Music Conversion

[limbo]

Hi folks - I'm having problems converting my MP3's to Wav files

So..

Wondered if anbody knew of a file type apart from .Wav that communal garden CD players will recognise when I burn Audio CD's

Thanks, I'm a bit of layman on this topic.

Also anybody got an opinion on Kazaa?

I have been looking for a source of <ahem ;) > free music, for a while but I am loathed to download this software having heard about the falibilities it brings with it (spyware, window messenger posts, popups etc). Anybody use/rate/hate this software.

Ta

[curlykarl]

I use Grokster

Pros : Free Music

Against : Leaves loads of junk in my machine.

I use it then uninstall it, the run Ad-aware to get rid of the nastiness.

I just keep the .exe saved and install it when I am on a music or software quest ;)

Then delete it :)

[limbo]

Grokster - Sound painful :)

I'll look into this pro-duct.

ta

[WibbleWobble]

Wav / CDA is pretty much all run-of-the-mill players read, I think. What kind of trouble are you having with conversion?

[sun818]

Kazaa Lite is what you want. It maintains the sharing engine, but all the spyware and ads are removed from the program. If you're converting MP3 to WAV, programs like Ahead's Nero or Adaptec Easy CD Creator Deluxe (5.x+) works very well. Since the WAV file specs are strict for producing audio CDs, I just let the program handle that part of it. Nero is very inexpensive and has better hardware than Adaptec IMO. As for media, after trying American brands and generics from overseas, I decided on TDK. It works perfectly in my car MP3 player, my computer, and stereo system for any burned audio CDs.

[globay]

You might want to try dBpowerAMP Music Converter 9.0. Its free and you can download it from here. Don't go with KaZaA! It contains a lot of spyware. Use KaZaA Lite or eMule instead!

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globay

[limbo]

>>Wav / CDA is pretty much all run-of-the-mill players read

Are CDA files as large as their Wav counterparts? It would be advantageous to have smaller file sizes - but still maintain the audio quality?

>>What kind of trouble are you having with conversion?

Some of the MP3's I am trying to convert to WAV crash NERO, and I have to restart the system. This happens on about 10% of the files I try to convert - so I was hoping(very hopefully :) ) a different file type might not cause the system to hang.

Kazaa Light sounds like the bwoy for me. Thanks very much I'll give it a whirl. just out of interest will having the "lighter" version effect the download times?

Ta

[sun818]

No. Whatever the slowest link between you and the computer you download from will be your download rate. Kazaa implemented a "participation" factor now too where users who share more with others get priority over new users.

[limbo]

Thanks Sun818 :)

[werty]

try soulseek for getting files.

CDex for the conversion/ripping you can find it on sourceforge

[WibbleWobble]

I'm of the probably misguided impression that CDA and WAV files are one and the same, just renamed or some such for CD players.

Soulseek has been dross of late, reasonably popular things have turned up just a meagre few results.

[limbo]

Got Kazaa lite and very happy with it :), but I am still getting the usual suspect files after running ad-aware.

I am thinking of installing a firewall to combat this. I have looked at free ones - Zone alarm and Outpost - and wondered if anyone had experince with using these and could give me a few pointers/opinions

Ta

Limbo.