<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Oh, nice! Yeah, I suppose WSL would be overkill for just converting files.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:37 PM Deborah Armstrong <<a href="mailto:armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu">armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I have found an easier solution: winff. It is ffmpeg with a graphical front end. You still have access to the command line, either from the real Windows command
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Winff is screen reader and keyboard friendly, works in Win10, lets you add presets and you can dispense with it altogether and just use the native ffmpeg. Very
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lisa Brandt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2020 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">Debee, if you have a version of Windows that's WSL-capable, you could run ffmpeg in a native Linux command line!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Deborah Armstrong <<a href="mailto:armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu" target="_blank">armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Wow! I forgot about ffmpeg. Got to find a windows build as I don’t want to build from scratch on my
work computer, but I use it all the time in Linux for fun to convert videos for my hubby, who tends to fill up our server’s hard drive! I need a better grasp in the obvious.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2020 11:54 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Seeking recommendations for M4A converter</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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FFmpeg</a>. You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your desired file:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do that;<u></u><u></u></p>
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the decline of usability of many desktop applications</a>. I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to any desktop applications mentioned in this thread).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I’m seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or
Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality just a bit, so I’d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is also useful when I’m working on a recording someone else made.<u></u><u></u></p>
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