file format of radio files

[bat guano]

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> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 23:02:06 +0000
> Subject: Re: file format of radio files
> From: insomniacpenguin at googlemail.com
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>
> On 13 May 2011 00:13, Andy Stevens  wrote:
> >>On Sun May 8 10:12:39 EDT 2011, Nigel Roles wrote:
> >>Your version of ffmpeg does not have the lame mp3 encoder built into it.
> >>It needs to be built with the --enable-libmp3lame configure option.
>
> Another possibiility that struck me - the Sansa Fuze can play Ogg
> Vorbis files as well as MP3. Given those aren't encumbered with the
> same sort of restrictions as MP3, I image it may be supported by the
> installed ffmpeg (indeed, ffmpeg -codecs does show an entry for
> libvorbis, while there's no libmp3lame listed). Any chance of an
> --aactoogg option for get_iplayer as well as the --aactomp3?
> Also, is there a simple command-line I can use to effect a similar
> conversion of the m4a files get_iplayer already downloaded? Or should
> I just install e.g. Sound Converter.
>
>
> Andy
>
> > It's the standard version installed with the Ubuntu package manager,
> > I've no idea what options it was built with...
> > Is there another package (maybe in one of the other repositories) that
> > would work?
> >
> > Alternatively, if I have get_iplayer save as .aac/.m4a instead, how
> > else might I convert them to MP3s (ffmpeg/mplayer/etc.)?
> >
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >>
> >>On 08/05/2011 00:42, Andy Stevens wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> A short while ago, I noticed that the radio programmes I was trying to
> >>> download with get_iplayer 2.79 had stopped working.  From comments on
> >>> forums etc. this appeared to be due to the BBC not using mp3 streams
> >>> any more, so I added flashaac to my --modes list and they started
> >>> downloading again, albeit as .aac files instead.
> >>>
> >>> A couple of weeks ago, programmes that I could find through searches
> >>> on the online iPlayer weren't being found by get_iplayer.  This
> >>> coincided with the rebranding of Radio 7 as 4 Extra; I noticed the
> >>> checkin comment in git "Add Radio 4 Extra" so tried using the current
> >>> git version instead, but I found that instead of an .aac file I ended
> >>> up with a .m4a. Presumably due to the subsequent "Output AAC as M4A
> >>> for iTunes with metadata tags" change.
> >>>
> >>> Then I spotted the new "Add --aactomp3 option to force transcoding AAC
> >>> to MP3" - seeing as my Sansa Fuze doesn't play aac files anyway, just
> >>> mp3s, this seemed like just what I needed.  However, it's not creating
> >>> MP3s, the output files have .partial.mp3.flv extensions, and according
> >>> to the "file" command are "Macromedia Flash Video" type.  There is a
> >>> message being output
> >>> Unknown encoder 'libmp3lame'
> >>> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> >>> WARNING: flv conversion failed - retaining flv file
> >>> however I do have lame installed and /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 is present...
> >>>
> >>> Is this a bug in the latest git version of get_iplayer, or am I
> >>> missing something that it needs?
> >>> Also, if anyone can suggest how to convert the other aac files I'd
> >>> downloaded into MP3s, it'd be appreciated...
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andy
>
>
>
Hi
To convert to mp3 with Ubuntu it's necessary to 'enable' the 'restricted' encoders for FFmpeg.
There's a tutorial here:-
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117283&highlight=ffmpeg+codecs

When you've done that you'll be able to use the --aactomp3 option.