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- 1. Get M4A File's Details
- By using the command "ffmpeg -i" the file we obtain data about all streams of the file (codec, bitrate, ...), like this:
- $ ffmpeg -i test.m4a
- [...]
- Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'test.m4a':
- Metadata:
- major_brand : M4A
- minor_version : 1
- compatible_brands: M4A mp42isom
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- composer : Tiësto
- title : clublife_episode249
- artist : Tiësto
- album : Tiësto
- encoder : GarageBand 6.0.4
- Duration: 00:59:04.87, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 324 kb/s
- Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 31.000000
- Metadata:
- title : Begin
- [...]
- Stream #0.0(eng): Subtitle: tx3g / 0x67337874, 0 kb/s
- Metadata:
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- Stream #0.1(eng): Subtitle: tx3g / 0x67337874
- Metadata:
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- Stream #0.2(eng): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 319 kb/s
- Metadata:
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- Stream #0.3(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj444p, 300x300 [PAR 72:72 DAR 1:1], 2 kb/s, 0k fps, 600 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
- Metadata:
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- Well, the line we need to use for the bitrate is Stream #0.2(eng): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 319 kb/s.
- 2. Extract M4A File's Audio Bitrate
- Now we can play with grep and awk to extract 319 (according to the example line):
- $ ffmpeg -i test.m4a 2>&1 | grep Audio | awk -F', ' '{print $5}' | cut -d' ' -f1
- 319
- This output will be used for the -ab argument:
- 3. Convert M4A to MP3 With Same Bitrate
- ffmpeg -i test.m4a -ab `ffmpeg -i test.m4a 2>&1 | grep Audio | awk -F', ' '{print $5}' | cut -d' ' -f1`k test.mp3
- 4. Verify MP3 File
- Finally, we verify the new file:
- $ ffmpeg -i test.mp3
- [...]
- Input #0, mp3, from 'test.mp3':
- Metadata:
- major_brand : M4A
- minor_version : 1
- compatible_brands: M4A mp42isom
- creation_time : 2012-01-06 13:08:47
- composer : Tiësto
- title : clublife_episode249
- artist : Tiësto
- album : Tiësto
- encoder : Lavf53.2.0
- Duration: 00:59:04.93, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 320 kb/s
- Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 320 kb/s
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