convert m4a audio files to mp3?

[Kevin Kofler]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> He's copied the entire itunes library/directory from his mac to his new
> Linux box.
> 
> How can I convert all these m4a files to mp3?  I tried lame but it gives
> me an 'unsupported format' error.

Why MP3? If you're converting them in the first place, convert them to Ogg
Vorbis!

Also note that converting from a lossy format to another lossy format will
necessarily degrade the quality.

        Kevin Kofler