converting music

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crazyates

10-02-2006 16:37:42

alright i have a bunch of cds on my computer riped at the highest quality WMA vbr. it's somewhere around 400-500 kbps. i only did it that big cuz i wanted to copy the cds and lossless was taking too long. that was a while ago, though. now, i don't really listen to the cds that much anymore, and i want to format the music.

short of burning a crap load of cds and then ripping the cds back to my computer, is there any way i can convert the vbr WMA files into a 196 MP3 format. is there a program i can download that does this?

i'm looking for mp3 cuz i have multiple mp3 players lying around, but my ipod from freepay dosn't play WMA (damn apple....)

oh, and +krma for anyone who can help me. thanks

turpentinedreams

10-02-2006 16:43:11

did you even try itunes?
it converts.

crazyates

10-02-2006 16:53:55

ya but dosn't that take like forever? and how do i determine what bit rate to convert to?

turpentinedreams

10-02-2006 16:58:08

put it had 230 at variable bit rate
and no it is pretty fast with music
with video is slo but managable

crazyates

10-02-2006 17:03:30

ok thanks

+krma given as promised lol

tracemhunter

10-02-2006 17:09:01

try using easy cd-da extracter and easy cd-da converter.