Converting .WMA Files

[Guest]

I posted a question here last night and I believe it was deleted since I have
not been able to find it. I need to know how to convert a .wma file that is
already on my pc to a .wav file. Audiograbber uses music off CDs and I don't
need that. I've read the articles but have had no luck. Since I am not
using a CD, I need someone to recommend a good converter. A google search
didn't do much for me. Thanx,

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I googled these sites:
http://www.mp3-converter.biz/wma-to-wav-converter-directory/
http://www.audioutilities.com/wma-to-wav/wma-to-wav-converter-software.htm
http://www.4musics.com/wma-wav-converter.htm

Download.com:
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=wma+converter&tg=dl-2001

Can't attest to value of any, but this gives you a bit to choose from and
most have trial versions.

Glenna

 

[Sonia]

I replied to your post last night. The subject line is "wav files". I said:

"I think that it's worth pursuing and resolving your linking problems. I don't
know how large your WMA file is, but if converted to a WAV the WAV is going to
be 10 times the file size. That will probably make it impossible to email.

Please tell us more about the problems you had with linking the WMA. Did you
transport the WMA file as well as the presentation file to work? Did you put
the WMA file in the same folder as the presentation and then did you delete it
from the presentation and then re-insert it, pointing to its new location?"

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

One of the most robust and free audio editing applications I have found is
GoldWave (www.goldwave.com). This will allow you to easily convert .wma to
..wav. You will also need to adjust PPT's default embed size from 100k to
50,000k (TOOLS >> OPTIONS >> GENERAL tab).

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Troy Chollar
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[Infinion]

I personally like dbPowerAmp. Below is a link that will allow you to read a
review before downloading. Also the big plus of this program: It's free!!!

http://www.download.com/3000-2140_4-10042534.html

As Sonia mentioned if you convert a Wma to a Wav and try to achieve the same
quality of sound, The Wave file will be extremely large.

Cheers,
Greg


I posted a question here last night and I believe it was deleted since I
have
not been able to find it. I need to know how to convert a .wma file that is
already on my pc to a .wav file. Audiograbber uses music off CDs and I
don't
need that. I've read the articles but have had no luck. Since I am not
using a CD, I need someone to recommend a good converter. A google search
didn't do much for me. Thanx,

 

[Guest]

My file is about 3-4 megabytes. The presentation itself is only a little
over 1 meg. I e-mailed the presentation to myself at work. I put the .wma
file in the same folder as my presentation and followed the directions I
received on PPTools to insert it. However, I did not delete and reinsert it.
I was under the impression that I should only do that if it was not in the
same folder as the presentation to begin with. So I guess my problem is that
the link broke when I e-mailed it. Should I e-mail the music file as well
when I send the presentation? I think I'm still a little confused on that
part. I really only wanted to use about 30 seconds to 1 minute of the song
and just have it keep repeating until the presentation was complete, but I
don't know if that is even possible if the song is 4 minutes long in length?
Thanx for your help.

 

[Sonia]

You can send them in two separate emails, but on the receiving end they must be
saved to the hard drive in a folder together. Then they are played from the
hard drive.

Playing a fraction of an audio file is going to be tricky. You would be much
better off editing the file in an audio editor. There are good free ones
available, if I could just remember what people have recommended. Oh, I
remember people recommending Audacity - - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.

 

[Infinion]

Hey email me the song. You say you only want 30seconds to 1 minute. Let me
know what part is and if you want it to fade in and/or out. And I'll do one
up for ya. How many bytes per second 128 64 32. Actually 64bps holds very
decent sound with great compression. On the original file 0f 3-4 megs this
would convert it to about 1 meg or so. But if you only want a segment of
not more than a minute your probably looking at around 400kb. Its entirely
up to you. Just offering you some help if you want it. I have several
edits of my own I need to do tomorrow and I can throw yours in and send it
back in a jiffy. So its up to you.

Cheers,
Greg

I posted a question here last night and I believe it was deleted since I
have
not been able to find it. I need to know how to convert a .wma file that is
already on my pc to a .wav file. Audiograbber uses music off CDs and I
don't
need that. I've read the articles but have had no luck. Since I am not
using a CD, I need someone to recommend a good converter. A google search
didn't do much for me. Thanx,