Corrupt audio file?
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:27 pm
Hello,
I am trying to download the audio of a mix I can't get anywhere but on youtube. I am able to download the files no problem, the videos work and the webm audio files work, unfortunately for me however I am only after the mp4 files as they can be opened by both vlc and itunes and these files appear to be broken. When opened in itunes it shows no information except for the title and an 'unknown' bitrate and a 'not available' track length, and additionally the audio does not play. When opened in vlc the player acts as it does for most broken files and refuses to play. I tried to flashget the audio within a few videos and had the same problem of all files working great except for the mp4 files (large, medium or small). I find this all very confusing as I can't work out why would this problem be isolated to one format. I should also note that these mp4 files, as shown in the flashgot DASH section, are called .m4a when downloaded to my mac. I attempted to change the filename to mp4 in a last effort to see if that changes anything, but still the same problem. I recognise that I could convert the webm files to another audio file (probably m4a or mp3) but that would require me to download another program, plus I would rather not need to convert the files.
Thanks in advance for the help, and forgive me if I have made some stupid mistake somewhere.
Cheers
I am trying to download the audio of a mix I can't get anywhere but on youtube. I am able to download the files no problem, the videos work and the webm audio files work, unfortunately for me however I am only after the mp4 files as they can be opened by both vlc and itunes and these files appear to be broken. When opened in itunes it shows no information except for the title and an 'unknown' bitrate and a 'not available' track length, and additionally the audio does not play. When opened in vlc the player acts as it does for most broken files and refuses to play. I tried to flashget the audio within a few videos and had the same problem of all files working great except for the mp4 files (large, medium or small). I find this all very confusing as I can't work out why would this problem be isolated to one format. I should also note that these mp4 files, as shown in the flashgot DASH section, are called .m4a when downloaded to my mac. I attempted to change the filename to mp4 in a last effort to see if that changes anything, but still the same problem. I recognise that I could convert the webm files to another audio file (probably m4a or mp3) but that would require me to download another program, plus I would rather not need to convert the files.
Thanks in advance for the help, and forgive me if I have made some stupid mistake somewhere.
Cheers
