Wma files to play on itunes

Sorry if this has already be covered to death but i cant find what im looking for. I am a recent mac user and my music library that i had on pc is in wma format and i am having trouble converting these files to play on itunes . I have the free version of flip4mac and can play some of these files in quicktime and the other music files when i try to play then come up with (osstatus error 19000) what does this mean and will i ever be able to play these files on my mac.
Regards....Steve

Limnos is probably right. WMA files will be protected either if they were ripped with Windows Media Player with protection enabled, or if they were purchased from an online store that sells in that format. If that is what you have, get access to a Windows PC and use Windows Media Player to burn the songs to an audio CD. Think how handy it would be to have them on an audio CD.

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