file conversion

hi. does anyone know why i can't write an wma cd in wmp10 unless all tracks
are in same format or how i can change a songs format from wav to wma for
example. thankyou...

sadhaka wrote:
> hi. does anyone know why i can't write an wma cd in wmp10 unless all tracks
> are in same format

Well if all the files aren't WMA then it won't be a WMA CD but a mixed
format data CD.

What format ARE your files? Do you get any error messages?


or how i can change a songs format from wav to wma for
> example. thankyou...

Google "convert wav to wma"

thanks for the info mike.
my problem was this: i used sony's sonic mastering studio to record from the
analogue input (cassette tapes), but this program records only in wav format
- as far as i know anyway, i also have 300 tracks in wma format. i want to
back up all my music in one format - wma - to use on a portable cd player
that plays wma files. but when i try writing anything to disc it leaves out
the files in wav.
so what i meant in my question was how to write both file types to cd so
they can all be played on my personal player.
is it possible for wmp10 to do this? when i write a mixture of these file
types to create an audio cd, wmp10 converts the files then writes to disc so
why can't it convert wav to wma before writing to a wma cd? is this simply
not possible due to programming?
thanks...

"Mike Williams" wrote:

> sadhaka wrote:
> > hi. does anyone know why i can't write an wma cd in wmp10 unless all tracks
> > are in same format
>
> Well if all the files aren't WMA then it won't be a WMA CD but a mixed
> format data CD.
>
> What format ARE your files? Do you get any error messages?
>
>
> or how i can change a songs format from wav to wma for
> > example. thankyou...
>
> Google "convert wav to wma"
>

sadhaka wrote:
> thanks for the info mike.
> my problem was this: i used sony's sonic mastering studio to record from the
> analogue input (cassette tapes), but this program records only in wav format
> - as far as i know anyway, i also have 300 tracks in wma format. i want to
> back up all my music in one format - wma - to use on a portable cd player
> that plays wma files. but when i try writing anything to disc it leaves out
> the files in wav.
> so what i meant in my question was how to write both file types to cd so
> they can all be played on my personal player.
> is it possible for wmp10 to do this? when i write a mixture of these file
> types to create an audio cd, wmp10 converts the files then writes to disc so
> why can't it convert wav to wma before writing to a wma cd? is this simply
> not possible due to programming?

An audio CD is a special-case: you must write to the CD "Red Book"
standard.

The "other" common type of CD is a data CD, which can be full of MP3s,
WMAs, WAVs, excel documents or whatever you like. WMP doesn't allow you
to specify a WMA CD. You can make a data CD just as easily in Windows XP
by using its own CD-burning abilities.

If you want to back-up your music, then copying it in its original form
is the only true backup. COnverting music (or images) to a different
compressed format loses information/quality.

If you want to make a WMA-only CD then get an audio-file transcoder like
dbPowerAmp, but don't use it for backups.

hi,
does anybody know why its says that i dont have rights to burn a cd when the
music is from a tape of mine that i used audacity to produce a wav file. when
i go to burn the music its unable and says i dont have media rights to burn
it. i shouldnt need media rights. right? what do i do or change so that i
bypass this error message. please help. my tapes are some of my best music
and have been struggling to get them onto cds=( thanks!!!

"Mike Williams" wrote:

> sadhaka wrote:
> > thanks for the info mike.
> > my problem was this: i used sony's sonic mastering studio to record from the
> > analogue input (cassette tapes), but this program records only in wav format
> > - as far as i know anyway, i also have 300 tracks in wma format. i want to
> > back up all my music in one format - wma - to use on a portable cd player
> > that plays wma files. but when i try writing anything to disc it leaves out
> > the files in wav.
> > so what i meant in my question was how to write both file types to cd so
> > they can all be played on my personal player.
> > is it possible for wmp10 to do this? when i write a mixture of these file
> > types to create an audio cd, wmp10 converts the files then writes to disc so
> > why can't it convert wav to wma before writing to a wma cd? is this simply
> > not possible due to programming?
>
> An audio CD is a special-case: you must write to the CD "Red Book"
> standard.
>
> The "other" common type of CD is a data CD, which can be full of MP3s,
> WMAs, WAVs, excel documents or whatever you like. WMP doesn't allow you
> to specify a WMA CD. You can make a data CD just as easily in Windows XP
> by using its own CD-burning abilities.
>
> If you want to back-up your music, then copying it in its original form
> is the only true backup. COnverting music (or images) to a different
> compressed format loses information/quality.
>
> If you want to make a WMA-only CD then get an audio-file transcoder like
> dbPowerAmp, but don't use it for backups.
>

Probably it says "or you don't have rights".

If you play the song first, can you then burn it? Sometimes the player
doesn't yet have the info it needs to burn.

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On 3/10/2010 5:00 PM, BRADEN wrote:
> hi,
> does anybody know why its says that i dont have rights to burn a cd when the
> music is from a tape of mine that i used audacity to produce a wav file. when
> i go to burn the music its unable and says i dont have media rights to burn
> it. i shouldnt need media rights. right? what do i do or change so that i
> bypass this error message. please help. my tapes are some of my best music
> and have been struggling to get them onto cds=( thanks!!!
>
> "Mike Williams" wrote:
>
>> sadhaka wrote:
>>> thanks for the info mike.
>>> my problem was this: i used sony's sonic mastering studio to record from the
>>> analogue input (cassette tapes), but this program records only in wav format
>>> - as far as i know anyway, i also have 300 tracks in wma format. i want to
>>> back up all my music in one format - wma - to use on a portable cd player
>>> that plays wma files. but when i try writing anything to disc it leaves out
>>> the files in wav.
>>> so what i meant in my question was how to write both file types to cd so
>>> they can all be played on my personal player.
>>> is it possible for wmp10 to do this? when i write a mixture of these file
>>> types to create an audio cd, wmp10 converts the files then writes to disc so
>>> why can't it convert wav to wma before writing to a wma cd? is this simply
>>> not possible due to programming?
>>
>> An audio CD is a special-case: you must write to the CD "Red Book"
>> standard.
>>
>> The "other" common type of CD is a data CD, which can be full of MP3s,
>> WMAs, WAVs, excel documents or whatever you like. WMP doesn't allow you
>> to specify a WMA CD. You can make a data CD just as easily in Windows XP
>> by using its own CD-burning abilities.
>>
>> If you want to back-up your music, then copying it in its original form
>> is the only true backup. COnverting music (or images) to a different
>> compressed format loses information/quality.
>>
>> If you want to make a WMA-only CD then get an audio-file transcoder like
>> dbPowerAmp, but don't use it for backups.
>>