My WMP library contains wav files best way to convert to mp3

I'm loading my Vinyl albums into WMP as WAV files. I've completed 100 and
now have a very large file (48G). How can I convert the WAV files to MP3
without having to recreate my WMP library. i've split all the tracks and
renamed them and added art work. I've converted the wav files to MP3 but
when I drag the converted files into my WPM library I get a red X next to
track that is associated with that file. If I do nothing will WMP
automatically convert the files when I sync a device to the WMP?

WMP supports transcoding
When syncing, the files will be translated to a format then portable
understands.
You can even set the amount of compression.
Plug in your portable and see what happens

Be careful with WAV.
WMP don’t support tagging, artwork, etc in WAV files.
It is stored in the library only, not in the audio files.
The day you move your audio to another computer, all the tagging is lost.
Move one of these WAV to another computer and check the tagging and the
artwork

http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/WMP/WAV.htm



"Billo00" wrote:

> I'm loading my Vinyl albums into WMP as WAV files. I've completed 100 and
> now have a very large file (48G). How can I convert the WAV files to MP3
> without having to recreate my WMP library. i've split all the tracks and
> renamed them and added art work. I've converted the wav files to MP3 but
> when I drag the converted files into my WPM library I get a red X next to
> track that is associated with that file. If I do nothing will WMP
> automatically convert the files when I sync a device to the WMP?

Audacity does a nice job of it. Manual, though.

M

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:04:08 -0800, in
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player Billo00
<> wrote:

>I'm loading my Vinyl albums into WMP as WAV files. I've completed 100 and
>now have a very large file (48G). How can I convert the WAV files to MP3
>without having to recreate my WMP library. i've split all the tracks and
>renamed them and added art work. I've converted the wav files to MP3 but
>when I drag the converted files into my WPM library I get a red X next to
>track that is associated with that file. If I do nothing will WMP
>automatically convert the files when I sync a device to the WMP?