CONVERTING SOUND FILES

[BruceW]

Hey Gang,

This might sound a little stupid but here goes...

How can I convert Windows Media Audio files (.wma) to Wave (.wav) and/or MP3 files. Do I need any special software and what??

Have been trying to convert on an XP computer and it has not worked so far.

[andybleaden]

I use akram audio convertor which works a breeze and I think is either share or freeware......find it here

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Au...Converter.shtml

hope that helps

[BruceW]

Thanks for the info,

However, the sight would not let me download. Don't know why not.

[alocispepraluger102]

it was my understanding that the windows format couldnt be converted.

this is a new development to me.

[Dan Gould]

Go to Goldwave.com and download the free version of their software. You can open windows media files and save them as wav or MP3 (up to 320 KBPS).

[David Ayers]

On a related topic, does anyone know how I can convert .flac files to anything mp3-like I can use?

[Dan Gould]

On a related topic, does anyone know how I can convert .flac files to anything mp3-like I can use?

Goldwave also takes flac files and extracts them into wav files and those can be saved to mp3. I don't know about direct conversion.

[David Ayers]

On a related topic, does anyone know how I can convert .flac files to anything mp3-like I can use?

Goldwave also takes flac files and extracts them into wav files and those can be saved to mp3. I don't know about direct conversion.

Thanks!

[couw]

unflac the flacs using the usual software to get wav files and encode those to mp3 using your favourite mp3 encoder. I don't know which one Goldwave uses, it may be Fraunhofer; LAME is better.

[Jim Dye]

You can use the free Foobar2000 to convert directly from FLAC to LAME MP3.

[alocispepraluger102]

unflac the flacs using the usual software to get wav files and encode those to mp3 using your favourite mp3 encoder. I don't know which one Goldwave uses, it may be Fraunhofer; LAME is better.

mp3 pro , which i got from nero several years ago, makes 80k files sound better than 128k, but you cant decode files bigger than 2 gig(about 3 hours of a radio broadcast) as far as i know.

http://www.mp3prozone.com/

Edited August 13, 2006 by alocispepraluger102

[David Ayers]

You can use the free Foobar2000 to convert directly from FLAC to LAME MP3.

Even better - thanks Jim!

[md655321]

Go to Goldwave.com and download the free version of their software. You can open windows media files and save them as wav or MP3 (up to 320 KBPS).

Will this work on DRM protected .wma?

[Dan Gould]

Go to Goldwave.com and download the free version of their software. You can open windows media files and save them as wav or MP3 (up to 320 KBPS).

Will this work on DRM protected .wma?

I haven't the foggiest idea.