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Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3

by janenolan / March 30, 2004 8:50 AM PST

Does anyone know of a free program (I am unemployed) that will convert a music file .wav to mp3? Thanks guys. I have the wav on my hard drive. I can do this directly from a CD but not for a file that is on my computer.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by joehawk1 / March 30, 2004 9:55 AM PST

I downloaded and tried a trial program that Robert mentioned recently. It is not free for the full version, but the free trial worked great for me. It is Power MP3 WMA Converter, at http://www.cooolsoft.com/powerconvertor.htm . I think the trial version limits to one song at a time conversion so will take longer to convert a large number of songs.

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Thank You Joe
by janenolan / March 30, 2004 10:33 AM PST

Thanks,

This seems to be just what I am looking for.

Jane

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Take a gander at CDEX as well.
by R. Proffitt Forum moderator / March 30, 2004 11:30 AM PST
In reply to: Thank You Joe

"Support for transcoding of compressed audio files"

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/features.php

"Best of all CDexis entirely free! You will never have to pay to use the software or register in any way. Moreover, CDex is entirely opensource, as per the GPL Terms."

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Re:Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by cfaucher / April 16, 2004 4:01 AM PDT

Joe Hawkins, by any chance?

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by foxgloveaudio / April 29, 2004 6:57 PM PDT
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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by morgan20 / May 27, 2004 9:13 PM PDT

You can try the musicmatch basic version. I believe that you will find a conversion option in the File menu. I have found no other program that is as easy to use.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by amitshenoy / May 27, 2004 9:28 PM PDT

use dbpoweramp music convertor v10.
its available at www.dbpoweramp.com
its awesome

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by whipdancer / May 27, 2004 10:38 PM PDT

I'll second the vote for DBPowerAmp. I've tried many and it works the best for me.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by cevest / May 28, 2004 1:38 AM PDT

Hi Jane,

I have been using a free and very simple to use program called "simple Mp3 Maker"
It rips CDs, Encodes and Decodes MP3 (MPEG1/MPEG2 Layer 3), AAC, Vorbis/Ogg or WMA files to WAV files and vice versa. It is very fast and as I said before, very simple to use.
Check it out at: http://www.geocities.com/simplelance/index.html
Hope it works for you..

See ya'
cevest

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by phileysmiley / May 28, 2004 1:47 AM PDT

I third the vote for dBPowerAmp. It converts almost anything to almost anything. Does it with a right click menu. Simple.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by greywolfe_44 / May 28, 2004 3:20 AM PDT

go to zdent downloads there you can find awav to mp3 encoder 2.5 that will help you or also in zdent you can find other wav to mp3 programs

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by karzola / May 28, 2004 3:25 AM PDT

Try Acoustica.com, they have a free trial, I have used it for several years and can find nothing better, and if you buy it is a low price and well worth it..

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by computer_tech_admin / May 28, 2004 5:58 AM PDT

I found a great tool to do this. JetAudio has not only a converter but is also a media player too.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by tezza343 / May 28, 2004 11:02 AM PDT

Db Poweramp I have found will change your music files to any format you like with the proper codecs, download through kazaa and use astalavista to finish the registration then all the codecs are free

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by darmar91 / May 28, 2004 11:34 AM PDT

MusicMatch converts wav to mp3

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by jddavid / May 28, 2004 11:47 AM PDT

tell me...please

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by Cygnus X-1 / May 28, 2004 5:37 PM PDT

Go to www.winamp.com. Winamp 5.02, combined with a MP3 output plugin available on that site, can convert any file format (or CD tracks) to MP3s at up to 320 kbps. It's what I use.

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by prash007 / May 29, 2004 11:58 AM PDT

hi,
This is prash here. You can have the free version of Music match Jukebox version 6.0 . This helps you to convert your WAV files on your hard drive to mp3. You also have this feature of converting it to a VBR(variable bit rate) or CBR(constant bit rate). Mostly all songs are in CBR(128kbps). If you need a better quality you can have more than 128kbps. Once you have this, go to File menu --> choose Convert. Choose the location of the source file and then choose the required format of your output file. Choose a destination for the output file. Click 'Convert'. Thats it. Your conversion is complete!

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by jddavid / May 30, 2004 6:57 PM PDT
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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by guruinfant1 / May 31, 2004 10:24 PM PDT

Hi,
If you have; or, have not obtained a program to convert .wav to .mp3, I would still check out CDex as it is a great program to have on board if you are interested at all in music.

Go to: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/features.php

I know you will be as happy with this program as I am.

guruinfant1@yahoo.com

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Re:Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp3
by JorJorMogBoi-18950224899527023285003318228448 / June 1, 2004 11:02 AM PDT

Another option somewhat related to MusicMatch is the Windows version of iTunes. It's excellent for organizing your music collection and does conversions from wav, mp3, and even midi into any other format.

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Re: Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp
by Bobken / June 20, 2004 2:09 AM PDT

To convert WAV o MP3:
Go to www.audiobliss.net
and download: WAVtoMP3 it's free !!!
Greetings
www.videomanie.be

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Re: Free program that will convert wav (on dard drive) to mp
by geek57 / June 23, 2004 11:07 AM PDT

put the search for dbpoweramp. It's free. Does a lot and you can download all types of codecs for different formats. Been using it for years.

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