wma to mp3?

Post by **Bacon** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:43 am

If there is a plugin for winamp to play wma, then you could just out_lame it with that. (I think)

Other than that there probably isn't any "free" way of doing it

Edit: Try WMAWorkshop, i used it before and it works great, just has a demo time limit, doesen't do anything to the actual files.

Post by **andyman** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:47 am

That one works...there is a crack somewhere but I forget where

Post by **[FTF]Pyro** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:52 am

http://www.thecereals.com

note: its not actually the "thecereals" more like what you would find in "s"equence....

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 etc

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:00 am

you know transcoding will make things worse right? if you have no other option and don't have the original media, google dbpoweramp. simple, free, and not shady.

Post by **Cooldown** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:10 am

dBpowerAMP Music Converter :icon14:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:21 am

Cooldown wrote:dBpowerAMP Music Converter :icon14:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

like i said...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:23 am

riddla wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:you know transcoding will make things worse right? if you have no other option and don't have the original media, google dbpoweramp. simple, free, and not shady.
heh, its only some bullshit i skimmed off a friend ill never really listen to but regardless wma format is toast.

shit, up to almost 300 complete albums now and i have yet to rip the 200+ sitting behind me. (not to mention the loose 5-7k mp3 files) gonna be busy for awhile...

yer. dbpoweramp will fit your needs.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:51 am

itunes can (and will) do this

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:52 am

MKJ wrote:itunes can (and will) do this

wma to mp3?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:52 am

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:57 am

interbreasting.

p.s. i can't seem to find what encoder iTunes uses. cluepon?

Post by **Canis** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:02 am

In the windows version only, you can drag unprotected WMA files to iTunes or similarly import them, and they'll convert to AAC (or at least one of the iTunes codecs).

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:02 am

no idea. prolly their own thing - the one that also encodes the aac files

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:03 am

Canis wrote:In the windows version only, you can drag unprotected WMA files to iTunes or similarly import them, and they'll convert to AAC or mp3 (or at least one of the iTunes codecs).

fixed

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:03 am

Canis wrote:In the windows version only, you can drag unprotected WMA files to iTunes or similarly import them, and they'll convert to AAC (or at least one of the iTunes codecs).

right, but are they using their own codec or another for .mp3 conversion/transcoding?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:04 am

MKJ wrote: prolly their own thing - the one that also encodes the aac files

that's what i figured. k.

Post by **Canis** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:05 am

iTunes uses Quicktime to encode media. I'd assume to read WMA files they have a link to a default WMA codec in windows machines.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:07 am

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/i ... coder.html

oh, Mac only it seems.

Post by **Canis** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:16 am

That's a third-party iTunes plug-in program made by Blacktree software that uses the LAME algorithm to encode MP3s in iTunes. iTunes natively uses Quicktime.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:19 am

Canis wrote:That's a third-party iTunes plug-in program made by Blacktree software that uses the LAME algorithm to encode MP3s in iTunes. iTunes natively uses Quicktime.

thanks for clarification

i was pointing out an alternative (almost)

Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:21 am

The itunes mp3 encoder is fucking terrible, which is partly why I use AAC. I just installed the 3rd party encoder seems pretty slick

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:26 am

Dave wrote:The itunes mp3 encoder is fucking terrible, which is partly why I use AAC. I just installed the 3rd party encoder seems pretty slick

do some encoding and report back, ensign.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:38 am

I captain this ship, son

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:00 pm

riddla wrote:I downloaded Advanced WMA studio last night, it will transcode into VBR0 mp3 so its all good.

dbpoweramp doesn't?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:36 pm

ah. i was going to say, that it does it also. i actually had a .wma on my hdd and converted to VBR to be sure. gah.