Importing .wma .ra & .wav files to iTunes

I've just moved from a pc to a mac and all of my music files are different, mainly wma with a few ra.
Can i import these into iTunes?
If so, how do i do it?
MacBook2,1 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I've just moved from a pc to a mac and all of my
music files are different, mainly wma with a few ra.
Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't deal with these files ion the mac. The Windows version of iTunes will convert unprotected wma files to the appropriate format, but the Mac version of iTunes will not. You will have to seek a third party converter to do that for you on a file to file basis.
Real audio is a proprietary format and will only play in the Real player software. Depending on the file (protected or not), and version of Real that you have (I think you can only convert with the plus version of Real) you may or not be able to convert them to a compatible format.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4072 -
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Is there a way to import metadata to wav files in my library?
I have about 1,500 .wav files that are presently in my iTunes library, but as most of you are aware .wav files have their limitations with regard to how iTunes translates their specific track information. I haven't been archiving using .wav in sometime, I've since switched to another more iTunes friendly format. But, I have these 1,500 files left and I'm desperately trying to find a faster way to log the info.
I've built a data table with all of the track information I want to import. Does anyone know of a good macro, or script that will allow me to import this data so I don't have to manually open each individual .wav file and input this manually?
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I can probably help with this.
I have a script called TagFromFilename that can apply fill in the details that can be extracted from the file path if the .wavs are stored in the layout <Album Artist>\<Album>\[D-]## <Name>[ - <Artist>].<Ext> where D is an optional leading disc number and <Artist> is an optional trailing artist (otherwise both artist and album artist are set to the grandparent folder). You just need to make sure that before you add the tracks to iTunes, that it won't rename the files. You can do this by turning off the Keep option if the files are inside the media folder, or the copy option if the tracks are located outside.
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How do you import multi track wave files into Logic Pro?
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Is this a 5 or 6 channel single wav file?
I don't believe Logic will import these but can't be 100% sure because I'm not using the very latest version, I'm at 9.1.5 because it's stable. I do know that "SoundTrack Pro" that shipped with the disk version of Logic can export multichannel files so I'm guessing that it may very well open them as well. Soundtrack Pro has been discontinued but if you do have it, make sure it's the latest version.
Or... if you know anyone with the Nuendo DAW, it will open multichannel wavs which you can then export to any format you wish.
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Some hang up the program immediately upon being selected and the "convert to mp3" chosen from the Advanced menu. Others start to convert and then hang up, usually with 10-15 seconds left to convert. Others convert just as before without problems. I have had to force-quit iTunes a number of times to unlock the system. This is getting really old, and what was a semi-automated process has become one of picking through the files one by one, force-quitting when it hangs, then deleting the culprit when I re-open iTunes. I'm losing some irreplaceable recordings, which pretty much negates the whole purpose of capturing everything every week.
I don't recall when I made the last prompted update of iTunes, but it very likely could have been just before this started happening.
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I have a question, hope someone has the answer.
I am a new mac owner, new ipod owner too.
I currently have 200-300 gigabytes of SHN and FLAC files on my PC (mostly grateful dead soundboard recordings).
I am planning on converting these files to WAV. format with "artist", "album" (show date), and "song" ID tags.
I then plan on copying these WAV. files to my imac or separate external hard drive formatted for MAC OSX.
OK THE QUESTION (finally, no?),
When WAV. files are imported into itunes are they automatically converted to the MP4 AAC format?
I have looked in the itune PREFERENCES menu I go to ADVANCED and see that there is a control for switching file formats for importing CD'S but there is no mention of importing WAV. files.
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I get voice mail forwarded to email in the form of a .wav file. It will not play back on my MacBook (1st generation black). If I import it into iTunes (drag n drop) it looks like it accepts but nothing happens. Why?

The WAV files produced by voice recorders are low bit-rate WAVs, quite different from CD-quality WAVs.
I do not know exactly what the problem is, but I can tell you that since iTunes 8 came out, this forum often gets complaints about iTunes not properly handling low bitrate WAV files.
Personally I would get a 3rd party conversion tool and make them into MP3s, but maybe someone has a better idea.

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I'm pretty new to iTunes. The experience has been spoiled by the following problem I have.
On my import options (i.e., Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Importing), I have set:
import using: WAV encoder
custom setting: 44.1kHz, 16-bit
This should be CD-quality CD. As such, each minute should take about 11 MBytes or so. (That's how my wav files ripped from audio CD are). Well I just downloaded Candlebox's Far Behind which is about 5 minutes long, and for some reason it only takes 5 Mbytes on my hard drive. Savings space on my hard drive is of little importance to me. What I really want is top lossless quality. And I have a superfast connection, so that's not an issue either.
So what's going on here?
Are these settings not for downloading, but rather for ripping music from audio CDs I already have, or what?
Thanx.

The import setting is for CDs you already have or if you had WMA files and were converting them into iTunes. Downloads off the net are almost always in MP3 format and songs bought off iTunes are in the AAC format (A compressed format just like MP3). I wouldn't worry about it much. If there songs you bought on iTUnes, AAC is a very good sound format and (Far as I know) are just like CD quality
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Ugh, 2 hrs. later I can finally ask a question,
Ok quick reference - Using a USB(16gb) with wav files I would like to add to my library and convert to mp3 (like importing a CD). I already have my preferences set to MP3 (192), like importing a CD it can automatically convert to mp3. Now using a USB mem. I would like to know how to do the same without having to go through each album to convert to MP3.
I know I cannot be alone on this, I have hundreds of albums to go through and editing and deleting each album will take months. Can't this **** program do an auto-convert like ripping a CD?
I hope my question is clear enough to understand.

O M F G ! I am such a NOOB, I didn't know it was a link to a file download.
Are you for real Clark? Ok i'm goin' for it honey!
we'll see what happens.
well so far, what music I already have the info was reversed on all tracks. Album is now Artist and or Genre "ClusterFu*k" of info all out of order. Album art is whatever Hal wants it to be, and the all new 'import' feature ... drum roll please.
POOP! I feel a bubblin' comin'.
Oh well I'm early enough into the redo my itunes 5 times a year, that I can... YES!! START OVER AGAIN!! weeeee!.....
Oh yeah, don't forget to delete the new file -WA WAAAa WA, WAAAAAAA!
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