m4p conversion to mp4?

[Garrett Cooper]

Louis LeBlanc wrote:

>On 07/10/05 08:57 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
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>>This is probably painfully obvious, but I can't find it in the ports
>>with a search or through google.
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>>I recently acquired an iPod Shuffle, and am enjoying it thoroughly.
>>Unfortunately, I also acquired a gift card for the iTunes store, so I
>>thought it would be better to get a copy of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
>>through the store rather than go buy the CO.  I'm not a big enough fan
>>to listen to "Radio GaGa" if I don't have to.
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>>Anyway, I learned something disturbing.  They give you the music you
>>buy in m4p format, which is an mp4 format protected by an MD5
>>derivative.  I think.
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>>Normally I wouldn't really care, except I can't play this (and other
>>iTunes downloads) on my FreeBSD (5.4 RELEASE-p4) box.  Just the
>>Windoze box and the Shuffle.  Rhythmbox won't play it, and xmms won't
>>even play mp4 (it complains about an undefined reference or
>>something).
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>>A quick search on Google provided enough to assure me that converting
>>this file to mp4 is possible, but nothing definitive has turned up.
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>>Is there a port that can convert this file format to mp4?  If so, are
>>there any special build parameters required?
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>Sorry for the error above.  What I meant was I want to convert from
>m4p to m4a format.
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>I've found the alac decoder, but that puts out either raw pcm or wav
>format.
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>TIA
>Lou
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There's always faad2.
-Garrett