Importing WMA files- turn into mpeg 4 files- Help Please!

I've just installed iTunes for the first time, and while converting my WMA files, it has turned them into mpeg4 files. How can i turn them back to mp3 files????

If the "Kind" says "MPEG Audio" then what you have are MP3 files.
The format to which WMAs will be converted is controlled by the setting in Edit > Preferences > General > Import Settings > Import Using.

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So, as the title says. I have 2 different projekt files, containing the first and the second part of a smaller movie.
The only problem is, i now need to merge the two files together so i can export them into a final file.
Unfortunetly, if i import one of the projekt files into the other, almost all (about 80 %) of the files from the imported projekt are marked 'offline'.
The hassle is, if i try to link them to the appropriate media i get an error saying that the target media is either unsupported or damaged.
The thing is, they are neither unsupported nor damaged. If I were to open said imported projekt file from File->Open, all the movies (including the allegedly "damaged" ones, run smooth as greased lightning on rollerskates.
So whom behold, the problem occurs for some reason when the projekt file gets imported.
Deadline is approaching (Fast) (tomorrow to be exakt) and altough i could postpone it for a little while, I do not wish to as I am sure you understand.
Clues? Solution? Mocking? Anything, I'll tear myself bald before this is solved.
Also, for abovementioned hidden surprise: Things gets worse.
I've already thought about exporting them individually, importing the exported movies into a new project and re-exporting them, just to finally get them together in a file, but when i try to export the first project I get the error "Adobe Premier Pro failed to return the video frame. Aborting". That is, if im lucky. Most of the time PPro just crashes without warning.
I hope this made any sense. If someone help me completely solve the problem, i will upload myself doing a victory dance.
If someone knows of a workaround, i will upload a picture of my right Toe. (if requested, of course)
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Hi guys, its me again. To late to edit the post so I'll have to make a new one.
Much to my dismay I have now experimented on one of the "corrupted" 3gp/mpg Movie files. I have tried exporting them to a number of formats (14 to be exact), but each format carries some sort of problem. Either PPro doesn't take the file even to begin with, or just the audio or the video gets imported.
I have also tried exporting the corrupted mpgs yet again through moviemaker, after which I took the exported moviemaker-file and tried linking it with the corrupt file in PPro.
This almost seemed to work, until an error message popped up saying that it's an impossible action since the sourcefile in the timeline holds 1 audio channel, while the file I crafted through Moviemaker holds
b 2 audio channels.
Anyone know if this can be worked on somehow? If this was possible to fix, all problems would most likely be gone and the world be a happier place for all to live in.
I have now given up on fixing the files, and instead I'm trying to find a work-around.
I can think of two ways, both of them is as bad as it gets.
b Workaround #1 :
Export 2 faulty versions of EVERY corrupted sourcefile. One that holds the audio and one that holds the video. replace them with the original "corrupted" file in the timeline, and match the video and audio up. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Drawbacks: There is no guarantee of it to work.
Will take a LONG time to pull of, and might be in vain.
Also holds a great chance of producing other errors.
b Workaround #2 :
Pre-render as much as possible, and then using a program like Fraps to capture the movie in the preview window. After doing this, play it once again with only the audio, then match the two files up.
Drawbacks: Creates an extremely lowquality movie.
Might be impossible to eliminate all lag before shooting with fraps.
But hey, a lowquality movie is better than no movie. This method is also less likely to produce other errors.
b Workaround #3 :
This is not so much of a workaround as it is a small glimpse of hope. I'd go to a friend of mine, install my Premiere on His computer and open the projekt file there. Then crossing my thumbs hoping he can export it on his machine.
So, the bottom line is:
b I need this finished.
As much as i agree with you all saying that they shouldnt have shot it with cellphones, and i oughta return the money and tell them to shoot it for real, it is not a possibility. They are counting on me and i must not let them down.
Again I apoligize for a bit of bad spelling and general messiness of my posts. Things get a bit too complicated for me to explain correctly and smoothly in what is not my native toungue. Even in my native toung i believe i would have problems explaining this.

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