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WMA Converter for Macintosh?
« on: March 18, 2003, 01:12:00 PM »
Kelly, there is a tough one for you (I think...)

I am looking for a WMA (Windows Media Audio) converter for the Mac.  I am trying to convert WMA files to MP3 and so far I haven't found anything.  It doesn't have to be fancy or anything...

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WMA Converter for Macintosh?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2003, 01:18:00 PM »
Legally? No. You won't find any shareware or freeware programs to do this.

The WMA format is patented, and the patent is owned by Microsoft. It is against the law to distribute any program that can read or convert WMA files without permission of Microsoft.

Having said that, there is a way to do it, though it reduces the quality of the sound. Run a cable from the speaker jack to the microphone jack of your computer, and use an audio digitizing program to digitize the sound as you play it.
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WMA Converter for Macintosh?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2003, 01:43:00 PM »
I am pretty sure I have seen some for windows though.  I guess MS has licenced these, right?

Well, it's no big deal then. Instead of going the roundabout way, I'll ask this friend of mine to send the ambum again in AIFF or MP3.

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