m4a to mp3 -- Having some difficulty

I've got a bunch of m4a files that I downloaded from iTunes awhile back, and now I'd like to burn them to CD/do some other stuff with them. I've tried converting them to other formats (like mp3, ogg, etc) using lame, but I end up with a bunch of songs that are 20 seconds long and have no sound. The command I'm using is:

Code:

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lame 04\ You\ Know\ What\ They\ Do\ to\ Guys\ Lik.m4p You\ Know\ What\ They.mp3

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Any ideas?
Thanks,
-lakerdonald

Can it be played with mplayer? You could use mplayer to dump it to wav first using mplayer -ao if that's any help. That's how I convert wma's to mp3/oggVorbis.

This may or may not help you, but whenever I buy a track off iTunes I immediately burn it to and audio CD and rip it back as MP3... That would require access to iTunes though...

Just realized that .m4p files are encrypted and can't be converted...

It's easy to convert anything to anything with ecaconvert (ecasound).
Install it and the other programs to convert to (like ogg-vorbis or flac).
then just do:
$ ecaconvert .ogg *m4a

to convert all m4a files to ogg files.

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Originally Posted by gerhardk

It's easy to convert anything to anything with ecaconvert (ecasound).
Install it and the other programs to convert to (like ogg-vorbis or flac).
then just do:
$ ecaconvert .ogg *m4a

to convert all m4a files to ogg files.

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They are actually encrypted m4p files, so, I doubt that will work, but thanks.

Converting from m4a to mp3 on a whole bunch of files recursively

Convert to wav first:
find . -name \*.[Mm]4[Aa] -exec faad {} \;

Convert to mp3:
find . -name \*.[Ww][Aa][Vv] -exec lame {} \;