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zman2005
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2006-01-14, 16:37

I just got a bunch of songs and when I drag and drop the folder w/all of the WMA songs it won't import the songs to itunes. I've tried opening the songs w/itunes, sending them and everything else. How can I get all my WMA files to ituens?
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2006-01-14, 16:47

You cannot. iTunes does not support WMA format.

Do you have a Mac or a PC? Because I think the Windows version of iTunes has some kind of a converter, but the Mac version does not.
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julesstoop
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2006-01-14, 16:57

Download the free Flip4Mac WMV component. This alows you to open WMV-files with QuickTime player.
Open a WMV-file in QT-player, choose edit ->select all. Paste into an empty QT-player window (File -> New Player) Save this movie.

After you have added the resulting movie (which still contains a WMV-track inside a .mov container) to iTunes, you should be able to export it to iPod by choosing 'Convert Selction for iPod' from iTunes' advanced menu.

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zman2005
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2006-01-14, 17:02

what? I am trying to convert WMA files to my iTunes. I have a MAC. I can't go w/out gettin my DAVE onto iTuens, there has to be a converter out there somewhere? no?
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julesstoop
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2006-01-14, 17:06

Have you read my response? All I mention are programs for OS X.

edit: thinkin' WMV sorry.
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zman2005
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2006-01-14, 17:08

yea sorry it kinda confused me, i thought u werew talkn about videos or something.
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julesstoop
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2006-01-14, 17:40

Yes I was. Sorry to have confused you.
It might work similarly for audio though. You won't be able to do anything with DRM'ed WMA-files on a Mac though.

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2006-01-14, 17:56

Here's the solution - BUY YOUR OWN DAMN MUSIC.
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MyNameIsEarl
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2006-01-14, 23:41

Maybe someone gifted him a Napster gift card and he was stuck using it to buy some tunes, and now he would like to play the songs he PURCHASED on his device of choice. I don't think many songs are traded using the WMA format.:smokey:
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2006-01-14, 23:51

I think torifile meant to add the words "... A SECOND TIME IN ITUNES, SUCKA!". Could be wrong, though.
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2006-01-14, 23:55

Or perhaps this guy switched from Windows recently and has several GB of music in WMA format, which he ripped from CDs he owns. Maybe he just wants a quicker way of converting it than re-ripping.

And like MyNameIsEarl said, not many songs are swapped on file sharing networks with the WMA format. It's almost exclusively MP3s.
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2006-01-15, 00:00

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Maybe someone gifted him a Napster gift card and he was stuck using it to buy some tunes, and now he would like to play the songs he PURCHASED on his device of choice. I don't think many songs are traded using the WMA format.:smokey:
...except that purchased music from Napster, etc. is encumbered by DRM and therefore not readable, period, outside of a Windows machine with the right credentials.

Although, yes, believe it or not some people do swap WMA files on P2P networks.
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zman2005
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2006-01-15, 18:12

i did not DL these songs you pr-i-c-k-s, so quit jumping to conclusions. I had my old PC that had really really old Dave songs on it. I sent them to myself over the internet and now they just are sitting on my desktop in WMA format. Thanks for not helping and just being annoying, 35 yr. old computer geeks that like nothing more except to be smartasses to ppl that need help.
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2006-01-15, 18:21

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Originally Posted by zman2005
i did not DL these songs you pr-i-c-k-s, so quit jumping to conclusions. I had my old PC that had really really old Dave songs on it. I sent them to myself over the internet and now they just are sitting on my desktop in WMA format. Thanks for not helping and just being annoying, 35 yr. old computer geeks that like nothing more except to be smartasses to ppl that need help.
Settle your ass down, I tried to defend you. But I guess if one person calls your motives into question, that means we're all "pr-i-c-k-s."
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2006-01-15, 18:29

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Originally Posted by zman2005
i did not DL these songs you pr-i-c-k-s, so quit jumping to conclusions. I had my old PC that had really really old Dave songs on it. I sent them to myself over the internet and now they just are sitting on my desktop in WMA format. Thanks for not helping and just being annoying, 35 yr. old computer geeks that like nothing more except to be smartasses to ppl that need help.
Dude! Sheesh. You need to react less harshly when all people do is poke a little fun at you.

So, I take it from your description that what you did was rip CD albums to WMA? Thus, your WMA files aren't DRMd? A search for WMA at MacUpdate reveals Hyperion, which appears to be the kind of solution you're looking for.
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2006-01-15, 19:10

Yeah zman, I was just trying to be helpfull as well.

And, this really pisses me off, I won't be 35 till april 2007
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PKIDelirium
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2006-01-15, 19:12

The link to download Hyperion is dead

I have some WMA's I'd like to convert too. Anyone got the installer for it handy?

Edit: Found it

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18051
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2006-01-15, 19:15

Well, there is EasyWMA, but it's not free.
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PKIDelirium
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2006-01-15, 19:36

Hyperion does not work.

I select the WMV files, hit Convert, and it opens Terminal and feeds off a bunch of crap.

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Last login: Sun Jan 15 19:33:57 on ttyp2
/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/01 Main Theme.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/01 Main Theme.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/02 Confisco Grill.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/02 Confisco Grill.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/03 Ocean Trader Market.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/03 Ocean Trader Market.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/04 Skipper Island Tours.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/04 Skipper Island Tours.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /UWelcome to Darwin!
donald-flints-ibook-g4:~ pkidelirium$ /Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/01 Main Theme.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/01 Main Theme.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/02 Confisco Grill.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/02 Confisco Grill.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/03 Ocean Trader Market.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/03 Ocean Trader Market.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /Users/pkidelirium/Documents/COASTERS/Islands of Adventure Soundtrack (WMA)/04 Skipper Island Tours.wma -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -ar 44100 /Users/pkidelirium/Desktop/04 Skipper Island Tours.mp3|/Applications/Hyperion.app/Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -vn -i /U
Nothing is output.
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2006-01-15, 19:39

It's the spaces in file names.
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PKIDelirium
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2006-01-15, 19:52

Took spaces out, does the same thing...
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zman2005
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2006-01-16, 14:17

so people can hack software, get incryptions off dvds, and put porn on iPods but no one can convert wma files? That seems redic, but o well
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2006-01-16, 14:39

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Originally Posted by julesstoop
Download the free Flip4Mac WMV component. This alows you to open WMV-files with QuickTime player.
Open a WMV-file in QT-player, choose edit ->select all. Paste into an empty QT-player window (File -> New Player) Save this movie.

After you have added the resulting movie (which still contains a WMV-track inside a .mov container) to iTunes, you should be able to export it to iPod by choosing 'Convert Selction for iPod' from iTunes' advanced menu.
This worked for me, i did it for wma files. Thank man!!
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julesstoop
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2006-01-16, 14:59

No problem. Glad to have been of service despite my initial misunderstanding of the question.
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2006-01-16, 18:55

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Originally Posted by zman2005
i did not DL these songs you pr-i-c-k-s, so quit jumping to conclusions. I had my old PC that had really really old Dave songs on it. I sent them to myself over the internet and now they just are sitting on my desktop in WMA format. Thanks for not helping and just being annoying, 35 yr. old computer geeks that like nothing more except to be smartasses to ppl that need help.
So just re-rip them, if you didn't download them. It will take a little while longer, but in the time since you posted the question, you could have certainly done it a few times.

That is, if you didn't download them, as you say.

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zman2005
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2006-01-16, 19:44

Right right, like I didn't think of that. I'm in college.... CD's are now at home.
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Dorian Gray
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2006-01-17, 00:05

Well, re-ripping the CDs is the only way to get good quality. Perhaps you could get someone at home to post you the CD? Encoding to a lossy format is like making a photocopy: the quality is not perfect. And what you are proposing is making a photocopy of a photocopy, so quality will suffer.

If you simply must do it, you have a couple of options. EasyWMA does it, like its name suggests, very easily. However, the current version costs money (I have an older version from when it was free).

If I remember correctly, EasyWMA is simply a baby-simple GUI for ffmpeg. A much more comprehensive GUI for ffmpeg and other codecs is ffmpegX, which would also allow you to convert WMA to MP3. The installation procedure is a bit more involved than for most apps, but it's certainly not hard if you're capable of following basic instructions.

If you have QuickTime Pro you can also use a method very similar to the one julesstoop explained. Install the Flip4Mac component for QuickTime and open the WMA file in QuickTime Player. "Select All" and "Copy", then open a "New Player" and "Paste". "Save" the file, then for good measure close and re-open it, then "Export" to AIFF. Open the AIFF file in iTunes and encode to whatever format you want.
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zman2005
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2006-01-17, 23:37

thanks i'll prob just BUY EasyWMA due to its convinence. Thanx for the tips and help
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2006-01-17, 23:45

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thanks i'll prob just BUY EasyWMA due to its convinence. Thanx for the tips and help


At least you've got a sense of humor! Good luck. I hope it works out for you.
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2007-01-01, 21:58

Bump

Ok, Anyone have a good link to Hyperion? Or another free program just as good?
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