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WMA to MP3 automatically

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Just throwing this out there....

I have a Music Directory on my NAS all nicely ordered now by Artiste/Album.

The vast majority are MP3 but some are WMA. I'd like to find a way of running a process which will automatically convert WMA into MP3 in the relevant sub-directory so I don't have to do each directory individually with something like Any Audio Convertor.

In the old days it would be a DOS batch program, but amongst other things it would fall over as soon as it hit a directory/file name other than 8.3!

Who loves a challenge? :thumb:
 
Easy peasy...import into iTunes with prefs set to mp3.

Drop them into the "automatically add to iTunes folder", pick them out of the media folder when they disappear from there.
 
Easy peasy...import into iTunes with prefs set to mp3.

Drop them into the "automatically add to iTunes folder", pick them out of the media folder when they disappear from there.


Hmmmmm - have avoided installing iTunes so far (no Apple products) WIll I be able to do that then uninstall iTunes?
 
dBpoweramp is probably the most feature-rich CD Ripper and music format converter you'll find. It includes a batch converter that will happily work its way through a folder structure and convert audio files from one type to another.

It offers a 21-day free trial, but you'll probably conclude that it's such a great bit of software you'll buy it anyway :thumb:
 
Hmmmmm - have avoided installing iTunes so far (no Apple products) WIll I be able to do that then uninstall iTunes?

Wise move.

What you can do is create a System Restore point, install it, do what you need to do, then remove it and restore back to the point you created earlier (don't do anything else in between than just the iTunes stuff).

If you don't do the uninstall before restoring back, you will leave loads of files behind even though Windows won't know about them. Removing the software first will clear the files out and then restoring will remove the shat out of the registry.

This way you will avoid ending up with the crapware which comes with it slowing your computer down.
 
Mediamonkey has the ability to convert en-mass, your write the outputfiles to a hard drive directory or DVD/RW etc.

You just need to check if mediamonkey free version supports this or it's just on the paid version.
 

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