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

From: Peter Smith (peter.smith_at_programmer.net)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:54:54 +0100

Marco Zara [MVP - Digital Media] schrieb:
> 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 ;-)
See below, as already posted:
>> 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.
MP3 files are recognized by the Windows Media Player 7 and by the GUI
version of the encoder, means WME 7.1 itself.
But it is DEFINITELY NOT SUPPORTED by the command line tool !
I took a look inside the file, and there are only search patterns for
WAV, WMV, WMA and ASF (if a directory is given instead of a single file).
There is also an error message which could be found inside the file (but
it is shown also when trying to open a MP3 file!):

ERROR: Unsupported source format for audio

I do not know if WM8EUTIL does act different if WME 9 instead of WME 7.1
is used, but as I already described, I can't use WME 9 because I need to
use WMA7/WMA8.

Happy new year also for you and your family.

Regards
  Peter

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