How to Play or convert a QCP file to MP3

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Solution 1

Converting audio formats with FFMPEG

First make sure that FFMPEG is installed by either

Installing via the Software centre
Typing sudo apt-get install libav-tools into Terminal

Converting the file:

Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
Navigate to the folder your source file is found in by typing cd followed by the folder you want to enter. You start in ~ (Your home folder)
Type in ffmpeg -i sourcefile.qcp targetfile.mp3

Solution 2

Converting an audio file with VLC

First you will need VLC Media Player. I have provided a link to the Software Centre for that.

NOTE: If you just want to play the file, instead just open it with VLC and ignore the following instructions.

Open up VLC
Open the "Media" menu
Choose "Convert/Save" (Ctrl + R)
Make sure you are on the "File" tab
Using the add button, choose the files you would like to convert
Click the "Convert/Save" button
Click the "Browse" button and choose where you would like to save the converted file
Under "Profile" choose what you would like the format of your converted file to be. Make sure you choose one of the "Audio -" options
Click the "Start" button
VLC will look like it's playing the file without sound and will say "Streaming", but leave it alone until it has finished "playing the file."

Now the file should be converted to whatever format you selected as whatever file you selected to save as.

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Azarius Jenkins

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Azarius Jenkins over 1 year

Exactly as the title says. My friend sent me a file which turns out to be a QCP file and I have been downloading all kinda of programs people told me to download and I have come up with nothing to convert this thing into an MP3 to listen to it.

What program should I use to listen to QCP file?
- Admin over 11 years
  
  Have you tried Sound Converter?
- Admin over 11 years
  
  I don't believe that Sound Converter can convert .QCP files.
- Admin over 11 years
  
  VLC does play this format. Or you can try using FFMEG as here .
- Admin almost 11 years
  
  Do you try superuser.com/questions/236117/qcp-mp3-on-a-mac? It's BASH, you just need ffmpeg and all will work great. :D
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

its like having a seisure then freezing... :( i even switched it to flac bc that sound converter will change the flac to an mp3... but nadda...
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

thought it was working... im getting upset... i want to listen to my girls recoding she sent me...
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

its like spazing out saying its streaming then it goes grey after like 30 seconds...
Jason Southwell over 11 years

Do you have Audacity?
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

no i dont have audocity... yet
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

audacity i mean...
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

nope it wont play it at all... what converter would convert to ogg?
njallam over 11 years

I was thinking that instead of converting to MP3 with VLC you could to it do an OGG instead. But if the file won't play in VLC it likely won't convert with it, so I am stumped on that one.
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

i42.photobucket.com/albums/e302/korn_23_2004/…
Azarius Jenkins over 11 years

yup i did just that and you see what its doing
Adobe over 11 years

ffmpeg is currently a "dead" project which is renamed to avconv.
njallam over 11 years

I got messages saying to use FFMPEG so I put another answer on in case it helps.
bmaupin over 9 years

@Adobe ffmpeg isn't dead. It's an active project, it's just somebody at Ubuntu decided to switch to avconv instead: stackoverflow.com/a/9477756/399105
Adobe over 9 years

@bmaupin: you right -- I didn't know it back then, but now I know: blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html