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Maz
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MP3 WMA
      #12649 - Sun Sep 28 2003 10:33 PM

Can someone please tell me what the difference is between these two types of file?



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Re: MP3 WMA [Re: Maz]
      #12672 - Mon Sep 29 2003 12:24 AM

Without going into the actual technical differences (a quick search on Google will give you all the jargon) MP3 sounds better. WMA is a proprietary format (Microsoft) which is reason enough for many not to use it and I won't even go into my distaste for Digital Rights Management with WMA.
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Re: MP3 WMA [Re: Homer]
      #12713 - Mon Sep 29 2003 12:33 PM

Thanks for that!
I have Windows Media Player with all my music on at the mo, that i've put on from CD in wma format. Can I change these to MP3?


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Re: MP3 WMA [Re: Maz]
      #12714 - Mon Sep 29 2003 12:57 PM

Are you just wanting to listen to them on the pc? If so then you don't need to change them to improve the sound - just use a different player that is capable of playing WMA files. I use Quintessential (known as QCD) which you can download here http://www.quinnware.com/. Try your files in QCD & listen to the quality improve
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Re: MP3 WMA [Re: Homer]
      #12719 - Mon Sep 29 2003 01:32 PM

Thanks I will give it a try. I do want to listen on PC but also can u put MP3's onto CDs and can you fit more on a CD in MP3 format? So that I can have my own playlists etc.


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Re: MP3 WMA [Re: MarzipanMaz]
      #12724 - Mon Sep 29 2003 02:13 PM

If you want to put your music onto CD's to play in a normal HI-FI then they will need to be in CDA (Compact Disk Audio) format not a data format like MP3.
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