I haven't found a setting for how they are converted. The dialog said
they would convert to .aac. But they convert to .m4a instead. I know I
can look this up but is that even the same?
Bob
On 12/31/2012 12:33 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
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?
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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
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