#106090 - JAKETHESNAKE - Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:14 am
i just wanted to know if i can convert a mp4 to mp3(i-tunes file). i want a full version, not shareware. thank you!
#106091 - tepples - Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:21 am
Audio out to audio in, record in Audacity, and encode in LAME. This should let you put your iTunes music into MoonShell.
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#106092 - JAKETHESNAKE - Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:37 am
how do i do that?????????
#106093 - tepples - Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:53 am
Connect line out to line in
You need to buy a headphone splitter and an 1/8 inch stereo male to 1/8 inch stereo male audio cable. You can find both at any store that sells stereo equipment (I won't name names per forum policy). Plug one end of the cable into the headphone splitter and the other into the "line input" jack on your sound card. Now unplug your computer's speakers from your sound card, plug them into the other jack on the headphone splitter, and then plug the headphone splitter into the sound card's audio output jack.
Set up Audacity to record
Download and install Audacity. While it is installing, start Volume Control (the speaker icon in the taskbar notification area) and make sure that the Mute checkbox in the Line In column is checked; otherwise you'll get horrible feedback. In Options > Properties, select Recording and click OK. The window's title changes to Recording Control. Now make sure that the Select checkbox under Line In is checked. Keep Recording Control open for the next step.
Set your levels
Press record on Audacity. Start playing the song in iTunes. If the waveform looks too small or too large, change the level in the Line In column of Recording Control until the largest peaks of the waveform just barely touch the top and bottom of the channel.
Continue using the Analog Hole
Once you have passed these steps, read Audacity's manual and Audacity Wiki:Recording Tips to see how to record your audio into a .wav file. Then download LameDropXPd and read its manual to learn how to turn your .wav file into a .mp3 file.
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#106096 - JAKETHESNAKE - Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:42 am
so i am guessing that i loose sound quality over this?
#106098 - tepples - Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:54 am
You lose ten times more sound quality to the DS's 10 bit audio output than you do to this.
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#106106 - keldon - Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:23 am
What about just recording from the wave output? And no it will not 'really' lose any sound quality at all. There may be a very small amount of noise added but at line level I doubt it will be anything near audible through line in/out.
#106123 - tepples - Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:57 pm
keldon wrote: |
What about just recording from the wave output? |
As I understand it: - not all sound card drivers have that capability (called "What-U-Hear" on some Creative sound cards),
- this method applies equally well to recording music from a GBA, DS, or iPod, and
- some DRM systems are capable of designating specific audio streams as being mixed into the "Secure Audio Path", which by Microsoft's decree shall never be mixed into any cleartext digital output such as What-U-Hear.
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