No, Goldwave is not free, but it is a full-featured recording program, not just a file converter. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Converting Files to .mp3 Goldwave is not free is it? Audacity is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> 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. Sent from my iPhone 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 >> >> >> VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. >> Archived on the World Wide Web at >> http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html >> Signoff: [log in to unmask] >> Subscribe: [log in to unmask] > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > Archived on the World Wide Web at > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html > Signoff: [log in to unmask] > Subscribe: [log in to unmask] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6253 (20110630) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6253 (20110630) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]