iTunes should do it for you. On my PC, I would do:
Load all files into iTunes. Change the Preferences, Advanced tab Change the Encoding to MP3 at a desired bitrate. 64kbps is definitely sufficient for spoken word, 32kbps is probably okay, too. Then, find all files in iTunes, select all of them, right click on one, and choose Convert Selection to MP3. Then, they should all convert and show up in your My Music folder.
I suspect this will also work on Macs. Best of luck (:
I don't know this for sure but I think wma is like apple's format. IF the file is not encrypted you can do it rather easily. Most often though iTunes files and wma's that you buy are encrypted with DRM so that you CAN'T play the wma's on iTunes and the iTunes files in other players.
If that's the case then you don't have any legal options to do it (free or not). I wouldn't know any ways around it except the slow real-time option.
This is the reason I refuse to buy music from iTunes.
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Date: 2008-03-09 10:48 pm (UTC)Load all files into iTunes.
Change the Preferences, Advanced tab
Change the Encoding to MP3 at a desired bitrate. 64kbps is definitely sufficient for spoken word, 32kbps is probably okay, too.
Then, find all files in iTunes, select all of them, right click on one, and choose Convert Selection to MP3. Then, they should all convert and show up in your My Music folder.
I suspect this will also work on Macs. Best of luck (:
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Date: 2008-03-13 04:50 am (UTC)If that's the case then you don't have any legal options to do it (free or not). I wouldn't know any ways around it except the slow real-time option.
This is the reason I refuse to buy music from iTunes.