converting an old .ram (sound) file to something more common

[alcide]

I have an old .ram file that plays well with Totem. But I like to convert it to a more recent and more often used format like mp3 or something else. Can anybody help? I am relatively new to Ubuntu

When I open this file with a text editor. It is not readable

Wikipedia on .ram files: ram – a text file that contains a link to the Internet address where the Real Audio file is stored. The .ram file contains no audio data itself. in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_file_format

[ShoeUnited]

I have an old .ram file that plays well with Totem. But I like to convert it to a more recent and more often used format like mp3 or something else. Can anybody help? I am relatively new to Ubuntu

When I open this file with a text editor. It is not readable

Wikipedia on .ram files: ram – a text file that contains a link to the Internet address where the Real Audio file is stored. The .ram file contains no audio data itself. in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_file_format


I think you might be better reading the wiki article you linked.

ram – a text file that contains a link to the Internet address where the Real Audio file is stored. The .ram file contains no audio data itself.

It's just a text file, you should be able to open it in mousepad or gedit and copy the url to download.

-Shoe

[-Zeus-]

You can't really convert it, it's just a link to a stream.

[alcide]

Sorry I meant a full realaudio file .ra or .rm. I got these sound files on my hard drive they are but 250 Kb per song that lasts about 2 minutes 30 secs; So I still have not got the solution