WMA & MP3 files

gibby

Hi all

I need a prog - for free if possible that can convert encoded wma files to mp3.
Yes there sre lots out there but they change a wma file of 2mb to 20mb or even bigger.

the reason for this - a friend of mine has a site with audio downloads - speech -not music and the mac users cant open them.

I did find a prog that would play the files and rerecord them at the same time in mp3 - at about the same file size - but to do it correctly they wanted ccard details - and as I hadnt heard of the company I didnt want to risk it.

another solution would be for the mac users to be able to convert on their machines - if anyone knows of a prog to do this - but as I havnt got a mac I cant test this out

one of the files can be found
http://www.drjoeesposito.com/Radio%20files/12-2-03.wma


thanks

Gibby

woo

I'm pretty sure that iTunes will let you do this, and that is free..

NellyLock

thats what i thought but it seems that its only itunes windows that lets you do it (or so it looks) i havent got a mac to be able to test this tho

neil

drlight_2

trouble with wma is they contain microsft's own tag's to store artist, name & when it's been played etc MS has loads of control over what companise it will let use the wma format.
Best thing to do is use windows media player to convert them to wav and then use any free software to convert them to what you want. Or use windows media player to convert them to mp3.
If it won't you may need to look more for audio editor's to open & save as wav or mp3.
maybe cooledit or soundforge

Liquid_Stool

this is about the best conversion program i've ever used - fast too, i think they have a fully functional trial for free. if you like it and don't wanna pay, there's plenty of places to get a free full version! :money:

muddyfox470

dbpoweramp will convert loads of things for you, you may need to download some codecs but i believe you should be ok.

Will take some time to convert all your music tho.

It is a very powerful (and free) program tho!

Enjoy

Ian

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

onzey

I think there's a small charge for the mp3 encoder license in dbpoweramp Music Converter. It's only a trial license in the download.

Beninio88

There is a version of Windows Media Player for the Mac that plays wma. However Getting some Apple Mac owners to install anything Microsoft on their computers is not the easiest task .
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ee2b64-5184-422a-91b6-20eed03e6175&displaylang=en

gibby

thanks for all that

when I get 5 mins Ill try these

your right about the mac owners - I dont like microsoft myself and use every alternative - but some of them are just ott.


cheers


Gibby

GlennTheBaker

If you have Nero Burning ROM on your PC, you can get loads of audio plug-ins from HERE which will then allow you to convert pretty much most formats to pretty much any other format.

cheghead

muddyfox470 wrote:

dbpoweramp will convert loads of things for you, you may need to download some codecs but i believe you should be ok.

Will take some time to convert all your music tho.

It is a very powerful (and free) program tho!

Enjoy

Ian

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

Definately! And Free.