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Old 12-26-04, 08:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Is there a free, simple WMA to MP3 converter program?

Need to convert wma files downloaded from walmart.com to use on inexpensive mp3 players for kids.

I get some sort of bitrate error whem trying to download the wma files. I guess it could be associated with the license restrictions, but I'll try converting first. It did work when I went wma-cd-mp3-player, but that's a bit cumbersome.

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Old 12-26-04, 08:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Although you should always try to convert songs from the original cd for best quality - I think dbPowerAmp should do what you want.
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The link to that program.
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I'd be surprised if it works. Doesn't wma files of downloaded music have DRM locks on it?
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Old 12-26-04, 10:22 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I'd be surprised if it works. Doesn't wma files of downloaded music have DRM locks on it?
That sounds like an error message I got when trying different programs.

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Old 12-27-04, 05:03 AM   #6 (permalink)
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The link to that program.
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Old 12-27-04, 09:11 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Need to convert wma files downloaded from walmart.com to use on inexpensive mp3 players for kids.

I get some sort of bitrate error whem trying to download the wma files. I guess it could be associated with the license restrictions, but I'll try converting first. It did work when I went wma-cd-mp3-player, but that's a bit cumbersome.

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I just burn downloads to a CD and rip back to mp3 format. This is b/c my girlfriend has an Ipod and I have a DJ and all the files I buy are wma format.
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Old 12-27-04, 11:13 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I think you will have to burn to cd then ripp them from there no matter what software you use because of the DRM license...Here is another free choice for encoding them though after you do that http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=12984
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Old 12-28-04, 08:16 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Well, thanks for the responses.
Its hard to believe that there's not a WMA-MP3 converter out there.
If its as simple (but cumbersome) as burning to CD, then ripping to MP3 to accomplish the same thing, why would the industry care about converting legal downloads from WMA to MP3?

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Because MP3 does not have DRM Support. The Industry is trying to treat music like software. You're leasing the music.
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Well, thanks for the responses.
Its hard to believe that there's not a WMA-MP3 converter out there.
If its as simple (but cumbersome) as burning to CD, then ripping to MP3 to accomplish the same thing, why would the industry care about converting legal downloads from WMA to MP3?

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There are some good and fairly inexpensive converter programs out there, they just can't handle the DRM encrypted files usually.

The industry cares because they don't want you to be able to buy the song from them and then resell it a thousand times or give it away to all your friends. As for cds, they're starting to encrypt them too so they're much harder to rip...many of them are unreadable on a computer as a result. It's basically the dinosaur music industry's misguided reaction to all the people illegally sharing their music. I have a feeling it's going to get worse before it gets better.
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Old 12-28-04, 10:28 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I understand the music industry's concern for pirating. But I would have thought that someone would have written a program to that could make the conversion from WMA to MP3 anyway.

What about the error message that I get when I try to transfer WalMart WMA files to my kid's cheap digital music player that reads something like "wrong bitrate file"? Some WMAs transfer fine (like ripped ones from a CD), but the ones that I downloaded from WalMart don't. Is that a DRM issue? Is there a way i can change the bitrate of the file?

I've put the WalMart WMAs on another chepa digital player no problem just by dragging and dropping. But the other kind of player we have uses a "manager" program that gives the bitrate error message.

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Not free but it is the best ripper/converter/burner software I have ever used "easy CD-DA". I have not had one problem with any music that is copyprotected using this program.
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Not free but it is the best ripper/converter/burner software I have ever used "easy CD-DA". I have not had one problem with any music that is copyprotected using this program.
I did a search and found that software, but it doesn't say it converts WMA to MP3. It read like it converts CDs to any format you want. I want to convert WMA to MP3. Does it do that?

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Old 12-28-04, 10:51 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I think he uses it to burn to CD then rip to MP3. I could be wrong though.
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