Converting MP3's to WMA???

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

my mp3 player holds three times as many WMA songs as MP3's but only half of my music is WMA format... anyway to convert the rest back WMA???

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[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

never mind, i figured it out, free download.. let me know if anyone would like to do the same

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Quality Quantity

There is no spoon, only tradeoffs.

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Bad MP3 to WAV = bad WAV

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

Bad MP3 to WAV = bad WAV

it's not wav, it's WMA...

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

Quality QuantityThere is no spoon, only tradeoffs.

since when is WMA worse then MP3???

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Not WMA itself, but the 1/3 file size. BTW, what app are you using?

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

fast audio converter

 

[Jim Boom 10+ year member]

I though WMA was lossless format while Mp3 wasn't? So converting Mp3 to WMA shouldn't have a negative effect, But converting a WMA, that was created from the original source, to Mp3 will drop of some of the rang?

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

There's lossy & lossless WMA. There's no lossless mp3, as far as I know. Converting from one lossy to another lossy format always impairs the quality, even at the same bitrate. WMA takes things out that MP3 leaves in and vice versa. That's what makes a different codec. Lossless -> multiple lossy gives you the best of each lossy codec (as opposed to one lossy to another lossy).

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

EAC and LAME together are a beautiful thing.

When WMA takes over all audio media, I'll have no choice, but for now, I want the best of what the compressed audio world has to offer and that's EAC/LAME.

WMA is good but I've done many 128k files compressed correctly with these sources that sound better than 256k WMA to even the average ear. (VBR included)

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

There's lossy & lossless WMA. There's no lossless mp3, as far as I know. Converting from one lossy to another lossy format always impairs the quality, even at the same bitrate. WMA takes things out that MP3 leaves in and vice versa. That's what makes a different codec. Lossless -> multiple lossy gives you the best of each lossy codec (as opposed to one lossy to another lossy).

WMA has a mathematically lossless output; for the most part it's cool, but I've come across some files that aren't completely lossless. Plus lossy WMA is weak. FLAC or V0 > *

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

EAC and LAME together are a beautiful thing.
When WMA takes over all audio media, I'll have no choice, but for now, I want the best of what the compressed audio world has to offer and that's EAC/LAME.

I have been preaching to the masses.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

If FAC doesn't cut if for you, you can also use Audacity, which will open and save in any format you have encodings for. I mention it because I don't know how FAC fares in adware / spyware / 30 day shareware catagory.

Also, if you're going to go through the effort of using EAC and LAME and to make MP3s, why not just go with OGG/Vorbis and call it a day?

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

If FAC doesn't cut if for you, you can also use Also, if you're going to go through the effort of using EAC and LAME and to make MP3s, why not just go with OGG/Vorbis and call it a day?

Quality really isn't much different if you're using the new presets, and MP3's are obviously more compatible.