converting wma to mp3

ARTHUR

is it possible to convert audio music from WMA format to MP3 format without losing any of the quality.
free easy to use programs would be appreciated
thanks

bat999

Hi
It's possible to do the conversion.
You'll always lose some quality when converting from wma to mp3.
You might not notice much difference though if you're listening with earbuds.
Try it for yourself.
A program that I use for converting is WinFF, but there are lots of others too.
WinFF is a free download from here:-http://winff.org/html_new/
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timmmers

http://www.youconvertit.com/ConvertFiles.aspx is a handy and free site for conversion of most fles

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Marty_J

ARTHUR wrote: »

is it possible to convert audio music from WMA format to MP3 format without losing any of the quality.
free easy to use programs would be appreciated
thanks

It's not possible to convert from one lossy format to another without losing something in the process. As pointed out though, whether or not you'll notice a difference is a separate issue.

Surely you can convert from wma to mp3 in Windows Media Player?

ARTHUR

Marty_J wrote: »

It's not possible to convert from one lossy format to another without losing something in the process. As pointed out though, whether or not you'll notice a difference is a separate issue.

Surely you can convert from wma to mp3 in Windows Media Player?

can I marty ?
how would I go about converting it in media player
I have two albums saved on my hard drive that I want to convert to mp3

ARTHUR

also is wmp better quality than mp3

mr_fishbulb

ARTHUR wrote: »

also is wmp better quality than mp3

It will depend on a lot of factors like the bitrate used and the quality (number of passes etc) of the encoding.

IIRC wma will be better than mp3, all other variables being equal. But it's not recognised by as many devices.

JasX

just make sure you convert the .wma to a .mp3 of identical bitrate to minimise signal quality loss (do it in batches of identical bitrate files).

itunes can do this for you if you set it in the import preferences

Marty_J

ARTHUR wrote: »

can I marty ?
how would I go about converting it in media player

I'm a Mac guy, but I've just had a look on one of our Windows machines, and I can't see a way to do it. It seems very odd that there's no method to convert from one format to another.

also is wmp better quality than mp3

A wma file will sound better then an mp3 created from a wma file. This is nothing to do with the merits of each format however; it just due to the information lost in the conversion process.

asininity

Try Format Factory http://www.formatoz.com/ can do that and more besides.

ARTHUR

JasX wrote: »

just make sure you convert the .wma to a .mp3 of identical bitrate to minimise signal quality loss (do it in batches of identical bitrate files).

itunes can do this for you if you set it in the import preferences

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