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M4A to WMA file type converter?

WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insidesLet me show you themRegistered User regular
edited December 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
Hi, I need a program that will convert M4A audio files to WMA audio files. I'm using it to change my Itunes music so it can be used on another mp3 player (Zen Vision: M). Also, can these be found for free?

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Burn them to an audio CD and then rip the CD back to MP3. That's the only method (that I know of) that works for sure.

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  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Are you kidding me? I have a gigantic Itunes library. Is there no other way? I really know nothing about audio filetypes, by the way.

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I just want to clarify something: these are files that were originally purchased in the iTunes Music Store, yes? Not files that you ripped from CD?

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  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    They're files that I ripped from a cd.

    I have a feeling that the solution is going to be incredibly simple now that I have said that, and I am going to look very silly.

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    WhiteZinfandel wrote:
    They're files that I ripped from a cd.

    My apologizes. My comment above is only applicable to files purchased from ITMS.

    There are a ton of software programs that can do M4A-MP3 conversions. For WAV-to-MP3 I use BonkEnc and I like it a lot; I've never used it's M4A-to-MP3 functionality but I'll recommend trying it anyway. You can find it at www.sourceforge.net.

    Edit: I don't know if BonkEnc will preserve metatags (artist, title, etc) for M4A. Look into that first. There's also another program on sourceforge called icaff that might work.

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  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    BonkEnc can be found here.

    And icaff here.

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  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Alright, looks like a good program. Thing is, I have no idea how to use it. Is there a manual somewhere for it? I looked around the site but couldn't find anything that just goes over the basics of how to use it.

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