RE: M4A to what format?

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Yes of course, thanks donwloading Zune to VMC now and uploading ISO of iTunes
to give it a whirl, any idea if it can play well with W2K3 R2 SP2?

Thanks you are a tremendous help, I may have music again shortly.... Rick

"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Rick,

If you install Zune software, you can use that to rip your remaining CDs to
WMA or MP3 format, it's very similar to WMP in ripping functionality and
formats to which you can rip.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]
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"Rick Humphrey" wrote:

Hey thanks Mike,

So I guess I do not have do anything in the way of conversion, to play what
I've already ripped that is, and since this Zune thing is a Microsoft App it
won't mess me up in other ways, (well it depends....right) .... ok ,,, So
anything new like the other remaining 120 CD's or so I should then use WMP to
rip, try afew samples and determine what the best Sound Quality is at the
lowest File size, I'm guessing.

Thanks for steering me in the right direction,

Rick


"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Rick,

Strange as this will sound, the Microsoft Zune (http://www.zune.net) player
(and you don't need to have a Zune device to use it) will actually play M4A
tracks natively.

Additionally I understand there are some M4A to MP3 converters, I even found
one that's free (AltoMP3 Gold 5.0) but I don't know how well it works or what
comes with it.

Good luck with whatever you decide!
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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]


"Rick Humphrey" wrote:

I goofed and did not think in advance of what I was doing and used iTunes to
rip 80 CD's or so of Jazz CD's that I own, I beleive that all files were
ripped as M4A format. Later on iTunes did something to start causing me to
have multiple Blue Screens of Death... so I refuse to put it back on my
development machine (that I just resigned myself to re-imaging and haven't
slept in 4 days)..... Ok so now I have 4 GB of music that I can not listen
to..... What is the most reasonable course of action to correct this mess,
balancing Sound Quality most important with Storage Size 2nd most important
3rd most import what kind of devices can I play the tunes in later... I
envision having a portable device for playing all this music through my 1)
current stereo 2) Car stereos 3) headphones.... I don't even have an iPod,
what was I thinking? doooobbbbbttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please Help,

Rick

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