Converting WMA to MP3

[imported_Noob]

How do you convert a WMA to MP3? Is there any program that does it?

 

[Bona Fide]

LAME MP3 Encoder. 🙂

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
LAME MP3 Encoder. 🙂

Link?

EDIT: NVM I thought you were calling my lame lol. And is there a chance if you download a song at 128 K you can convert it to 192 K? Though I doubt it.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: Noob

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
LAME MP3 Encoder. 🙂

Link?

EDIT: NVM I thought you were calling my lame lol. And is there a chance if you download a song at 128 K you can convert it to 192 K? Though I doubt it.

No.. once at 128K.. thats it.. for that particular file anyway...

 

[imported_Noob]

How exactly do you use this? I launched the LAME exe. What do I do now? All it seemed to do was extract something

 

[Bona Fide]

You can use Musicmatch Jukebox to convert lower bitrates to higher bitrates. It doesn't help the sound quality or anything though.

Once you extract it, run the setup.exe, I believe. Look in the folder you extracted it to.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Once you extract it, run the setup.exe, I believe. Look in the folder you extracted it to.

When I launched the .exe a black box appeared and disappeared. I can't find out the folder

 

[Pabster]

Look for a Windows GUI that utilizes LAME. Easy CD Extractor comes to mind, there are many others.

The black window thing is because LAME.EXE is a DOS program that expects command-line arguments and since you aren't providing any, it just exits.

 

[imported_Noob]

I installed CD Extractor. Just one question what is the Fraunhofer MP3 Codec? Which ones provides better sound quality? And will they both work on an MP3 player?

 

[Allio]

Originally posted by: Noob
And is there a chance if you download a song at 128 K you can convert it to 192 K? Though I doubt it.

Yeah, you can, but it's still going to sound worse than the original 128kbps rip, so there's no point.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Allio

Originally posted by: Noob
And is there a chance if you download a song at 128 K you can convert it to 192 K? Though I doubt it.

Yeah, you can, but it's still going to sound worse than the original 128kbps rip, so there's no point.

I'm ripping from a CD. I was just curious for songs I couldn't find at 192 K on LimeWire.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Noob
I installed CD Extractor. Just one question what is the Fraunhofer MP3 Codec? Which ones provides better sound quality? And will they both work on an MP3 player?

*bump*

 

[Excelsior]

Most will tell you that Lame, the newest version or whatever, provides for the best sound. In your situation, converting from WMA to mp3, I really don't think it matters.

 

[corkyg]

Use RazorLAME for work within Windows. You can't make something better than it was recorded at. But you can convert at the same fidelity.
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