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Audacity with the FFMpeg software should open many M4A and movie files.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown
Koz

Thanks so much. By down loading FFmpeg Audacity will now import Linear PCM and WMA files as well as MP3. Huge help!!

You can install the optional FFmpeg library to import WMA: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown . FFmpeg may or may not help with "Linear PCM" - it depends what headers the file has. What ...

Thanks a bunch for the help guys, I really appreciate it! I ended up abandoning the old file since I figured it was more trouble than it's worth; I got a new source and it works fine as well! (albeit being a bit quieter but I don't mind). Thanks for the help again, guys! EDIT: Sorry to do this, but ...

HeadAC3he seems to give me the error 'Could not find AC3 Header' or something very similar. FFmpeg in Audacity does support multi-channel input in principle, so it could be the file you have is not really AC3, as suggested above. SUPER ( http://tinyurl.com/8nu3s7m ) ...

You didn't use the words: "I installed the FFMpeg software." Did you? Audacity won't do much without that. FFMpeg might very well support what you seek. It's in the download section along with "lame" and other software add-ons. ...

You didn't use the words: "I installed the FFMpeg software." Did you? Audacity won't do much without that. FFMpeg might very well support what you seek.

It's in the download section along with "lame" and other software add-ons.

Koz

HeadAC3he seems to give me the error 'Could not find AC3 Header' or something very similar. AC3 Decoder links to AC3 Filter which doesn't do what I expect it to. Thanks for the feedback, Steve, I'll just look for AC3 decoders and if that fails, I'll get a different source for the audio file. Appreci...

A very old program that I used to use for converting multi-channel AC3: HeadAC3he 0.23a http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mp3-hac3.htm Download from the download page on: http://www.doom9.org/ (I've only ever used it on Windows XP). For a more recent program you could try: AC3 Decoder 1.2.6 http://ww...

Can Audacity import this file: test.ac3 If it can, then FFMpeg is working correctly but the file that you are trying to import is not supported by the build of FFMpeg that you are using. Ah, thanks for clearing that up, its just that it's happened with ...