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| Thread ID: 25926 | 2002-10-15 07:43:00 | MisicMatch Jukebox not recognise Win Media Files | John W (523) | Press F1 |
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| 89417 | 2002-10-15 07:43:00 | What a weekend, I finally got around to ripping individual tracks off a number of CD's, and burning them onto another CD for personal use of course. It was a rather long winded affair, briefly, I used Window Media Player to copy the individual tracks onto the Hard drive in WAV format, used Music Match to convert to MP#, then Prassi Primo (program came with CD writer) to Make an Audio Disk copy I was disappointed MusicMatch wouldnt recognise WMF at all, thus the conversion process. Has anyone else had similiar experiances? Is there an easier way?? |
John W (523) | ||
| 89418 | 2002-10-15 08:12:00 | Sorry for asking, but if you were only looking to create another cd, why bother with the encoding to mp3 part? Also, WMA files are Microsoft products and will only run under a microsoft product... ie., Windows Media Player... similar to how Real Audio clips only play under Real Audio Player... Why bother with a compression format which is so restricted and encodes with such poor quality? If you aren't looking to store music files, ripping to wav, then burning to cd is the way to go. All the conversion process does along the way is reduce the level of quality of the resulting music file on CD. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 89419 | 2002-10-15 08:29:00 | Well I havent noticed any reduction in audio quality, but at 46yrs my hearing is not what it used to be.. but I suspect only those with Golden Ears would be able to pick the differance after being digitally altered 3 times. Yes, I am picking & choosing selected tracks off various CDs to burn on to one CD, which incidently gets played in the car stereo. Cheers.....John |
John W (523) | ||
| 89420 | 2002-10-15 08:37:00 | Ok . . . mp3 compression works on average (if you are using 192kbps) a compression of around 7:1 . . . so take a file, compress it to one-seventh of its size, and there you have it (layman's terms here) . . . If you are only doing it the once, and not taking the copied disc, and re-compressing it to 192kbps for your next cd and re-compressing THAT disc etc, then you'll be fine . . . I do it myself where sometimes I am wanting to store something on my PC, and convert to mp3, and later burn to CD . To keep things simple (you are using 3 programmes), you should perhaps look at using just the one . Nero will rip, convert, burn audio cd's, etc . . . Actually, so will Musicmatch Jukebox, and so will Windows Media Player (the one on XP does anyway) . . . My suggestion is to cut out the encoding process and go straight to the burning process from wav file . . . delete the wav files from your PC when you're done, and you will have saved a step which may take a lot longer . Have a play around with either Windows Media Player or Musicmatch, because they do have cd-writing functions built in, I am sure . . . Lo . |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 89421 | 2002-10-15 09:01:00 | If you want Musicmatch to play wma files select options - add new features & then download the Windows Media Player Plug-in. | GaryK (1375) | ||
| 89422 | 2002-10-16 02:41:00 | Hello John, You will find that musicmatch will do it all for you, it is an all in one program that will record from cd or tape, and then burn your picks to a blank cd. Its been a while since I've used it but I'm sure if your check in preferences you can get musicmatch to record in wav. format. then burn burn these to a blank cd. Or if you wish it will also record them to your computer in mp3 format. Delete the wav. files after use as they are large. cheers, Bob |
Bob Kehely (621) | ||
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