wma to wav

[Rufus]

The Sound Recorder in Vista 6 saves files as wma, but the system sounds are all wav. This is a curious arrangement, and I cannot understand why it is. I changed the name of the extension from wma to wav, and the system played it ... reluctantly. I would prefer to make a proper conversion of the files. Is there some way to convert wma to wav using Vista? Alternately, is there some way to change the Sound Recorder default to save to wav?

Rick

 

[dev]

/Rufus/ said:

Is there some way to convert wma to wav using Vista? Alternately, is
there some way to change the Sound Recorder default to save to wav?

Some Vista versions save as WAV, but apparently not the one you have. I
am not aware of any provision to change that.

Be aware that WMA files are much more compact (less disk space) than WAV
files.

Many converters are available; see http://google.com and in the search
box type "sound file conversion."

Here's one of the best...
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

Note that changing the extension does not touch the data at all. It's still
a WMA file, just misnamed. This could cause problems with applications that
expect one thing based upon the file extension and instead get the wrong
thing. =\

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The Sound Recorder in Vista 6 saves files as wma, but the system sounds are
all wav. This is a curious arrangement, and I cannot understand why it is. I
changed the name of the extension from wma to wav, and the system played it
.... reluctantly. I would prefer to make a proper conversion of the files. Is
there some way to convert wma to wav using Vista? Alternately, is there some
way to change the Sound Recorder default to save to wav?

Rick