Is there a way to play .m4a files on Mac OS 9? I tried iTunes 2.0.4, QuickTime Pro 6.0.3, Audion and SoundApp. They all do not seem to support files with the extension .m4a.
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2010, November 22 - 6:25pm
#1
m4a Files on Mac OS 9?
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2010, November 22 - 6:33pm
#2
You can convert them by burning it to a CD, and then re-import the songs (they'll be MP3).
2010, November 22 - 7:32pm
#3
Haven't tried it, but from The 6400 Zone
By changing the file type and creator of the AAC files encoded by iTunes 4 or downloaded from the iTunes Music Store from M4A/hook and M4P/hook respectively to MooV/TVOD or MPG4/TVOD, the songs can be played in OS 9. MPEG/TVOD files are recognized by QuickTime 6.0.3 and can be played in QuickTime or with a QuickTime based music player such as MPLAY. MooV/TVOD files can be played as above but are also recognized by iTunes 2.0.4.
2010, November 23 - 2:40am
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What Protocol 7 says is right, you need to change the file type and creator to File type=MPG4, and creator=TVOD.
Probably you ll need some file utility like this one to do that job:
2010, November 23 - 2:50am
#5
Or this easy to use one: Creator Changer
2010, November 23 - 1:43pm
#6
Thanks folks, I'll check this out. The .m4a file I have, though, was not recognized by File Exchange so that creator and file type seem to be TEXT and dosa. It's a message from a voice mail someone send me from his iPhone.
2010, November 23 - 10:59pm
#7
A voice mail message from an iPhone may not be m4a.
2010, November 24 - 5:20am
#8
As Balrog says: ¨A voice mail message from an iPhone may not be m4a.¨
It is probably an .ogg
Anyway, before changing file type/creator, try to play it with this one:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/audacity-100
Its a carbonized app (MacOS 9 & CarbonLib 1.6.1 for best results)
2010, November 24 - 5:55pm
#9
It's a m4a file. I erraneously assumed that it was from an iPhone voice mail. That was wrong. I asked the guy who sent me the file. He said he recorded it from his answering machine of his normal telephone with the recording device of his iPhone; then he made a m4a file.
Anyway, changing creator and file type worked!
However, I found a more elegant and faster method to do this than to use a creator changing applicaton:
I simply replaced the file extension .m4a with .mp4, and creator and file type automatically changed! I was able to play the file with QuickTime Pro 6.0.3! Isn't that great!
2010, November 25 - 3:22am
#10
You win a prize if you can do it with a .m4b or .m4p extension 