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m4a to wav converter

Other than foobar is there another simple program that allows me to convert .m4a to .wav? The search feature on this site is annoying, it doesn't allow me to search for words containing 3 letters or less.

m4a to wav converter

Reply #1 –
An .m4a container could contain any number of codecs, so you're probably not going to find anything any more "simple" than fb2k.
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m4a to wav converter

Reply #2 –
Any program capable of reading the file, and also having a diskwriter output option.  Winamp and dbPoweramp are both likely candidates.

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Reply #3 –
Quote from: OpTicaL on
Other than foobar is there another simple program that allows me to convert .m4a to .wav? The search feature on this site is annoying, it doesn't allow me to search for words containing 3 letters or less.


mplayer and ffmpeg should both be able to do what you are wanting.
both are commandline applications, and with ffmpeg something like the following *should* work:
ffmpeg -i <input>.m4a output.wav

You may also look into vlc and videolan, though they are primarily video players, I believe they both can provide audio transcoding.

I'm primarily a linux user, but all of the above applications work with windows. Should you need any help, I'll gladly try to assist as well as I can.

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Reply #4 –
Quote from: OpTicaL on
The search feature on this site is annoying, it doesn't allow me to search for words containing 3 letters or less.

You can always use Google to supplement or bypass Hydrogenaudio's internal search. Example:

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m4a to wav -foobar2000 site:hydrogenaudio.org

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Reply #5 –
Just to keep adding to the list (and assuming that you have LC-AAC m4a files), iTunes can convert m4a AAC to WAV.

m4a to wav converter

Reply #6 –
Thanks for all your suggestions! I did some digging using Google's search like Ron Jones suggested and I came up with a small and simple program that does the job called LameXP (v3.08 build 46) combined with Nero AAC codec, I was able to convert my .m4a files to .wav then .wav -> .flac.

Is this a good program to use for .m4a -> .wav transcoding?

m4a to wav converter

Reply #8 –
Quote from: OpTicaL on
Thanks for all your suggestions! I did some digging using Google's search like Ron Jones suggested and I came up with a small and simple program that does the job called LameXP (v3.08 build 46) combined with Nero AAC codec, I was able to convert my .m4a files to .wav then .wav -> .flac.

Is this a good program to use for .m4a -> .wav transcoding?


Since the .m4a files are AAC and not ALAC (you are using Nero AAC), going from .m4a -> .wav -> .flac is kind of pointless.

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Reply #9 –
Quote from: WonderSlug on
Since the .m4a files are AAC and not ALAC (you are using Nero AAC), going from .m4a -> .wav -> .flac is kind of pointless.


Do you mean I can go directly from .m4a to .flac? To answer the question as to why I need to convert .m4a to .flac because the CD burning program I use (Burrrn) does not accept .m4a filetype.

m4a to wav converter

Reply #10 –
You might as well go to wave since this is what burrrn does with flac anyway.  I think if you convert the m4as to an image with a cuesheet using fb2k you can have CD-Text of the metadata on your burn.

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: OpTicaL on
Quote from: WonderSlug on
Since the .m4a files are AAC and not ALAC (you are using Nero AAC), going from .m4a -> .wav -> .flac is kind of pointless.


Do you mean I can go directly from .m4a to .flac? To answer the question as to why I need to convert .m4a to .flac because the CD burning program I use (Burrrn) does not accept .m4a filetype.
I suppose it's not useless with that usage in mind.

But if they're temporary files, there's little reason to spend the time encoding the wav to a FLAC.


Using fb2k I have a preset that I call "ready to burn" that just dumps a single .WAV and a cue sheet to my desktop. I then just double click the cue sheet and Burrrn starts burning it.
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m4a to wav converter

Reply #12 –
Quote from: shakey_snake on
But if they're temporary files, there's little reason to spend the time encoding the wav to a FLAC.


Using fb2k I have a preset that I call "ready to burn" that just dumps a single .WAV and a cue sheet to my desktop. I then just double click the cue sheet and Burrrn starts burning it.


Hmm, thanks, that's actually pretty convenient. I'll need to give fb2k a try one of these days.