m4b > mp3 only gives one second of playback

[kotchin]

Hi all, I couldn't find any help on problems of this type elsewhere.

When trying to convert m4b to mp3 using:

ffmpeg -i %s -f wav -
lame -b %b - -

I only get one second of playback. However that one second seems to be transcoded properly. When used in the terminal (I'm on OS X 10.5) both commands produce playable files.

I have also tried:

ffmpeg -i %s -acodec libmp3lame -

which is what I usually use to convert files locally, but the results from this do no play at all.

edit: the tracks play perfectly when using itunes as the external player. Strange. My flash Player is up to date, just in case that could have been the problem.

Any help would be great - long journies arn't the same without audiobooks.

Thanks,
Tom

[mgrant]

This problem seems to be specific to certain browsers. For me, Firefox (both windows and linux) is affected, but IE is not.

In IE it plays the entire song but does not allow seeking.

In FF it only plays the first second or two.

This seems to be the case for .ape, m4b & .mpc files for me.

-mg

[kotchin]

Thanks for the quick reply mgrant.

Yes, I should have checked in other browsers. It works fine in Safari and Chrome, just not Firefox.

Thanks again

Tom

[LastDay]

For me MelodyCan is the best software for different players. It can remove drm and convert files to different formats. You can try it_))