QT->MP3?

[Richard Gaskin]

Ken Norris wrote:
>> Scott Rossi wrote:
>>
>>> Recently, Richard Gaskin  wrote:
>>>> Anyone have an external to convert QT audio files to MP3?
>>>
>>> Do you have to do this within Rev or are you looking to simply 
>>> convert files
>>> (thus something like iTunes)?
>>
>> Gotta be Rev.  It's for a client.
> 
> A Mac-platform client? If so, you might be able to access the QT codec 
> and rewrite the files as MP4 (AFAIK, QT reads but won't write MP3 
> anymore) then delete the old file. But I'd bet you couldn't do it in 
> Windows.

My clients need to support XP as well (Linux would a nice-to-have), so a 
Mac-only solution is out.  Too bad Apple pulled support for the world's 
most popular audio format from the QT API.

I wonder if it's worth proposing that MP3 conversion be added to the 
engine.  Anyone else need that sort of thing?

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