No, Goldwave is not free, but it is a full-featured recording program, not
just a file converter.
John
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From: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Converting Files to .mp3
Goldwave is not free is it? Audacity is.
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From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Converting Files to .mp3
Hello everyone, please remember there is gold way. This has been able to
convert files from WM a to MP3 as well as other formats.
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On Jun 30, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Catherine Getchell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Diane,
> Not sure exactly which 1.3 Beta version of Audacity you have. It's
> 1.3.something. I recently updated my Audacity to the latest Beta version,
> 1.3.13, and was able to successfully import a .wma file. So it's possible
> that this feature was not supported in the version of Audacity that you
> have but is supported in the latest version. So you could try updating it
> and see if the error message goes away.
> Catherine Getchell
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Scalzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:28 PM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Converting Files to .mp3
>
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I am new to the list and am looking forward to giving and receiving help
>> with Audacity. I will probably be asking for more help at this point
>> because
>> I am fairly new to Audacity. I am using Audacity 1.3 beta on a Dell
>> desktop
>> computer with Windows 7 64 bit.
>>
>> Last June, I attended my alumni reunion and recorded several meetings and
>> programs using an Olympus DM 520 digital voice recorder. When I returned
>> home, I copied these files to my computer. I recorded two of the files in
>> .mp3 format and had no trouble opening and editing them with Audacity
>> once I
>> downloaded and installed the lame encoder. However, I accidentally
>> recorded
>> some of the files in the .wma format that seems to be the default for
>> this
>> player. When I tried to open one of them, I got the following message:
>>
>> Error importing graphic 798
>> Audacity recognized the type of the file
>> 'C:\Users\Dscalzi\Documents\Documents\Documents\nyssb alumni
>> association\audio files\2011 reunion programs\June
>> 2011 board meeting.WMA'.
>> Importers supposedly supporting such files are:
>> FFmpeg-compatible files,
>> but none of them understood this file format.
>> OK Help
>>
>> When I clicked on help, I received the following:
>>
>> graphic 946 Unsupported Formats graphic 73 graphic 73 graphic 798 < >
>> wma-proprietary Close
>>
>> Do you know of a way to convert these files to .mp3 or am I out of luck
>> as
>> it appears? I will appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>> Diane Scalzi
>>
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