Convert Voice Memo Files in iTunes....

[threebikesmcginty]

Does anyone know how/if you can do this?

I put some voice memos from a friends ipod onto our mac and the files are massive! - a 10 minute one is about 90MB and a 1 hour 40 min memo is 1GB.

Can these be converted to an alternative file type that's a bit more manageable? - I'd like to put some of these files onto our ipod for Mrs 3BM but I can't at the size iTunes has imported them at!

All ideas gratefully received....

.... except - throw your mac in the wheelie-bin and get a pc!!!

Cheers!

 

[Garz]

What format have they been stored as?

 

[gaz]

no doubt you can use garage band to transform them into a different format.

 

[Carwash]

It would be useful to know what format they're currently in before suggesting how to compress them (further). E.g., if they're huge .wav files, run them through lame/oggenc.

 

[twowheelsgood]

Can't you just add the file to itunes and then right-click and select the "create the mp4/aac/itunes) version"? If not it's some format it doesn't understand. In Windows at least it'll deal with the common wav and mp3 formats without any extra software.

It could even be that your file is indeed a wav but with a funy extension that itunes doesn't recognise.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Can't you just add the file to itunes and then right-click and select the "create the mp4/aac/itunes) version"? If not it's some format it doesn't understand. In Windows at least it'll deal with the common wav and mp3 formats without any extra software.

It could even be that your file is indeed a wav but with a funy extension that itunes doesn't recognise.

Right click!!!

Actualy I found a freeware prog called 'switch' that converts wav to mp3 - seems to work fine and reduces the files to less than 10% of original size.

 

[twowheelsgood]

Right click!!!

Actualy I found a freeware prog called 'switch' that converts wav to mp3 - seems to work fine and reduces the files to less than 10% of original size.

Apple's native format is AAC or MP4/M4A. I'm certain you can create an "ipod version" on the mac too. It'd be odd if Apple made itunes more functional on PC than it's own platform.

 

[Perfect Virgo]

Right click!!!

Actualy I found a freeware prog called 'switch' that converts wav to mp3 - seems to work fine and reduces the files to less than 10% of original size.

Aha, good spot! I recently disovered that software too. Handy isn't it.