Playing .m4a?

[Dan]

Ali Helmy wrote:
> Hey mates,
>
> I have some files (The Lord of the Rings OST) in the format .m4a, that 
> I used to play on my iTunes on my WinXP PC, and now, I can't find 
> anything to play them... I downloaded xmms, and xmms-mp3, but it 
> doesnt play .m4a's...
>
> any ideas on how to make xmms play these files? or if absolutely 
> IMPOSSIBLE, anywayto convert them to .mp3s?
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>      A. Helmy
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You seem to be confusing video formats with audio formats. mp3 is 
strictly an audio format. You need the appropriate codec for whatever 
video format the .m4a file is using. I found VLC player able to do this; 
mplayer/totem should be able to also with the appropriate codec for 
gstreamer or xine.
-Dan