[Jonasklam]

 
Oki, so i'm using a Mac and have some WMA files that i need to have converted.
 
What software can i use?
 
XLD, MAX, Switch doesn't work. I don't care what format it converts to but i has to be a lossless format.
 

 

[Jonasklam]

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[Dalamar]

If your wma files aren't lossless, don't convert them, especially not to a lossless format.
 
Foobar's converter is the fastest and has no accuracy problems. By fastest I mean it will simultaneusly encode as many files as you have cpu cores. Typically, it's a full 4x faster if you have a quad core. Unless you've got a HDD bottleneck.

 

[krmathis]

 
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If your wma files aren't lossless, don't convert them, especially not to a lossless format.

Why not?
Besides the increased file size I do not see any downsides. Especially since WMA is horribly supported in non-Windows environments, like Mac OS X which the OP run.
 
Quote:

Foobar's converter is the fastest and has no accuracy problems. By fastest I mean it will simultaneusly encode as many files as you have cpu cores. Typically, it's a full 4x faster if you have a quad core. Unless you've got a HDD bottleneck.

 
May be, but Foobar2000 is MS Windows only. Not really an option for a Mac user like TS.
 
 
@jonasklam. I wonder if VLC could do the trick? It allow you to decode/transcode all audio files it is able to play back.
I do not have any WMA files so not able to verify.

 

[Jonasklam]

Cool, i'll look a foobar - i think i need to take the files to my PC and convert them there anyway, cus i haven't found a mac app that can do it yet (but that's just such a hazzle). The files are lossless and need to convert them into anonther lossless format.

 

[Jonasklam]

@ krmathis
I tried VLC but i crashed on me everytime. This is a common issue even for app that say they support WMA under MAc OS X, they still crash when I try to open the WMA files, every single one of them. So i figured it might be my files that were corrupted - but no - because i can play the music in MAC's own video player QuickTime, LoL.
 
Soo lame that QuickTime doesn't allow me to convert and that only iTunes on windows support WMA :/
 
 
Edit: VLC doesn't crash like the other apps I have tried, I misremembered. It comes up with an error saying that it doesn't support the file codec.

 

[krmathis]

Ok, you should have mentioned in the first place that they are WMA Lossless files.

As WMA (the lossy variant) have some support outside MS Windows, while WMA Lossless (the lossless variant) have none or very limited support.
 
I really think your only choice is to do it from inside MS Windows, either on a different computer or in Boot Camp or similar on your Mac.

 

[Jonasklam]

Yea, i sould have, but figured that it wsan't necessary due to the headline.
 
Anyway, i think you might be right that i have to do the job on my XP machine - but thank you for your inputs