Hi all,
I know that we can easily convert .wma files into itunes, I have done it before. Problem is, my mac is being stubborn and won't let me "drag and drop" my new music files into itunes. Even when I click on one single music file, it won't play. If I try to play it through Quicktime, it says it doesn't support this kind of "move file" when it isn't even a movie! Please help?
Thanks,
aletracy
iTunes on a Mac does not play nor convert WMA files and never has. You may be confused and thinking of WAV, or you may have previously used iTunes on a Windows system which can convert WMA. If you want to use WMA files in iTunes on your Mac, you will need to use third-party software to convert them. EasyWMA is a utility often recommended for this purpose.
Regards.
Oh yes, I used itunes on a Windows. Darn. Thanks for the tip!
If they are copy-protected DRM files I don't think anything will convert them. I'm not sure but Switch might be able to convert the files and is free (or used to be -- I think it's time limited now).
Switch, unless there's more than one conversion utility by that name, is $29.99 US. There is a free version but it doesn't convert WMA unless I'm misreading. The full version has a 14-day trial period, but I can't tell if there are any limitations such as limits on how much of a file it will convert (as is the case with the paid Flip4Mac codecs).
Regards.
I have a 2011 version of Switch (which I really never use) and remember it mentioning a time limit. I also have a 2007 version and it starts right up without mention of having expired, but since I don't have Flip4Mac (again never use it) installed it says it cannot convert .wma (of which I have very, very few and just play with VLC). I don't know if I installed Flip4Mac if the old Switch can work around the free Flip4Mac limitations and basically give me a free converter, or if it would also require the paid Flip4Mac version.
Audion does free .wma conversion, but dates from 2001 and I don't know if the OP is using a computer than can still run PPC code (ah, the joys of a G4). [Edit - just noticed the OP said they were runnng Windows which I guess answers that, but I'd imagine for Windows there might be many converters.]
Coolwmawmv does free conversion but the trick may be finding a copy.
Message was edited by: Limnos
I had the same problem this morning. The boss needed some audio files converted from 3 zip folders containing 13 WMA audio files. At first I thought that I would try quicktime since i have flip for Mac, But then I decided to do them as a batch in compressor. I upconverted the WMA's to 16 bit AIFF and VIOLA! I was able to make CD copies of the material. So If you have Final Cut Studio then the easy way to convert is with compressor.
I do not have Compressor so I cannot say what it does or does not do, but it would surprise me if it converted true WMA unaided. It is possible you have the Flip4Mac plugin, though I thought it required the payware version in order to do actual conversion vs. just playback.
I don't recall directly but I wonder if I have also seen some MP3s masquerading as WMAs, in which case all you have to do is change the extension and you'll sometimes get them to play back in Quicktime.
Stubborn .wma files to import to itunes?
