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| Thread ID: 134588 | 2013-07-16 22:00:00 | Bulk convert .wma to .mp3 | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 1349100 | 2013-07-16 22:00:00 | Does anyone know of any good software that is able to bulk convert .wma files to .mp3? There are hundreds that come up with a quick google search, but most of them I'm sure are ridden with advertising and toolbars. Quite happy to pay for something good. Thanks. :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1349101 | 2013-07-16 22:13:00 | I have used "Format Factory" for a couple of years and recommend it for speed and simplicity. There are lots of others out there |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1349102 | 2013-07-16 22:25:00 | I use DBpoweramp for that, I like it personally. And I even paid for it. I think it has a trial period though which would probaly be enough to get it all done. If it's a lossy .WMA to .MP3 conversion you are doing you will lose quality it can't be avoided. Make sure to keep the original files until you are happy with the results. I ripped my CD collection to WMA lossless and use Dbpoweramp to convert to MP3 when I want to put something on a portable device, works really well and with a bit of experimenting can tidy up the file names in the process if you want. I use "Artist\album\track number - song title" as an output format and it does this even if the source is in a different layout :) I know people prefer Flac but it's less supported by players and media centre so I use WMA I use it for ripping also, it's database is more accurate than media players one and works for more obscure albums and regional variations much better. Media player rips fine but often screws up the track names on me (for example confusing dirty deeds aussie edition I have with the american release with a different track order) and I ofeten haven't noticed until much later. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1349103 | 2013-07-16 22:40:00 | Goldwave. It's free and easy. Install it, click file -> batch conversion. Specify the output format. Done! :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1349104 | 2013-07-16 23:41:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Basically a customer has bought a NAS to stream music to his new home theater receiver, but the NAS can't extract album info from WMA files, so he has 10,000 'Track 1' 'Unknown Artist' songs, which makes it rather tricky to navigate through the music collection... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1349105 | 2013-07-17 00:38:00 | Bahahaha that's awesome :D Yeh Goldwave will do him right, and it should transfer the tags to the ID3 tag format too :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1349106 | 2013-07-17 01:11:00 | :lol: I thought so too, although apparently it was my fault that I didn't know his entire music collection was in WMA. :p Great, thanks. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1349107 | 2013-07-17 01:19:00 | :lol: I thought so too, although apparently it was my fault that I didn't know his entire music collection was in WMA. :p Serves you right for not using your Crystal Ball... You'll know better next time :p |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1349108 | 2013-07-17 01:26:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Basically a customer has bought a NAS to stream music to his new home theater receiver, but the NAS can't extract album info from WMA files, so he has 10,000 'Track 1' 'Unknown Artist' songs, which makes it rather tricky to navigate through the music collection... Isnt it too late then to worry about ID tagging as that has to be done at time of rip |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1349109 | 2013-07-17 01:47:00 | The ID tags are there in the WMA files, it's just the NAS that can't read them. PC reads them fine. | wratterus (105) | ||
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