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I recently downloaded a few tracks that my friend sent me and they are in .wma format. I can't play them, and I was wondering if there is a way ...
  1. 12-13-2006 #1
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    Any way to re-encode music?



    I recently downloaded a few tracks that my friend sent me and they are in .wma format. I can't play them, and I was wondering if there is a way to re-encode it, without putting it on a cd. I can't put it on a cd because my burner is broken, I will have a new one in a couple months but I don't want to wait that long to hear this.. Thanks.
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    I don't believe re-encoding those tracks is such a good idea. You will loose much quality in the process, as the different compression algorithms works quite differently.

    Why not install the proper codecs instead ?
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    Well I thought I had the proper codecs, so I figured re-encoding would be the only way. What codec do I need to play wma?
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    Well I thought I had the proper codecs, so I figured re-encoding would be the only way. What codec do I need to play wma?
    w32codecs binary package. Maybe your files have DRM, if so, you can't play them on Linux
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  5. 12-15-2006 #5
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    I guess that is it because I have w32codecs. That's a big dissapointment .
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  6. 12-17-2006 #6
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    You will need to replace your xinelib with the Packman libxine-1 to make use of the w32-codecs. Unfortunately the Suse one is crippled.
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  7. 12-17-2006 #7
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    Damn. Will it be fixed in 10.2? I'll still have the music since it's on my HDD.
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