[WelMac] iTunes

[Jo Booth]

Hi Chris.

On 3/11/2005, at 11:31 AM, Chris Hall wrote:
> Hey Jo,
>
> I hope you don't mind me sending this to you at work but it is the  
> only e-mail address I have for you (I think)

Google "mangee email" :)

> This is my problem...
>
> How can I play WMA music files on ITunes?
>
> A friend of a friend has given me his HDD which contains about 20GB  
> of really cool music but unfortunately it is mostly in the dreaded  
> WMA format. I can read all the files via a USB HDD cradle and can  
> play all the music that is in MP3 format. I don't want to convert  
> the other files to MP3 because of the loss of sound quality.
>
> Unfortunately "Google" was not my friend.
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Hall
> (iMac G5)
>


Hiya Chris.. See this thread on the WelMac list:
(actually can't find it in the Archives.. but that was about when the  
server was down... )
Basically APple has the convertor on iTunes for Windows -- but not  
the mac one.  You could install Windows Media Playe ron you Mac, and  
try to convertt through that.. but iTunes does it ok -- on windows  
tho (or on Linux with Cedega / WineX or CrossOverOffice)
>     From:       jo AT mangee.net.nz
>     Subject:     Re: [WelMac] .WMA --> MP3
>     Date:     17 October 2005 1:04:52 PM
>     To:       yomcat AT yomcat.geek.nz
>     Reply-To:       welmac AT nzmac.org
>
>
> On 17/10/2005, at 12:58 , Jo Booth wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On 17/10/2005, at 12:26 , Michael Welsh wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have some WMP files (eww) that I need to change to mp3 so I can  
>>> use
>>> them in iTunes. I've tried using Sound Converter <http://
>>> www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10765> in the past, but it didn't seem
>>> to work so well then. IS there any other software out there that  
>>> does
>>> it?
>>> --
>>> http://yomcat.geek.nz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Can't you get iTunes to do it auto-magically?  It imported all mine
>> fine... I just dragged and dropped.
>> Some DRM'd .wma's may present problems...
>>
>> Windows Media Encoder could also be a solution.  One requiring a PC
>> tho...
>>
>> -Jo.
>>
>>
>
> Oh.. just realised i did that import on a PC with iTunes... I think  
> it was running Linux tho. Is that better?
>
> -Jo.