On Editing Or Converting Real Media 13
Lisa2682 asks: "What software programs are available for editing real audio files? Are programs available to convert from real audio to mp3? I have several large real audio files (~20mb, 2hrs), and I only want to keep about 2 minutes of the file. I haven't found a way to directly edit a Real Audio, or convert from RA to another audio format (like WAV, MP3)." Slashdot tackled a similar question waaay back in 1999, and aside from tricks surrounding grabbing the data as it hits the sound card, most readers either hadn't found or didn't think there was a decent solution. It's been about 2 years since this article. Has this changed at all? If it's this bad with Real Audio media, I can only imagine what it's like for Real Video. As always, feel free to share your thoughts, suggestions, observations and anecdotes on this issue.
rmeditor (Score:1)
Somewhere on the Real site is the "RealSystem Producer SDK." Among the given sample programs is the source code to a very useful utility called rmeditor, which allows you to merge/cut RealMedia files to your heart's content.
(BTW, it also permits you to [re]set the "recordable" and "downloadable" flags within files.)
Try ffmpeg (Score:2)
Their website sucks, but the software can transcode between MP3, AC3, WAV, and RealAudio. It can also transcode video, supporting OpenDiVX, MSMPEG4 (real DIVX), MPEG2, RealVideo and MJPEG. All without stupid windows codec hacks.
Its mainly designed to be a realtime encoding and streaming system, but it includes a utility that can be used like sox.
I'm not sure why this hasn't really made a splash in the free software world yet, since the codecs included in ffmpeg mean people can play DiVX videos without any windows files, and on other CPU architectures.
Re:Try ffmpeg (Score:1)
I admit though, once it works, It would be my preffered solution
Re:Try ffmpeg (Score:2)
Here's a better URL for download (Score:1)
Have fun. egghat.
My solution (Score:1)
Regards
Re:The Winamp way... (Score:1)
Re:Why not RealProducer? (Score:1)
Winamp will convert RA to MP3 (Score:2)
All you have to do is get and install these two plug-ins from Winamp:
RealAudio input plug-in [winamp.com]
MP3 output plug-in [winamp.com]
That's it. Now when you drag .RA or .RAM files to Winamp and play them, it will decode and save them as .MP3's in the directory you specified. You won't hear the sound as it is converting, but the visual indicators in Winamp will show that the file is playing.
To listen to MP3's you must go back to preferences and select the default plug-ins (input: Nullsoft MPEG, output: Nullsoft WAV).
You can convert RealAudio streams to MP3 by associating Winamp with RA and RAM files. In Winamp Preferences select "File Types" and highlight RA and RAM.
Hardware soultion (Score:1)
TINRA (Score:2)
The Winamp way... (Score:4)
Why not RealProducer? (Score:1)