Wma format to ipod (beginner)

Will ipod be able to copy music from my WMA format to it?

You'll need to convert WMA files to a format compatible with the iPod.
Formats you can use are:
MP3
AIFF (CD)
WAV (with no compression)
AAC
Apple Lossless Encoder
There's more information here: About the Add to Library, Import and Convert functions

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    Try to buy from a different place that aren't .wma files or use a powerful video converter called ImTOO. Email me and ill send you it. it's 100% virus and spyware free. my email is [email protected]

  • WMA formats, How do I import into iTunes?

    Hi There, This is my first time here...
    I purchased a new CD and wanted to add it to my library, but I couldn't. So I asked their "tech support".
    I have cut and pasted their response.
    My questions: How do I copy the songs to iTunes?
    and in the last para of the response, they make it sound like Apple is the hold up for making this process easier, is that true? is there an easy fix for this?
    THE EMAIL BEGINS HERE......Thanks
    Hello Tangela,
    Thank you for contacting us. We appreciate your purchase of the Anthony Hamilton CD and will be happy to assist you with the music transfer.
    Please follow the instructions below in order to move your content into iTunes and onto an iPod:
    If you have a Mac computer you can copy the songs using your iTunes Player as you would normally do.
    If you have a PC place the CD into your computer and allow the CD to automatically start. If the CD does not automatically start, open your Windows Explorer, locate the drive letter for your CD drive and double-click on the LaunchCD.exe file located on your CD.
    Once the application has been launched and the End User License Agreement has been accepted, you can click the Copy Songs button on the top menu.
    Follow the instructions to copy the secure Windows Media Files (WMA) to your PC. Make a note of where you are copying the songs to, you will need to get to these secure Windows Media Files in the next steps.
    Once the WMA files are on your PC you can open and listen to the songs with Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher. You may also play them in any compatible player that can play secure Windows Media files, such as MusicMatch, RealPlayer, and Winamp, but it will require that you obtain a license to do so. To obtain this license, from the Welcome Screen of the user interface, click on the link below the album art that says If your music does not play in your preferred player, click here. Follow the instructions to download the alternate license. PLEASE NOTE: This license is only necessary for playing the copied songs in a media player other than iTunes or Windows Media Player. If you are just trying to use iTunes, simply continue with these instructions.
    Using Windows Media Player only, you can then burn the songs to a CD. Please note that in order to burn the files, you need to upgrade to or already have Windows Media Player 9 or greater.
    Once the CD has been burned, place the copied CD back into your computer and open iTunes. iTunes can now rip the songs as you would a normal CD.
    Please note an easier and more acceptable solution requires cooperation from Apple, who we have already reached out to in hopes of addressing this issue. To help speed this effort, we ask that you use the following link to contact Apple and ask them to provide a solution that would easily allow you to move content from protected CDs into iTunes or onto your iPod rather than having to go through the additional steps above. http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
    Please let us know if we can assist you further.
    Thank you,
    Rob
    SunnComm Tech Support
    CLIENT: [email protected]
    How do I import the songs into iTunes so that I can play them on my iPod?
    iPod HP laptop   Windows XP  
    iPod HP laptop   Windows XP  

    To answer your Question in short, yes apple is the hold up. A more detailed answer follows.
    THe steps they tell you to do are basic steps for removing protection or "DRM" usually. Most record companys today go all out to protect there copyright songs by putting DRM "Digital Rights Management" or protection on them. Almost all the world (Last I looked it was roughly 95%) of the world uses a PC with Microsoft on it. Since Microsoft installs windows media player on all windows, the record companys have found it most easy to have there songs copied with the program in the "Protected WMA" file format.
    Apple and Microsoft are from 2 different worlds and have went against eachother pretty much the whole 20 something years modern computers have been around. Since Microsoft made and owns the WMA format, any company that makes products that will play this format have to pay what they call a "Royalty fee".. Apple isn't about to pay micorsoft for anything like that, as they themselfs are pushing there own royalty fee based format of AAC. Apple does offer in iTUnes to convert UNprotected WMAs.
    The steps they gave you to do (as they didn't mention to you cuz they don't want you to know) is steps for actually "Taking off" or "Removing" the protection off the song. the industry has yet to figure out how to keep protection on digital songs when its being burned to a CD. So when its burned to the CD and the protection is off, now iTUnes has full access to the music

  • How can I convert video in a WMA format to play in QuickTime Pro?

    I have installed my QuickTime Pro, but cannot play any of my videos that I already have stored on my computer. They are all in the WMA format. Is there anyway I can convert these files to play in Quicktime Pro? I also cannot figure out how to download a video from my digital video camera into QuickTime Pro. Can you help me with this? Additionally, I cannot figure out how to download from my digital camera into QuickTime Pro. All of these functions I would like to do, are so I can take these videos & pictures and download them to my IPOD. HELP - thanks Mike Mirsch

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    I know that you can record a movie by making a new movie recording. Use the fire-wire connection to do this and have you camera in playback or deck mode. This is probably not the best way to import video to your pc. I say this because it might not be a lossless ingest of video (depending on your quicktime preferences>recording settings.
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  • Wma files to Ipod

    I have a rather extensive music collection in the wma format. When I try to transfer these files to my ipod I get a message saying these files cannot be transferred because they are protected. Is there any way I can "unprotect" these old wma files in order to salvage my music off my old PC?
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    Burn them to CD and re-rip them in iTunes.

  • How can I tell iTunes to NOT convert certain files from wma format?

    I just got an iPod classic, and downloaded iTunes and it automatically started adding all my music. I have almost 5000 songs that are in wma format, and it started converting them all. Then after it got almost 2000 songs finished, it just stopped. For no reason. So I tried to continue it, and apparently there is no way to just continue where it stopped. It started over at the beginning and is now re-converting all the files it already converted.
    It took over 24 hours to convert those first 2000 files. It seems completely unnecessary that it should have to re-convert them all over again.
    Is there any way that I can tell it NOT to convert those specific files? I figured that you should be able to right-click the file and say "DO NOT CONVERT" or something along those lines, but that is not an option.
    The only other way I've been able to figure out that I could do this is to manually add only the files that it didn't convert last time. But that is over 3000 files, and they are not in the same order on my hard drive that they are on in iTunes so I would never be able to figure out what files were done and what files were not done.
    There HAS to be a way to just highlight certain files and tell iTunes NOT to convert them. Hasn't there?
    Someone please help me. This is really irritating, and I do not feel like waiting for another 3 days for this to finish. I have other things I need to do on my computer, and it seems that while iTunes is converting, it is making everything else very slow.
    Thank you.

    I know they need to be converted, but the problem is, 2000 of the 5000 have already been converted. now it's trying to convert them again. but there is no reason for that. i want to know how to convert the other files that weren't converted yet, without having to re-convert the ones that were already done.
    I would move the ones that were done to a separate folder, but I don't know exactly what ones were done. In iTunes, they are the first 2000 or so in the list, but on my hard drive they are not in the same order.
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  • Is Apple finding an alternative to wma format?

    I was wondeing if Apple is trying to find an alternative to the dreaded wma format. I know I saw a couple floating out there but my question is: Is there legal issues with record companies concerning using an alternative protected format? It would be nice if there was an alternative format since then Apple can finally give out subscription services like Napster does. It would be a shame if the record companies and the goverment are being bias to Microsoft. The goverment can't allow this "legal" monopoly to grow any bigger. It doesn't benefit consumers in the long run.

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  • Converting iTunes music to MP3 and/or WMA format

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    gruntvet wrote:
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    Gruntvet,
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    I formatting my ipod because my PC asked me too and now my ipod has a white screen. I've tried resetting it and it won't work. How do I reinstall the ipod's software? It says I need to "use itunes to restore"

    I would have a look at your iPod's User Guide for assistance on the different syncing preferences you can set up with your iPod and the different content that can be synced to it.
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    I plugged my iPod into my new MacBook Pro. The menu did not have a choice to format the iPod. Previously the iPod was hooked up to iTunes on a PC. I formatted the iPod on the PC.
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  • Do I need to format my iPod on Windows to use it as a hard drive on a PC?

    I use my iPod on a MacBook with my iTunes library, but now want to ALSO use it as a simple hard drive on my PC for files transfer.
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    And if I have to format it, will all my music be gone, but can I simply then synch it again on my MacBook with my iTunes library?
    Thanks a lot in advance.

    To use the iPod Classic on both the Mac and Windows PC, you need to format it in FAT32 filesystem structure, which both OS can recognise.
    Yes, formatting it in FAT32, using iTunes, will erase all music and data in your iPod, but that is no problem if you have all the music in your Mac iTunes library.
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    Install the Latest iTunes in your windows PC, run itunes and check that all is in order (you can navigate, play some sample songs in itunes.)
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    Click ok. (HERE there maybe some problem, if your iPod hardisk is not in tiptop condition)
    When Restore is complete, eject the iPod
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    If you want to use the iPod in Windows as an external hd, you have to set it in Disk Mode.  first then Windows will recognise it as a portable HD.
    Good luck! on this big undertaking.

  • How do I format my IPod Shuffle to be used on Windows?

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  • I need to format my iPod but I don't want to lose my files!

    Hello, obviously I'm here looking for help lol.
    The problem is this; I purchased my iPod mini December 2005 and never had any problems until several weeks ago. When I plug my iPod into my computer, it always says it needs to be formated. Seeing that, I do believe that it needs to be formated. However, I DO NOT beleive that all 435 songs including ones I purchased for should be wasted.
    Someone might say I need to back everything up onto a data DVD from iTunes. The only way you can do that is if you're using the home computer of your iPod. Time went by and I have a different computer so I don't have all of my songs on my current computer.
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