Re: Convert m4a --> ogg
I have installed dir2ogg 0.11.8 on Lubuntu 14.04 LTS; faad is inherently installed, Build: May 1 2012.
I would like to convert the m4a file ManjusriMantra.m4a to ogg, original size of this m4a media file is 4.1 MB. I have done this already 2 ways:
METHOD1
avconv -i "ManjusriMantra.m4a" "ManjusriMantra.mp3"
wait
avconv -i "ManjusriMantra.mp3" "ManjusriMantra.ogg"
Result- Size: 16.8 MB, Sound quality: good.
METHOD2
avconv -i "ManjusriMantra.m4a" "ManjusriMantra.ogg"
Result- Size: 36.0 MB, Sound quality: good.
I would like to do this with the dir2ogg command. I first read some online tutorials, e.g.
I make the below attempts:
cd ~/Documents/a
dir2ogg -d ~/Documents/a -m -q7
dir2ogg -d ~/Documents/a --convert-m4a -q7
dir2ogg ManjusriMantra.m4a
dir2ogg -d ~/Documents/a --convert-m4a --quality=9
but in each I encounter:
INFO: Converting "/home/a/Documents/a/ManjusriMantra.m4a" (using faad as decoder)...
ERROR: Input file "(stdin)" is not a supported format
WARNING: No tags found...
Does anyone know what I did wrong? Why doesn't dir2ogg work? Since I always get such bloated file sizes, anything else to use beside dir2ogg?