Can you convert a music file to MP3 format?

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Can you convert a music file to MP3 format?

Post by ARIELCHABAD » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:10 pm

If I have files in wma format, for example, is there a way to convert them to MP3 format using Audacity?
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Re: Can you convert a music file to MP3 format?

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:50 am

No. Audacity will not load and play a Windows Media file properly. You should find and download a media conversion program and use that. Once the show is in Windows WAV format, then Audacity will open it, edit it, and export it.

Do you have the lame libraries downloaded, uncompressed and running? Audacity will not export an MP3 right out of the box.

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