Just wondering something else about this. I converted my music library to itunes but for some reason the wma lossless format is converted to 256 kbps m4a files. Not nice at all. Is there a setting somewhere which I can tell itunes to do the conversion to lossless format?
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 31 December 2012 04:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? iTunes leaves your original WMA file alone. I haven't done this myself, but I found this on the web page http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#management-convertwma Since WMA is a MS proprietary format, requiring Apple to pay MS a license, I'm surprised they do anything with WMA files at all. On 12/30/2012 06:46 PM, Robert Logue wrote: > A bit of ranting here. Sorry about that. > > Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? > I've searched the web for this answer but did not find out. Hope > someone here knows. > > I just installed the latest Itunes. I wanted to add music from > another drive using add folder to library. > > iTunes > One or more of the songs you are adding to iTunes, including 01 > graphic > 870 Rubber Bullets [Long Version].wma, are in the WMA format. > iTunes will automatically convert them to the AAC format so that they > can be added to your iTunes library. > Convert Skip > > I accidently hit escape twice when leaving the Jaws virtual viewer > and missed being able to hit the skip button. Itunes started > processing the library even though I pressed escape? I don't know if > it was skipping or processing all those .wma files. Looks like it > didn't start converting because there were no .aac files found in the > folder when I looked with Windows Explorer search. > > I'd thought I'd forgotton to turn on restore previous versions for > that drive after reinstalling Windows 7. I couldn't find a previous > version for the folder. However, I did find previous versions in the > drive's properties. > > I searched for all .aac files on my system and only found one very old. > I right clicked and open with which was not a menu but opened a > dialog that was hard to work with Jaws. I finally got it to see > Itunes but accidently hit enter before unchecking always use this > program to open this type. Itunes didn't open. Now when I right > click that file the open with is a sub menu with Windows Media Player > and Itunes in it. Also choose default program. So, I screwed up once > again. Makes a grown man weap! > > > I can't believe they would make it hard to import wma files. I have > so many I don't want to convert. I'll have to back them up first. I > hate software that makes me choose without preperation. > > Itunes already sucks! > > Can't I keep Itunes from damaging or changing my origenal wma files? > If I check this; Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to > library, will it make converted copies and place them in the Itunes > folder leaving the origenal wma files in their place? > > Advanced Preferences > iTunes Media folder location > C:\Users\Robert Logue\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media Change... > Reset > Keep iTunes Media folder organized > Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based > on the disc number, track number, and the song title. > Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
