need HELP - how to convert WMA to WAV?

[zskillz]

Is there a way to do this. I wan't to make a mix CD of songs that I ripped myself from my own cd's.... I have them in wma format, and I want them in WAV format. Anyone know how??

thanks
-Z

[Dax_Brandy]

You can use programs like audio grabber and the like to do the job.

(i think so).

[zskillz]

anything native to the windows OS that'll do it?

-Z

[Ruahrc]

Winamp has a built in waveOut function. Maybe give that a try?

[DutchMaster]

Yeah you can use Winamp to "play" them to wav files with the Disk Writer output plugin (out_disk.dll).
Configure the plugin via Options>Preferences>Output, set it on PCM and choose the right bitrate: 44,100/16 bit/stereo.

BTW Audio Grabber wil rip the tracks you select from a CD directly to WAV (or MP3). This will give you the best quality and you can use normalization on all the tracks, so the volume is the same of all songs on the mix CD.

But there are several other CD ripping tools that do the same.

If you have NERO burning rom you can get a WMA plugin which enables you to burn WMA directly to an AudioCD. (Actually its an build in decoder and then burns it).

[zskillz]

cool... i thought that winamp could do it, but I couldnt' remember how.

thanks a lot
-Z

[Winos2Mac]

just a random comment:

Now that I think about it, Winamp is probably the most stable, error free, durable little app that I have on everyone of my computers. in my 2+ years of using it, I have never had a problem with it.

Cheers to the Winamp developers!!!

[Dax_Brandy]

I agree.

I've been using winamp more than 3 yrs now. no hastle. it just keeps getting better.

[DutchMaster]

Yeah using winamp since version 0.20 Was that 1997???, time flies....
But I had some major problems with some plugins which weren't developed that good.

[zskillz]

i dont' think winamp does it. i've fiddled with it for a while now, and I can't get it to work right. I may need another plugin, but I don't know what it is...

suggestions?
-Z