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Old 05-04-2004, 05:55 PM   #1
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need audio converter

any suggestions for a good audio converter. i want to convert all my wma to mp3 so i dont have to keep backing up my licenses, its getting aggrivating! good fast program that will bupass encription if there is any. anyone know any good proggys?
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Old 05-04-2004, 06:17 PM   #2
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go in WMP and in the downloads section under tools there is a listing called plug-ins. Click on that and it will bring you to a webpage where you can download WMP plug-ins, some of them convert WMA to mp3
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Old 05-04-2004, 06:59 PM   #3
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yea i have that
i dont want to have to use licence back ups though. will that eliminate that?
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Old 05-04-2004, 07:29 PM   #4
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Dont know, never used them, just saw them once when looking at the plug-ins.
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Old 05-05-2004, 06:34 AM   #5
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I've had good luck with cdex:
Cdex is a is utility which can extract Digital Audio (DA)
tracks from an Audio CD into files on the hard disk. The
extracted audio tracks can be stored as WAV or MP3 (MPEG-1
Audio Layer-3) files. CDex is using the Adaptec's ASPI library
Manager to communicate with the CD-ROM device, So make sure
that you have installed the proper ASPI drivers (see also the
HELP file and the FAQ page!)

The latest version of CDex can be downloaded from

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net or
http://www.cdex.n3.net
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Old 05-05-2004, 09:28 AM   #6
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CDex is excellent, but can it convert wma to mp3?
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Old 05-05-2004, 12:17 PM   #7
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dbPowerAmp Music Converter works just fine and it's free.
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Old 05-05-2004, 04:38 PM   #8
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i have alot of converting to do, so i need something fast. i dont really mind if its free or not, i just need something. in the past when trying to conver formats ive gotten error messages saying that the content is protected and it cancels the whole conversion prosses for the rest of my files as well. i think that was with dbpower amp. i guess what im looking for hasnt been made yet? idk. hope i can find something!
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Old 05-05-2004, 04:42 PM   #9
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did a search on the forum and found this http://www.goldwave.com/
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Old 05-05-2004, 05:08 PM   #10
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i have goldwave but it doesnt conver that fast and you have to go into each individual folder to select what you want to convert. oh and it taked forever! lol. its an awsome program though, i recomend it to anyone into audio editing or mixing. thanx for the suggestion ghost.
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