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    Default Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    I have a song that was given to my husband at work. Their LA marketing company sends up cd's that were given to them for one reason or another. Many of the songs haven't been "published" yet. My dh found a song that he of course had to get me cause he thought I'd like it for my pole dancin in the BR....

    Anywho! It's a .wmv file and I'd like to make it something else that I can post (like a .wav or midi or mp3 etc...).

    Anyone know how to do that???

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    Default Re: Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    Here is some info on the file:

    Windows Media Video (WMV) is a generic name for the set of proprietary streaming video technologies developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Windows Media framework.
    WMV is not built solely on Microsoft in-house technology. From version 7 (WMV1), Microsoft has used its own non-standard version of MPEG-4 Part 2. The video stream is often combined with an audio stream of Windows Media Audio.

    WMV files are played by players such as MPlayer or Windows Media Player, the latter being only available for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh systems. Many third-party players exist for various platforms such as Linux that use the FFmpeg implementation of the WMV codecs.

    Raw WMV video is packed into an AVI or Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) container. The resulting files may be named .avi if it is an AVI-contained file, or .wmv or .asf if it is an ASF file, but .wmv files are to be ASF files with audio/video content only.

    WMV is found in the AVI file container when encoded with Microsoft's proprietory Windows Media Video 9 VCM software for Windows. Microsoft's Windows Media Player for the Mac does not support all WMV encoded files since it supports only the ASF file container.

    WMV includes digital rights management facilities intended to protect intellectual property rights.

    Microsoft has submitted Version 9 codec to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), for approval as an international standard. (As of Jan 2005, the SMPTE is reviewing the submission under the draft-name "VC-1"). This codec is also used to distribute high definition video on standard DVDs in a format Microsoft has branded as WMV HD. This WMV HD content can be played back on computers or compatible DVD players.

    The Trial version of standards were published by SMPTE in September 2005. A reference decoder implementation and test sequences are also available.

    More info at:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video

    Unfortunately i dont have a lot of expertise in this area so hopefully someone can pick up on this thread and help you convert it.

    If you can convert it to .wma then there are many applications you can use. I use Adobe Audition 1.5 for my .wma files

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    Default Re: Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    OMG, I just read,

    Wah Wah Wa Wah Wa Wa Wa Wah

    lol, thanks anyway! I'll try to have my computer geek friend see if he can figure it out for me!

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    Default Re: Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    ok...easy way......take said wmv.....burn it to cd..and rip it as mp3...all can be done on media player
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    Default Re: Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    it already is on a cd. i'll try to figure this out..

    "think, think, think" ouch, that hurts lol

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    Default Re: Have a questions for the computer savvy re: music files

    What you want is an audio converter.....
    Go to www.download.com and search for WMA to MP3 converter....

    Find a free one.... Dload it..Install it....Run it....point the program to the song you want converted (The WMA FIle) It will convert it to an MP3 and boom your done.....

    NOW if the file is on a CD....One of two things...If its on the CD in file format copy it to your computer and use the Above info...If its on the CD as an audio track I.E. You can play it in any CD player then use the following

    Simply put it in your CDrom drive and rip it to MP3 using any ripping software you have...

    Hope this helps.. if not post your question and I will try to help

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