Re: [SoX-devel] SoX with FFMPEG

[Jan S. <ha...@st...>]

On Jan 17 22:39:37, am...@sa... wrote:
> >> So I am trying to install in my Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 SoX
> >> with FFMPEG support for m4a files.
> 
> >You are better off using ffmpeg directly.
> >The "support" for ffmepg in SoX is broken.
> 
> >What exactly do you need to do with those m4a files?
> 
> I need to merge m4a files.

Do you need the result to be  an m4a file as well?

> I was trying to use FFMPEG as a library with SoX
> trying not to break LGNU license.
> Is there a way I could do that with SoX?

Convert your input files from m4a to wav using ffmpeg.
Process them in SoX (merge, whatever).
Convert the ouput to the format you need,
using either SoX or ffmpeg.

> > You are better off using ffmpeg directly.
> > The "support" for ffmepg in SoX is broken.

Jan