Subject:converting .ra to .wav

Posted by: oneinstance

Date:12/17/2001 5:07:02 PM

Hey gang!

I want to convert .ra files to .wav files. I have a bunch of these so I am looking for a batch processing utility as an ideal solution.
Your help is, AS ALWAYS, greatly appreciated
TIA

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: discode

Date:12/19/2001 11:46:02 AM

I beleive that the .ra format is Real Audio. Real Networks will not allow anyone to liscence the technology to convert back from .ra to any other format. There are no comerciall applications that will allow you to do this. However i have seen them in the past. One was called .ra to .wav. That product is no longer available because Real Networks suied the hell out of them.

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: timoheil

Date:12/20/2001 6:01:54 PM

Try the tool from wisecroft:
http://www.wisecroft.com

Don't know why RealNetworks has not sued them yet (maybe they have?) as they usually do. So hurry up as long as it is still available.

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: Dave2

Date:12/20/2001 7:54:15 PM

Do you have a sound card that will allow you play something in one program and record to another at the same time? If you do, you can record anything you can hear to S.F.

For example: With S.B. live I can select " What You hear" start record in S.F. Start play from the source. Then 'Save As"

Done Deal.

Dave M.

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: ljackson

Date:12/20/2001 10:02:28 PM

Total Recorder (http://www.highcriteria.com) is a good tool to have for stuff like this. It installs like a device driver which sits between sound apps and regular sound drivers - basically, it acts like a pipe and can record anything that passes through it on its way to your sound card. It's quite stable, cheap (less than $20), and can be bypassed for high performance multitrack apps like SAWStudio and others.

It's also got a timed record mode which I haven't played with yet, but which is supposed to let you schedule a recording of an incoming audio stream.

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: timoheil

Date:12/21/2001 5:51:56 AM

was that reply meant for me?

anyway: there are also "virtual soundcard-drivers" like total recorder (from www.highcriteria.com), which simply record the output of any player.

Subject:RE: converting .ra to .wav

Reply by: oneinstance

Date:1/7/2002 4:31:03 PM

thanks a lot, guys - I'll check all these options out. I was away for a while (good old Europe) and this is why I couldn't thank you earlier. happy new year!