[nabs-l] converting music

Wed Dec 28 19:38:44 UTC 2011

She has files in Windows media format and she wants them in mp3.

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On Dec 28, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, then, what are you trying to do?
>
> Chris
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amy Sabo" <amylsabo at comcast.net
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:55:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] converting music
>
> Hello there,
>
> First of all thanks for your help but, like I have said to you
> all in previous messages the files were already ripped or
> downloaded from another source.  I know how to rip cd's into mp3
> format and, I use a program called express rip to do this instead
> of using windows media player for ripping my cd's.
>
> I tried this format and imoo it sucks!
>
> Thanks for the advice and, I will talk to you all soon.
>
>
>
> Hugs,
> amy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 2:19 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] converting music
>
> Hello Amy, have you tried using windows media player? Windows
> media player
> comes built in to windows so you don't' have to worry about
> installing
> anything else.
>
> Just go to the start menu and search for "windows media player"
> under
> either all programs or into a search field for the start menu,
> depending on
> which version of windows you have.  If you have windows 7, you
> will get the
> newest version of the player.  Anyways once you launch the
> program, all you
> have to do is go into the tools menu and go into the options menu
> item and
> press enter.  The windows media player settings will appear.  Press
> control+tab to get to rip music (which is converting audio CD
> tracks to a
> specify digital file format.) press alt+A to jump straight into
> the
> "format:" combo box and press m to select to rip as mp3 format.
> Tab to the
> OK button and press the space bar.  You can now rip music (convert
> music)
> directly into mp3 files without problems.  To start ripping, in
> the player's
> user interface, you tab until you get to the rip button, the rip
> window will
> appear and if you want to start ripping immediately, press alt+s
> to jump
> quickly to and click the Start Rip Button.
> Please note however that you windows media player might or might
> not be
> different, depending on the version of windows you have or the
> version of
> the player itself.  Just play around with it and let me know.
>
> Cheers,       Humberto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Amy Sabo
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 8:45 AM
> To: PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION
> Cc: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND STUDENTS
> Subject: [nabs-l] converting music
>
> Hello all,
>
> I hope that everyone had a good Christmas and, is looking forward
> to the new year! Well, I got some brand new music for Christmas
> thanks to my friends and my sister and, I wanted to play some
> music and, well, it's not in mp3 format.  I tried converting it in
> express rip but, it only works for ripping albums into that
> format.  I then tried to convert the wma files into mp3 format in
> goldwave and, well again it wouldn't work.
>
> So, I was wondering if any of you could help me out in how I can
> convert these files of music into mp3 format from wma? What
> software can I use besides the ones I just described below and,
> are they accessible with jaws?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks again and, I will
> talk to you all soon!
>
>
>
>
> Hugs,
> amy
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