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Author Topic: WMA to mp3 Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 12-01-2003 02:47 PM                     Any ideas on how I can convert wma files to mp3 files for free? I have a new mp3 cd player and can't use it yet for mp3's. Thanks  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-01-2003 09:49 PM                     1) Stop using WMA right now. Consider instead using an open standard, such as AAC. Because WMA is not an open standard, any device or program that uses it must pay microsuck a licensing fee. Consequently, there are not very many shareware utilities that can make this conversion. 2) (Requires 2 computers) Connect the audio outputs on the back of the computer to a second computers audio inputs. Open a sound recording utility on the second computer. Prepare the WMA on the first computer for playback. Click record on the second computer, then immediately click play on the first computer. Export the resulting sound file on the second computer to MP3. *This method also works for ripping streams in RealPlayer! 3) Enjoy all of your new AAC, AIFF, WAV, and MP3 files by using iTunes (free download for windows and mac at www.apple.com/itunes/ .) It is the easiest way to manage a large number of audio files, and even allows you to effortlessly burn MP3 CDs for your MP3CD player.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-01-2003 10:08 PM                        Using a full duplex sound card on a single machine would produce much better results. Alternatively, http://www.allformp3.com/mp3_other/smc.htm?edit  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-01-2003 10:58 PM                        There are machines without full duplex sound cards? Machines like that suck ass and should not be allowed to exist for any reason whatsoever. It almost sounds as if full duplex is difficult to achieve or something. Anyway, just get a 1/8th inch miniplug to 1/8th inch miniplug (stereo) and loop the audio out of your computer to the audio in. If you can't record like this, then your compuer sucks and you need th throw it away now.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-02-2003 05:15 AM                        With the right drivers, you should be able to just record what you hear, no analog conversion required. Piracy is bad though, so that's all the help you get.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 12-04-2003 02:29 PM                     He's a random question that I'll stick here rather than opening a new thread? Does anyone know of a good program I can download for recording audio? I want something basic like Windows Sound Recorder. But I want a prog that will record to hard dtrive rather than recording to RAM.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-07-2003 12:35 AM                     I would just use winamps built in WAVout plugin to extract it and then use a ripping program to decode the file into an mp3. That is usually my simplest solution.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-07-2003 01:24 AM                        I have never been able to get Winamp's WAV plugin to work. I select it and nothing happens. Using Winamp to convert stuff pisses me off. Can Winamp even play WMA?  |  IP: Logged Gunnar Johansson Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Gothenburg, Sweden Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-07-2003 04:27 PM                        Joe: Yes, both winamp 2 and 3 plays .wma without problems, and can convert .wma to .mp3 but you might need a plugin, which can be found on winamps homepage. Just search for it. It's the simplest way I've always done it in. No input on recording software, unfortunately. //Gunnar  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-07-2003 04:46 PM                     Im not sure if you can use these plugins in winamp3 because I cant find a menu to select them. I know for sure that you can use it in the earlier versions of it and I believe it comes with the install. When you go to play the file after selecting the plugin, you wont hear any sound as it is decoding it. You just have to pick the output file and it will be there. Also yes winamp does play .wma and wmv files  |  IP: Logged

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