WMA Collection to MP3 - Tech Support Forums

**phenious** · February 12th, 2003, 01:53 PM

Hey Guys, I ripped all my CDs in WMA format to put on my Nomad Juke Box because the WMA files were normally smaller. Well now I also have a CD Player that supports MP3s. I have been looking for a program that will convert my WMA to MP3 in one job, The Creative stuff requires me to convert to a WAV file first and then MP3 which is too time consuming. Does anybody know of some shareware or freeware that can do that kind of a batch job? Ill pay if it isnt to expensive. Thanks

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jdbic · February 15th, 2003, 07:39 AM

I think dbpoweramp music converter should do the trick.

Rovastar · February 15th, 2003, 08:22 AM

? Why do you want to convert?

Converting from one format to another (e.g. WMA to MP3, MP3 to OGG, OGG to WMA, etc, etc) will result in quailty loss.

DO you simply want to convert to make your hd look nice?

Cody · February 15th, 2003, 09:26 AM

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Well now I also have a CD Player that supports MP3s.

Cody

crazyray · February 15th, 2003, 02:03 PM

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Hey Guys, I ripped all my CDs in WMA format to put on my Nomad Juke Box because the WMA files were normally smaller

Rip the discs again, but to MP3. For BEST quality with minimum size, use the default vbr setting in easyLAME:

http://free.pages.at/volcano/lame/index_en.html

There are many other programs out there that use LAME, including CDEX which contains a ripper as well. Exact Audio Copy remains the first choice for ripping to WAV; easyLAME will take it from there. Smaller files but good quality.

**phenious** · February 16th, 2003, 05:10 PM

Well I would re-Rip but my brother has a lot of the CDs with him in Florida so that is out of the question for now. Ill give that link a try. Thanks guys

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MD1032 · February 16th, 2003, 10:41 PM

I'd love to rip all of my CD's into MP3, but WMP only supports one type of file...

crouse · February 16th, 2003, 10:47 PM

http://www.litexmedia.com/wma_workshop/