wma to mp3?

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JayR

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I need to convert an wma song to an mp3 file for my film. My composer sent me the files in wma and I have a mac so it won't open. And he's on vacation for the next two weeks and I won't be able to reach him until then. Is there a free/easy way to convert them or am I going to have to wait until he gets back to have him convert it himself?
 
First, why are you wanting to convert to mp3? If it's for use in editing, you really need to turn it around to a 16/48 AIFF.

Flip4Mac is a free plug-in for Quicktime that will allow you to open .wma files, and Quicktime Pro will allow you to export it to another format.
 
C2V said:
First, why are you wanting to convert to mp3? If it's for use in editing, you really need to turn it around to a 16/48 AIFF.

Flip4Mac is a free plug-in for Quicktime that will allow you to open .wma files, and Quicktime Pro will allow you to export it to another format.
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oh, I know. I ned to put it on the film's "soundtrack" CD that will be used for promotional reasons. I have the capabilities to transfer an mp3 to an aiff, but as it stands right now I can't even open it.
 
Flip4Mac is free. But I'd convert from .wma to mp3 for your CD, and go back to the .wma to convert to AIFF. Converting the file twice (.wma to mp3 to AIFF) is going to artifact.
 
C2V said:
Flip4Mac is free. But I'd convert from .wma to mp3 for your CD, and go back to the .wma to convert to AIFF. Converting the file twice (.wma to mp3 to AIFF) is going to artifact.
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Cool, I'll try it out. Thanks for your help.
 
JayR said:
I need to convert an wma song to an mp3 file for my film. My composer sent me the files in wma and I have a mac so it won't open. And he's on vacation for the next two weeks and I won't be able to reach him until then. Is there a free/easy way to convert them or am I going to have to wait until he gets back to have him convert it himself?
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Next time tell him to send you wav files. Never use a lossy compressed format like wma or mp3 for original material or any intermediate files generated during post - the disk storage space you might need for uncompressed files is just about the cheapest thiing in the whole production process, especially these days when terrabyte drives are under $200. Every time you open and re-save a file in a compressed format, whether audio files like mp3 or images like jpg, additional information is thrown out by the compression algorithm and it will eventually lead to noticable quality degradation..
 
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