Since when did you have to pay for simple software. WMA -> MP3 convert needed.

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ExigeEvan

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I'm a bit peeved. In fact, very peeved.

I had a new phone for Xmas and it plays MP3s, but my (which is mostly my dad's) collection is in WMA format on WMP.

But my phone only plays MP3s but I can't find a single program that

a) Does so for free,
b) Doesn't expire before I wake up tomorrow morning,
c) and allows batch processing. (Handpicking 1 GB of music could be tedious...)

Is it really that hard?

P.s. I did search but the only highly recommended program I found now seems to charge for little software add-ons.
 
iTunes will do it.

When you first install it it asks you if you want to convert any WMA files to aac or something like that, so click yes and select the folder with the files in (or it might search for them, I can't remember). It then imports them into your library and makes a copy of them in AAC under my music/itunes. Then go to edit -> preferences, then under advanced click the importing tab and select "mp3 encoder" from the dropdown. Now go back to your huge music collection and highlight it all, then right click and "convert to MP3". Et voila, you now have all your files in both aac and MP3 in your itunes music folder. Your WMA files stay where they are, too.
 
Toronado
I use winLAME and Audacity, both of which are completely free and work great.
Audacity is mostly better if you want to edit the music, though.
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Okay, I'll try that first....
GTRacer4
foobar2000 has a built in converter but you have to configure it yourself:
http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=43805
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Configuring!? sounds too complicated for my TESCO controlled mind to comprehend.
Casio
Goldwave can batch process and it's free too.
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If the first suggestion/s fail, I'll try this.
Jondot
iTunes will do it.

When you first install it it asks you if you want to convert any WMA files to aac or something like that, so click yes and select the folder with the files in (or it might search for them, I can't remember). It then imports them into your library and makes a copy of them in AAC under my music/itunes. Then go to edit -> preferences, then under advanced click the importing tab and select "mp3 encoder" from the dropdown. Now go back to your huge music collection and highlight it all, then right click and "convert to MP3". Et voila, you now have all your files in both aac and MP3 in your itunes music folder. Your WMA files stay where they are, too.
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Wow so i can make 25GB music into 60-70 GB of music? Yay!
 
ExigeExcel
Wow so i can make 25GB music into 60-70 GB of music? Yay!
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I know! How awesome is that? I guess you could turn down the encoding quality because it's not in 190k to begin with. And you won't be able to tell the difference on your phone's speaker.
 
Okay I'm using Goldwave.

It realllly simple to convert tracks with, maybe a tad slow but I am converting ~700mb so it can be expected.
 

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