Tool to convert .wav to windows media format?

[Guest]

Is there a tool that I can use to compress .wav files to the windows media
format? Then, another tool to convert back to .wav for playback? I want to
save several sound recordings and it would be nice to have file compression.
thx.

 

[Guest]

If it's simply for storage them WMA isn't really necessary, and compression
scheme should work, whether it's simple RLE or zip. RLE is simple enough to
roll on your own. Free zip libraries like SharpZipLib are known to work
well in the CF.

 

[Guest]

Isn't RLE for compressing repetitive types of data, like b&w photos, etc.?
Does cf.net offer a means to convert to WMA and play WMA sounds
programmtically?

 

[Guest]

RLE is best for compressing data with series of the same data, yes, so
something like a screen shot, with lots of rows of the same color data will
compress well while a phot would not compress as much. Still, it's going to
be better than nothing. If you want better, use zip, gzip, rar, tar or
something like that.

RLE, as well as the others mentioned, are a lossless compression. WMA
(until WMA9 IIRC) is lossy. The CF definitely doesn't support WMA
compression or decompression (or even playback). I think it's also more
processor intensive. You likely need to strike a balance between
compression ratio and speed.

 

[Guest]

thk ctacke, you've given me some direction and places to poke around.