Well, I have this DVD due at 7pm EST on thursday, and I need to import (or 'add to library') 2 WMA files my friend gave me. iTunes (4.5) refuses to import, convert, add to library, and everything else I've tried. Any thoughts?
iTunes conversion only works on the PC--you know that, right?
Not until today. Problem solved BTW: I got to use different music (it was a DVD for an organization). Anyways, never again will I stoop to the level of even worrying about WMA.
I think it is very dissapointing that you cannot convert WMA -> AAC in the Mac version of iTunes. What if a person switches from PC to Mac and wishes to transfer his/her WMA collection to AAC? Apple cannot expect people to know that Mac iTunes cannot do the conversion. I personally have many WMA files that I would love to be able to play in iTunes.
And since when has Apple released Mac software that has less features then the corresponding Windoze version? This is nearing blasphemy imo
What if a person switches from PC to Mac and wishes to transfer his/her WMA collection to AAC?
I think Apple's reasoning is that if the PC user wants to use iTunes on a Mac, they're probably already using it on a Windows machine, and therefore would have already converted the WMAs over to AAC.
But I agree that Macs should be able to do it, too.
check out the app EasyWMA on versiontracker.com. I used it last week to convert some files, and it seemed to work pretty well. Give that a go, if you ever have to deal with this ugly format again.
Well I took the WMA file off my Mac, and onto the family PC, tried converting it in iTunes, but kept getting a warning saying it couldn't do it until I had Windoze Media Player 9. So i updated WMP , but still kept getting the warning ARGH! So I moved the WMA file back to my Mac, downloaded EasyWMA and three mins later had a formerly-WMA MP3 loaded into my iTunes and playing nicely.
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Originally posted by Brad
Are they DRM'd? iTunes won't handle DRM'd files.
i dont believe so--nothing in any of the file info points to protection.
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ast3r3x - 1
Brad - 2403^487
Originally posted by Paul
um, paul, what is this?
Originally posted by mrmister
iTunes conversion only works on the PC--you know that, right?
Not until today. Problem solved BTW: I got to use different music (it was a DVD for an organization). Anyways, never again will I stoop to the level of even worrying about WMA.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
Ugh...next time I just come right out and say it...not try to be clever and show a picture that explains it all.
I really liked the picture! Wish I could do that.
John
Originally posted by John E C
I really liked the picture! Wish I could do that.
John
haha, thanks
And since when has Apple released Mac software that has less features then the corresponding Windoze version? This is nearing blasphemy imo
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Originally posted by heifetz
What if a person switches from PC to Mac and wishes to transfer his/her WMA collection to AAC?
I think Apple's reasoning is that if the PC user wants to use iTunes on a Mac, they're probably already using it on a Windows machine, and therefore would have already converted the WMAs over to AAC.
But I agree that Macs should be able to do it, too.
Originally posted by heifetz
less
Ahem...
Fewer, actually.
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Les.
Thanks Easy WMA.
Les T.