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samsung yp-z5

by ddubb44 Apr 30, 2006 8:07AM PDT

hey i just got a samsung yp-z5 2gb and i made the rip settings to where it ripped everything mp3 but i found out on my player mp3 took up more space than its supposed to i had like 300 and something songs with 150-70 mb left and its supposed to hold around 650 wma so what iwanna know is how do i get all the songs in my library to change to wma so i can put it on my player. Need help ASAP.THANKS.

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Batch converting mp3's to wma's...

by bevtarlow Apr 30, 2006 11:08AM PDT

Hey there,

I know its a little time consuming but I think that you should rip your CD's all over again and make sure that you convert to WMA. I wouldn't recommend doing this from your mp3 format because I'm pretty sure you'll be sacrificing the fidelity of your music -- It would be like making a copy out of an already inferior copy. What bitrate are you encoding at? The 650 WMA estimation could be based on a bitrate of 128 or perhaps even lower. You should be able to get good sound quality if you rip at 160 or 192. WMA's also draw more power than MP3's, so there's a tradeoff there.

You can probably get a more detailed answer if you post this question at www.z5lounge.com. Its a site that is dedicated to the Z5.

See you there!

Slydini

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