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]>
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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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