, of course.
A lot of settings are possible
You can use sound converter. open up your terminal and type this to install . sudo apt-get install soundconverter
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it is an advantage in using a gui for ubuntu: but isn't it a bit slow? it took a lot of more time than the other solutions– user47206Oct 22, 2012 at 18:33