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battlemouth · 12-10-2003, 12:26 PM

how would i change the files i burned to my computer as windows media files into MP3's i recently downloaded Itunes and it wont recognize the windows media files. hopefully this isnt a repost i cant check since i cant search, if it is does anyone know the link to the thread?

itchy93 · 12-10-2003, 07:59 PM

Easy CD-DA Extractor is one of the better converters out there. Just queue all the files and choose which format you want them outputted as. It's shareware, but it gets the job done.

Itchy93

feelgood · 12-10-2003, 08:37 PM

If you have matchbox software, it might do the job for you. I use it before but it's been awhile since I last used it...

junglistic · 12-11-2003, 09:15 AM

CoolEdit gets the job done well, along with a ga-billion other things.

Check it out.

Latch · 12-11-2003, 07:00 PM

If you still have the original CDs, I strongly recommend just ripping straight to MP3. MP3 and WMA are both compression techniques that take something out of the song to make the file so small (ideally stuff the average human ear can't hear). Both take out different components of the song, or both have different ways of doing it. Converting to MP3 -> WMA or vice versa will run a filter over the song twice, usually noticibly degrading the quality.

My .2c.. I suggest reripping from the CD if possible.

juanvaldes · 12-11-2003, 07:52 PM

I agree with Latch, both MP3 & WMA are lossy, so a MWA -> MP3 or MP3 -> MWA will sound worse then either CD -> MP3 or CD -> WMA.

If you have the CD just rerip.

rubicon · 12-12-2003, 08:31 AM

I couldn't Google find any iTunes plug-ins to decode WMA files. Rumors abound that WMA will be supported in a future version of iTunes.

You may not be a good candidate for using iTunes. When I ripped my entire CD collection I started using WMA and switched to MP3 based on the proliferation of devices and software that supported MP3 compared to WMA. WMA support is widespread now but I'm sticking with MP3 until AAC has a broader base.

battlemouth · 12-12-2003, 08:37 AM

i think i'll wait till i go home for christmas break so i can rip from all the cds again. thanks everyone = )

12-10-2003, 12:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
battlemouth Robot Lovin' Location: Boston	windows media to MP3 how would i change the files i burned to my computer as windows media files into MP3's i recently downloaded Itunes and it wont recognize the windows media files. hopefully this isnt a repost i cant check since i cant search, if it is does anyone know the link to the thread? __________________ like a bullet through a flock of doves

12-10-2003, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
itchy93 Tilted Location: Wandering North America	Easy CD-DA Extractor is one of the better converters out there. Just queue all the files and choose which format you want them outputted as. It's shareware, but it gets the job done. Itchy93 __________________ That's just my opinion; I could be wrong.

12-10-2003, 08:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	If you have matchbox software, it might do the job for you. I use it before but it's been awhile since I last used it... __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

12-12-2003, 08:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	I couldn't Google find any iTunes plug-ins to decode WMA files. Rumors abound that WMA will be supported in a future version of iTunes. You may not be a good candidate for using iTunes. When I ripped my entire CD collection I started using WMA and switched to MP3 based on the proliferation of devices and software that supported MP3 compared to WMA. WMA support is widespread now but I'm sticking with MP3 until AAC has a broader base. __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.

12-12-2003, 08:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
battlemouth Robot Lovin' Location: Boston	i think i'll wait till i go home for christmas break so i can rip from all the cds again. thanks everyone = ) __________________ like a bullet through a flock of doves

12-11-2003, 09:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
junglistic Insane	CoolEdit gets the job done well, along with a ga-billion other things. Check it out.

12-11-2003, 07:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	If you still have the original CDs, I strongly recommend just ripping straight to MP3. MP3 and WMA are both compression techniques that take something out of the song to make the file so small (ideally stuff the average human ear can't hear). Both take out different components of the song, or both have different ways of doing it. Converting to MP3 -> WMA or vice versa will run a filter over the song twice, usually noticibly degrading the quality. My .2c.. I suggest reripping from the CD if possible.

12-11-2003, 07:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	I agree with Latch, both MP3 & WMA are lossy, so a MWA -> MP3 or MP3 -> MWA will sound worse then either CD -> MP3 or CD -> WMA. If you have the CD just rerip.