Mac & PC Computer Tips : How to Convert WMA to MP3

Converting WMA files to MP3 format can be done with iTunes by setting preferences before importing a music CD. Convert WMA files to MP3s on a computer with tips from an experienced computer user in this free video on computers.

Expert: Charles Stewart Jr.
Contact: www.ipsource.tv
Bio: Charles Stewart Jr. has been working with both Windows-based and Mac-based computers for more than 10 years.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

---

Closed Caption:

Hi, I'm Charles Stewart Jr. and I'm going
to show you how to convert a WMA file to a
MP3 file. The reason you'd want to do this
is WMA is more focused towards Windows and
players like The Zune. Granted there are other
players out there that do support that. But
if you have an IPod which a lot of America
does. You going to need something other than
a WMA to play on that. So a good thing to
do is. To transcode it into a MP3 format because
MP3's pretty much universal with any player.
So obviously sense we're talking about IPods
I'm going to use ITunes as an example because
ITunes is a free download. So first you'll
want to open up ITunes and go into your preferences.
It's you know pretty easy to find. If you
go up there and go to advanced and go to import.
Now you can set how when ever a you know.
You put in a music CD or you drop in a file.
You can have it so it automatically trans
codes it. To what ever format you want. I
like using MP3 cause that way I know. I can
pretty much take that file and go anywhere
with it. So I'm going to do MP3 in coder and
then you can choose the quality. I'm going
to keep it at a hundred and sixty three kilobits
and I just hit OK. So now I've got my file
on my desk top and I'm just going to drag
it over here. To the to my music library and
when I drop it in. It's going to ask me. Do
you want to convert this WMA file to a MP3
file? And I'm going to hit yes. So lets convert
it and what it's going to do. It's going to
start converting that file and when it's finished.
You'll have a converted MP3 file from a WMA
and that's it.