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I have some old .wma files (copied before WMP would rip as .mp3, so a few years ago!) which I'm trying to convert, as I can't get them to play, but I'm not having much luck. After having a look through the forum, I've tried soundconverter (I get an empty mp3 file), soundkonverter (no mp3 output choice), and nautilus-script-audio-convert (I get a 625 byte mp3 that doesn't play anything when opened). I'm a newbie, so it took a while to figure out how to get the nautilus script working!

I'd prefer not to go back to Windows to convert them. Any suggestions?

TTFN
Hepburn

Do these files have any DRM protection? If so, I don't believe you can convert them. You might be able to create an audio cd with them then re-rip them to whatever format you want.

After doing some digging, I've discovered that they've got DRM version 1(!). Don't know why, as I usually disabled it, but there we are. Haven't found any programs to get rid of it, other than 'lossy' ones, so will try burning then re-ripping.

Thanks for your help!

TTFN
Hepburn