Windows Media Player & Itunes...Why Such a Problem?

can't transfer my vast amount of songs from Window's to Itunes due to a WMA format. Any way around this or do i have to burn several CD's and add them directly to Itunes? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
How do you transfer your WMA songs into iTunes? If the WMA songs are unprotected, then dragging them into the iTunes Library will do. If the songs are protected (e.g. bought from internet services such as Napster) then yes, you will have to burn the songs as audio CDs and then rip them in iTunes.
You may also consider a new software called Tunebite which claims to be able to convert protected WMA songs to unprotected MP3 songs.

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