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Converting protected WMA to MP3

post #1 of 11
11/10/10 at 2:20pm
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Are there any free converters out there?
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post #2 of 11
11/10/10 at 2:22pm
There are lots but you are going to lose quality

I would probably just use VLC to do the conversion if it was a handful of files (since I already have it installed). There are more friendly interfaces out there if you google...but it is just going to cause quality loss (I would go to a very high bitrate to try to keep as much as you can)
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post #3 of 11
11/10/10 at 2:27pm
dbpoweramp
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post #4 of 11
11/10/10 at 4:02pm
If you want a free web based one, you can try http://www.mediaconverter.org/
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post #5 of 11
11/10/10 at 7:01pm
I've tried quite a few of these and this is my favorite: http://www.koyotesoft.com/appli/Setup_FreeConverter.exe This one lets you convert to and from MP3 WMA WAV OGG FLAC etc. and lets you adjust the parameters to adjust for filesize and quality. I converted a short colorado.MP3 spoken-word file to colorado.WAV format. The original WAV file output was 300KB but after adjusting to get rid of excess quality, I got it down to 25KB so I could use it on the web. You can listen here: http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/colorado.html http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/nevada.html http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/oregon.html --- It's pronounced: Nevăda
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post #6 of 11
11/10/10 at 8:38pm
http://www.bonkenc.org/ I've used that program for a long time, it's awesome.
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post #7 of 11
11/11/10 at 2:40am
foobar media player does it, incase you have it installed already..
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post #8 of 11
11/11/10 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by AFG34 View Post
foobar media player does it, incase you have it installed already..

Best player evah
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post #9 of 11
11/11/10 at 8:25pm
Let me SF that for you?
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post #10 of 11
11/11/10 at 11:36pm
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Originally Posted by Mixx View Post
I've tried quite a few of these and this is my favorite:

http://www.koyotesoft.com/appli/Setup_FreeConverter.exe



This one lets you convert to and from MP3 WMA WAV OGG FLAC etc. and lets you adjust the parameters to adjust for filesize and quality.

I converted a short colorado.MP3 spoken-word file to colorado.WAV format. The original WAV file output was 300KB but after adjusting to get rid of excess quality, I got it down to 25KB so I could use it on the web.

You can listen here:

http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/colorado.html
http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/nevada.html
http://www.gooplusplus.com/audio/oregon.html

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It's pronounced: Nevăda

Such a very amazing link!
Thanks you for the post.
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post #11 of 11
11/15/10 at 7:45pm
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I can't find one that will convert protected WMA. Halp!
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