WMA to MP3 Format

[mitcho_uk]

Hi all,

I have tons of music on my computer and because I have been using Windows Media Player all of the files have been converted to wma format.

However I have bought a new car and the CD player will not play wma format only mp3. I do not want to have two versions of the same file on my computer so my question is, can windows media player play and keep the files in mp3 (when i sync to my mp3 player it turns them to wma) or is there a different program that you would recommend?

 

[Durham Fox]

Hi all,

I have tons of music on my computer and because I have been using Windows Media Player all of the files have been converted to wma format.

However I have bought a new car and the CD player will not play wma format only mp3. I do not want to have two versions of the same file on my computer so my question is, can windows media player play and keep the files in mp3 (when i sync to my mp3 player it turns them to wma) or is there a different program that you would recommend?

I think Windows Media Player has an option somewhere to select what format your cds are stored in, the default being WMA. You can use an application like dB PowerAMP to convert the exisitng songs or WMP might do it , not sure.

 

[Jeff]

I use this: http://www.acoustica.com/mp3-wav-converter/

IOt can convert between wma, mp3 and wav. I've used it for a few years, I tried several programs before deciding what to buy and it seemed to be the quickest and easiest to use.

 

[Melton Fox]

Hi all,

I have tons of music on my computer and because I have been using Windows Media Player all of the files have been converted to wma format.

However I have bought a new car and the CD player will not play wma format only mp3. I do not want to have two versions of the same file on my computer so my question is, can windows media player play and keep the files in mp3 (when i sync to my mp3 player it turns them to wma) or is there a different program that you would recommend?

Next time you rip a disc to your hard drive, make sure you have the options set to "rip as mp3", this will avoid this problem in the future. WMP plays mp3s

 

[Matt_B]

With WMP, I think you need to have a third party MP3 decoder installed in order to rip to MP3.

 

[Melton Fox]

With WMP, I think you need to have a third party MP3 decoder installed in order to rip to MP3.

I'm sure you don't. Just open WMP, go to options, select "Rip Music" and choose mp3 format from the drop down list.

I only bought a new pc last week and haven't installed anything for media player and I have the option, so unless the pc updates something without me knowing, then I don't think you do need to install anything

 

[Jeff]

With WMP, I think you need to have a third party MP3 decoder installed in order to rip to MP3.

I reinstalled windows on one of my PCs yesterday, and then installed media player 10. Mp3 is one of the options available. I think that's always been the case, but it defaults to wma.

 

[Matt_B]

my bad, I use media player classic so haven't used WMP since about v8 I think!

 

[Melton Fox]

my bad, I use media player classic so haven't used WMP since about v8 I think!

I'm on 11, but I find it very slow

 

[mitcho_uk]

Sorted now, thanks for the tips guys. When you change it to mp3 it converts all of your music catalogue to mp3 so that saved me a job. Thanks