WMA to MP3 in Winamp

[Not Bman]

I was wondering how I convert files in Wimamp? I need to convert some WMA to MP3 format..??

 

[Mastershakes]

Try some of these free tools, I'm sure one will meet your needs:


http://www.mp3-converter.com/mp3_converter_freeware.htm

 

[Not Bman]

so ummm Winamp cant?

 

[NetRyder]

Not that I know of...
dbPowerAmp should do the trick.

 

[Mastershakes]

Yeah, Bman I scoured plugins for ya and couldn't find jack. Another freeware proggie should do it though, with relative ease.

 

[Not Bman]

dbPowerAmp didnt work, it cant convert W.M.A to MP3, only WAV and such...

 

[NetRyder]

Actually, it can...you just need to install the WMA codec (mp3, wav and cda are already included)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm

 

[Johnny]

As netrider said. You need a wma codec for dbpoweramp to convert the file. DBPoweramp can pretty much convert anything ...

 

[Not Bman]

Ok, great it worked pretty good. Except that it came up and said " this file is encrypted and DMC can not decode". This happened for half of the songs I choose to convert. What does this mean, how can I change this?

 

[Mastershakes]

2 possible solutions present themselves:

1. Burn the wma file to CD using Windows Media Player and re-rip as MP3
2. Play wma with Windows Media Player and use dMC Auxiliary Input to 'record' the track as it is being played.

It gets around the encryption.

 

[Johnny]

What that means is that DMC was trying to work an couldn't .. I would check their forum to see what is wrong. I have'nt used it in a while ...

 

[Kush]

Cdex, does it!

 

[Not Bman]

Cdex?

 

[Johnny]

cdex do wma conversion ?? I think not ..

 

[Not Bman]

I have fixed all of them except one album. Which is because I don't have that cd anymore. How can I fix this one.

 

[Kush]

cdex do wma conversion ?? I think not ..

yes it does, i have done it many times, u go to convert and then click on Re-encode Compressed Audio Files, then u point it in the location of the wma's and highlight the ones you want and then hit convert

 

[Mastershakes]

Burn the wma file to CD using Windows Media Player and re-rip as MP3 - works everytime I've had to do it.

 

[Kush]

you lose quality like that

 

[Mastershakes]

Isn't he gonna lose quality no matter what converting to MP3? No loss burning to CD. I guess if it's ripped onto a low mp3 bitrate...

 

[Not Bman]

hmm what to do, what to do