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Magpie0001 · 07-31-2003, 04:44 AM

Im looking for a free easy to use small program to convert Wma (or whatever) to Mp3.
Ive found a few but Im wondering if you good people can point me in the direction of a good one.

Thanks.

mrklixx · 07-31-2003, 06:03 AM

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

You will have to download the wma codec pack.

Latch · 07-31-2003, 06:20 AM

No program suggestions but...

Can you get the original source (a WAV file or CD?) If so.. use that and convert it to MP3 directly.. converting from WMA to MP3 degrades the quality twice... which will give you a semi-shitty sounding MP3. Converting from original WAV to MP3 only degrades the quality once.. and sounds a lot better.

^dude · 07-31-2003, 08:11 AM

There's a few good ones on download.com

sixate · 07-31-2003, 11:37 AM

MusicmatchJukebox can convert WAV files to MP3. It also rips CD's, burns, and you can use it to listen to all your music. Plus it organizes everything perfectly. I guess I'm trying to say I love the program.

Speed_Gibson · 08-01-2003, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Latch
No program suggestions but...

Can you get the original source (a WAV file or CD?) If so.. use that and convert it to MP3 directly.. converting from WMA to MP3 degrades the quality twice... which will give you a semi-shitty sounding MP3. Converting from original WAV to MP3 only degrades the quality once.. and sounds a lot better.

transcoding does suck horribly normally, unless you are using a high quality ogg-vorbis or MPC file as the source.

And I once used musicmatch (version5/6, paid for lifetime upgrade), but the program is bloated compared to WA. And both winamp and musicmatch are bloated eyecandy compared to Foobar2000 (the only audio player I use now). My biggest personal complaint about musicmatch is the lack of support of support for the formats I use: Ape, Flac, MPC, Ogg-Vorbis, and just starting to play with AAC.

edit: finally found this thread

07-31-2003, 04:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Magpie0001 Nobody Loves Me Location: Irish In Madrid	WMA to Mp3 converter Im looking for a free easy to use small program to convert Wma (or whatever) to Mp3. Ive found a few but Im wondering if you good people can point me in the direction of a good one. Thanks. __________________ Music is my first love & It will be my last.

07-31-2003, 06:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrklixx President Rick Location: location location	http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ You will have to download the wma codec pack.

07-31-2003, 06:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	No program suggestions but... Can you get the original source (a WAV file or CD?) If so.. use that and convert it to MP3 directly.. converting from WMA to MP3 degrades the quality twice... which will give you a semi-shitty sounding MP3. Converting from original WAV to MP3 only degrades the quality once.. and sounds a lot better.

07-31-2003, 08:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
^dude Insane	There's a few good ones on download.com

07-31-2003, 11:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	MusicmatchJukebox can convert WAV files to MP3. It also rips CD's, burns, and you can use it to listen to all your music. Plus it organizes everything perfectly. I guess I'm trying to say I love the program.