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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?

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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:

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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)
    – user47206
    Oct 22, 2012 at 14:44
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    I 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
    – Eirriel
    Oct 22, 2012 at 15:43
  • is there a gui for this? it seems much faster than soundconverter?
    – user47206
    Oct 22, 2012 at 18:38
  • i don't know soundconverter but ffmpeg is a command line utility. maybe there is some 3rd party frontend
    – Eirriel
    Oct 22, 2012 at 19:05
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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.

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A lot of settings are possible

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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
    – user47206
    Oct 22, 2012 at 18:33

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