Quake3World

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

like i said...

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.

itunes can (and will) do this

MKJ wrote:itunes can (and will) do this

wma to mp3?

aye

interbreasting.

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

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).

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

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

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?

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

that's what i figured. k.

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.

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




oh, Mac only it seems.

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.

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)

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

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.

I captain this ship, son

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

dbpoweramp doesn't?

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.