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Will music WMA files be compatible with an iPod???
Campcrusader
06-08-2008
I've had a couple of Creative MP3 players over the years. My music is all stored to a PC hard drive in WMA format. Will these files be compatible with an iPod, or would I have to re-copy all of the music from scratch?
rockin_plumber
06-08-2008
iTunes converts the files to work on the iPod and iTunes.
frasera
06-08-2008
just beware it is a lossy conversion. you prbably won't notice if its a decent bitrate to begin with, but its less than optimal.
never encode to something like wma. use mp3(lame encoder is best) or aac, more widespread support.
rockin_plumber
06-08-2008
I found out this when I got my iPod.......
I had 35 gig of WMA files.........

And had to get out my whole CD collection and re-rip to the harddrive in MP3.....

DAMN Windows Media Player
If only its default setting was MP3
Matt-08
11-08-2008
Originally Posted by rockin_plumber:
“DAMN Windows Media Player
If only its default setting was MP3 ”

You would expect: Windows Media Player to use Windows Media Audio by default though wouldn't you?
leeren
14-08-2008
haha reading this thread reminded me of the days of my first mp3 player (a 128mb creative)

not being able to hold that many songs, i figured that if i converted my music to wma i could have atleast twice as many...

stupid me slowly converted every mp3 i had to a crappy wma file, and then erased the decent mp3 files for good!

i didn't realize until i played them through my stereo that they sounded terrible, but it was too late!

NEVER AGAIN will i use WMA ... and just for the record i HATE the way alot of video clips on the web are WMV ... what an awful choice of codec!
ntlhellworld
14-08-2008
Originally Posted by leeren:
“haha reading this thread reminded me of the days of my first mp3 player (a 128mb creative)

not being able to hold that many songs, i figured that if i converted my music to wma i could have atleast twice as many...

stupid me slowly converted every mp3 i had to a crappy wma file, and then erased the decent mp3 files for good!

i didn't realize until i played them through my stereo that they sounded terrible, but it was too late!”

The only way you would have got twice as many songs in the same amount of space, is if you had encoded the WMAs at half the bitrate of the MP3s ! Another reason it sounded bad is that you converted the (already lossy) MP3s into WMAs.

If you had converted an uncompressed file (say, a CD) into a 128k MP3 file and into a 128k WMA file, the WMA would sound better, because its a better, newer codec.

Here are some samples: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...p3/default.htm
Originally Posted by leeren:
“NEVER AGAIN will i use WMA ... and just for the record i HATE the way alot of video clips on the web are WMV ... what an awful choice of codec!”

The latest version of WMV is called VC-1, and is a codec used for HD DVD/Blu-ray movies. Its just as good as MPEG-4 AVC when done properly, however the only encoder that actually supports the "full" spec, only runs on 64bit CPUs with a 64bit operating system (very uncommon).

The videos you see on the internet are usually encoded in WMV7/WMV8 at unacceptably low bitrates, with the preference set to 'speed' rather than 'quality'.

-Chris
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