Re: How to convert MP3 to WMA v7 (_not_ WMA v9) audio files ?

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From: Marco Zara [MVP - Digital Media] (zarax999_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:33:23 +0100

This is weird, WM8EUTIL doesn't have problems into recognizing MP3 files
here...
Can you post the command line you used?
Oh, happy 2005 BTW ;-)

"Peter Smith" <peter.smith@programmer.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:33l9p1F4150mrU1@individual.net...
> Marco Zara [MVP - Digital Media] schrieb:
>> Theorically you could try to find the old player 7 dll files and replace
>> the codec with that one, but i can't tell you if it would work, it might
>> even lead to some undesired effect...
>> On the other side, did you check if there are firmware updates available
>> for your hardware player?
> Unfortunately no firmware updates ( see
> http://www.digisette.com/en/supportcenter/firmware.asp ) for playing WMA9
> files. And this product is now discontinued. But it fits in my car
> cassette player, so I do not want to use an other device.
>
>> It would save you much trouble and allow you to benefit from the v9 codec
>> improved quality.
> see above, no possibility to use the v9 codec with the hw player.
>
> I have now a machine with a new installed Windows 98SE, installed WMP7 and
> WME 7.1 ... ok, I managed to convert one file from MP3 to WMA8, and, what
> a miracle, it works with my player.
> BUT... I have 189 files (about 800 MB) in MP3 files - and I do not want to
> select each one separately (interactive) !
> I tried WM8EUTIL -input musicfile.mp3 -output musicfile.wma -profile a96 -
> but this DOES NOT WORK - because MP3 files are not recognized from the
> command utility. So I give up. With Microsoft-Tools this is an impossible
> mission.
>
> Regards
> Peter

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