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WMA format for Mac?

I have just purchased an Olympus digital voice recorder WS-110.
It is compatible with Mac, but could someone tell me how to (and where to) download the WMA files, so that I can save the recordings?--Thanks-chatch.

MAC OSX 10 4, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 3:58 AM

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Nov 3, 2008 4:58 AM in response to chatch

The manual for your voice recorder should have instructions on downloading the files to your computer, it will probably allow you to choose what folder you want to download the files to. You''ll then need some other things to actually play them. You can download Flip4Mac from Microsoft which will enable the files to be played in QuickTime Player. You'll get it at this link: Flip4Mac

To convert WMA files to play in iTunes you could have a look at something like EasyWMA audio converter. This will let you convert the files to an iTunes compatible format: EasyWMA

Nov 3, 2008 6:39 AM in response to Zevoneer

The drawback to WMA is you will have to be content with a few playback programs such as Flip4mac or VLC. You won't be able to use iTunes unless you convert all your files into some other format. The disadvantage of that is you will lose quality each time you do it unless you convert to a lossless format such as AIFF or Apple Lossless. If you use those, your files will become much larger and this is probably not desirable as a long-term solution. WMA is really intended just for the Windows platform and there isn't any good way to get around it. This is probably not what you wanted to hear just after purchasing something, sorry.

WMA format for Mac?

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