Posted by raylopez99 on 10/28/07 21:14

On Oct 28, 10:39 am, John Williamson <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> > Thanks John.. I found out that using "Any Video Converter", I can
> > convert .VOB files into .MP4 (video) files, and best "AVC" is free.
>
> > Then, I found using another program, shareware, called "River Past
> > Audio Converter" (RPAC) I can convert (or rather, I can extract) the
> > audio in the .MP4 files into .MP3. No need for any other program.
> > Works fine.
>
> As long as it works:-)

Yeah I'll keep this in mind if I end up doing a lot of these
conversions. Right now it's just some lectures on DVD.


>
> http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers
>
> Lists players known to support Ogg Vorbis either out of the box or after
> a firmware update.

My next purchase will be a non-Apple Portable Player, once this darm
iPod breaks! Hasn't happened yet, much to my surprise (it's so flimsy
looking though!)


>
> If you're locked into iTunes after buying music off their website,
> though, I suspect you're stuck with using their codecs. I know very
> little about Apple music or computer stuff, as I decided long ago not to
> get locked in to *any* single manufacturer solution.

I'm running an iPod on WIndows-they support the Apple codec and .MP3
only.

>

Thanks for your help, it was interesting learning more than I cared to
about audio stuff (doing more real-time ripping as I type this--
another three hours to go).

RL

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