How to convert `rm` and `ra` audio files to mp3 in (L)ubuntu?

Question

I have radio programs that I have obtained with the extension rm and ra. How to convert them to mp3 or other more common type?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '12 at 19:01

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1) add medibuntu repository. Instructions here

2) install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53

3) Run ffmpeg -i inputfile.ra outputfile.mp3

To use this through a GUI:

edited Oct 22 '12 at 19:01

answered Oct 22 '12 at 14:00

Eirriel

could you improve your answer so as to provide commands for converting multiple files of the same type or of different types? (i mean something like ffmpeg -i *.ra *.mp3) – Oct 22 '12 at 14:44
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I think this program only take one file as input, but you can always make a script to run it for multiple files. For example:
for i in *.ra; do ffmpeg -i $i $(echo $i | sed 's/\.ra/\.mp3/'); done
– Eirriel Oct 22 '12 at 15:43
is there a gui for this? it seems much faster than soundconverter? – Oct 22 '12 at 18:38
i don't know soundconverter but ffmpeg is a command line utility. maybe there is some 3rd party frontend – Eirriel Oct 22 '12 at 19:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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In this case I had to use a piece of heavy artillery I was familiar with in Windows: Format Factory (for a clean download use the torrent)

Unzip if needed and install Format Factory ... after installing Wine, of course.

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A lot of settings are possible

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

answered Oct 22 '12 at 14:22

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 15:05

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You can use sound converter. open up your terminal and type this to install . sudo apt-get install soundconverter

answered Oct 22 '12 at 15:05

Raja G

it is an advantage in using a gui for ubuntu: but isn't it a bit slow? it took a lot of more time than the other solutions – Oct 22 '12 at 18:33

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