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Subject:Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files Posted by: Fredv Date:7/20/2008 7:58:13 AM A friend sent me a data CD with some recordings of a radio station reunion of old DJs that he recorded off the air. It appears that he recorded them using the M4A format for I-tunes, which I don't have an I-tune player. Is there a way I can rip this CD to make regular MP3 or WAV files in Sound Forge so I can make CDs that I can listen to? Fred
Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files Reply by: MarkWWW Date:7/20/2008 8:27:05 AM The current version of Sound Forge (9.0e) should open .M4As just fine. (I'm not sure whether previous versions would open them.) What problems are you encountering when you try to open the files? Of course if these .M4A files are DRM protected then you will have to solve that problem before you can open them in SF. Mark
Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files Reply by: Fredv Date:7/20/2008 9:37:17 AM Here are the steps I'm taking. The first time I tried opening the file it failed, with this message.... "The file E:\WLS Big 89 Rewind 2008.m4a could not be opened." And then it begged for 7.1.6 to be installed on the editor. I installed QuickTime, rebooted, and tried again. Same error. Can not open. According to the "about" tab in QuickTime, the program is up to date. I'm not sure what Sound Forge wants to be able to open the file. Fred
Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files Reply by: Chienworks Date:7/20/2008 10:55:11 AM You could try installing iTunes (it's free). This has a feature to burn .m4a files to a standard audio CD. Then you'd be able to rip that CD into Sound Forge and save them as any type you wish.
Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files Reply by: MarkWWWW Date:7/21/2008 5:28:51 AM Hmm, strange, they open just fine on my system. Ah, I think I may know what is happening. On my PC (where I can open M4A files OK) I also have Vegas 8 Pro. Perhaps the ability to open M4As was added to SF9 when I installed Vegas. The file formats are typically done via DLLs which are shared between all the Sony applications. If VP8 was released after SF9 then perhaps it installs a later shared DLL that adds extra file formats, including M4A, that you don't have on your SF-only system.. Sorry to have misled you if that is the case. Mark

Subject:Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files

Posted by: Fredv

Date:7/20/2008 7:58:13 AM

A friend sent me a data CD with some recordings of a radio station reunion of old DJs that he recorded off the air. It appears that he recorded them using the M4A format for I-tunes, which I don't have an I-tune player.

Is there a way I can rip this CD to make regular MP3 or WAV files in Sound Forge so I can make CDs that I can listen to?

Fred

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files

Reply by: MarkWWW

Date:7/20/2008 8:27:05 AM

The current version of Sound Forge (9.0e) should open .M4As just fine. (I'm not sure whether previous versions would open them.) What problems are you encountering when you try to open the files?

Of course if these .M4A files are DRM protected then you will have to solve that problem before you can open them in SF.

Mark

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files

Reply by: Fredv

Date:7/20/2008 9:37:17 AM

Here are the steps I'm taking.

The first time I tried opening the file it failed, with this message....

"The file E:\WLS Big 89 Rewind 2008.m4a could not be opened."

And then it begged for 7.1.6 to be installed on the editor.

I installed QuickTime, rebooted, and tried again. Same error. Can not open.

According to the "about" tab in QuickTime, the program is up to date. I'm not sure what Sound Forge wants to be able to open the file.

Fred

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:7/20/2008 10:55:11 AM

You could try installing iTunes (it's free). This has a feature to burn .m4a files to a standard audio CD. Then you'd be able to rip that CD into Sound Forge and save them as any type you wish.

Subject:RE: Sound Forge 9.0E & M4A files

Reply by: MarkWWWW

Date:7/21/2008 5:28:51 AM

Hmm, strange, they open just fine on my system.

Ah, I think I may know what is happening. On my PC (where I can open M4A files OK) I also have Vegas 8 Pro. Perhaps the ability to open M4As was added to SF9 when I installed Vegas. The file formats are typically done via DLLs which are shared between all the Sony applications. If VP8 was released after SF9 then perhaps it installs a later shared DLL that adds extra file formats, including M4A, that you don't have on your SF-only system..

Sorry to have misled you if that is the case.

Mark