WMA files on iPod

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  1. p3rsmag

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    I have lots of WMA music files here at work, question is can i put it in my iPod?

    i don't want to go thru the hassles of downloading them all to my CD to find out (i synch my ipod at home) that they are not compatible.

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
  2. Gomi

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    no, it will not play on your ipod or on itunes. you'll have to burn the wma files (with nero on a pc) to an audio cd and rip it using itunes on the mac/pc. why not just use the original cds to rip them using itunes to aac or mp3? unless of course youre stealing music ... ;)

    [Edited on 4-13-2005 by HAL9000]
     
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    Or you can use this instead to convert them to MP3s. I'm not sure if it will work though if its protected with MS's DRM.

    [​IMG]
     
  4. p3rsmag

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    Obviously, the original CDs (of the wma files) are not accesible to me anymore (duh!) As to why? Maraming reasons, my music collection spans more than 8 years, some CDs i was able to save, some were lent/lost, some i just don't have the time to look for, or isa isahin ko yung mga CDs sa bahay.
    Good thing and the main reason why i made a music library of mp3s(which i downloaded to my ipod already and didn't have use the Original CD, since its disk space and time saving) and wma's so that i could find music easily rather than going thru my whole stack of CD

    Minsan nga the burden of opening a CD to find out na ibang album yun laman can be frustrating. imagine having to go thru hundreds of CD Cases.

    So when i asked if it is possible doesn't mean I stole those WMA files. Medyo 2-bit track naman ang utak mo if you can only find 2 resaons as to why i have this problem.:crazy:

    Anyway, thanks Kelvin for the tip, but am a windows user and have several decoding/encoding softwares already.

    I guess ill just convert the songs that i like and not the whole album.
    :bonk:
     
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    Kelvin, EasyWMA is a cool program. I've been wondering how I can convert my WMA files to MP3 and make them playable in my iPod/iTunes. Good to know how. Thanks for the post!
     
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    This happens to me too. Sometimes, I find 2 CDs in one case! :p Lately though, I only pull out my CDs to rip them. Other than that, they just sit on my shelf. Hmmmm... I wonder if this will protect it's resale value :hmm:

    I'm curious though, does WMA have any advantages over mp3 or aac? I've always ripped in mp3, even before I switched to Apple.

    This might help too. :beer:
     
  7. p3rsmag

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    used to be that i only had a wav to wma converter, so some of my music files are in wma format, pero nung naauso yung mp3, ive used it ever since. :)

    i guess second hand CDs have very low value, because of mp3's, pirated CDs, etc.

    not unless you have very rare CDs (colector items and hard to find ones)
     
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    Easy WMA will not work with DRM protected WMAs.

    If you are a PC user you can also actually convert WMAs into MP3 or ACC directly in iTunes.
     
  9. p3rsmag

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    so you are saying i can convert WMA files using iTunes?
     
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    yes... iTunes import
     
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    64 kbps WMA files are supposed to sound almost as good as 128 kbps-encoded MP3 files (though I don't entirely agree), which makes it the the codec even more efficient than AAC files when it comes to minimum file size (you can fit over 200 WMA files on a single CD-R). That's the only real advantage.
     
  12. p3rsmag

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    one more question is how come when i check on my iPod and browse "Artist" i see multiple names for one artist, do they get seperated by album?

    I see 3 Incubus Artist on my list with about 2-3 songs each. How come?
     
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    check the spelling: they may have been spelled differently three ways.
     
  14. p3rsmag

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    nope, they are spelled correctly

    pati capitalization pareho,

    Incubus

    and other artist, too many to mention.
     
  15. Carlo

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    There might be alternative solutions to your problem on our sister site, PodCentral.Ph. This forum caters to both Windows and Mac iPod owners. See you there.
     
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    there might be spaces in (after perhaps?) the artist name when the files were encoded so it would appear theyre the same
     
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    EasyWMA is hellla good! DANG!!!
     

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