[ubuntu-uk] Conversion from .oma to mp3

[Kris Douglas]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 16:47, gav <revford at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 04:14:37PM +0000, Farran wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 12:19 +0000, Javad Ayaz wrote:
>> > Does anyone know if any of the open source programs like winff can
>> > decode from Sony's .oma format.
>> >
>> > To those who dont know Sony's sonicstage wraps mp3 files in .oma and
>> > then puts it on the player.
>> >
>> > I dont have access to a windows pc anymore so i would ideally like to
>> > carry on using something opensource but not lose all my music as well.
>
>
>> er sorry can't help but I'll back up the request :P I've looked around a
>> bit but can't find anything. Unless soundconverter works? unlikely...
>> I have a friend who's just moved completely to linux and he's lost his
>> whole collection too cos it's in .oma.
>
>
> This is always a danger when storing your data in closed/DRM'ed formats.
>
> I don't know about the specifics of the .oma format but could you not burn
> the tracks to a CD using the Sony .oma playing software then rip them back in
> ogg/vorbis under Ubuntu?
>
> Similar to dealing with DRM'ed tracks from the iTunes music store?
>
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I'm not certain of this, is it possible to use VLC to play them back,
and then use the save stream function to save them as your desired
format?

I have no ways to test this, but after a small amount of googles, I
saw a hint to the possibility of being able to play them back in VLC.

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