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iPod Trouble Importing WMA's
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Only the Windows version supports WMA.
What you need to do is either convert all of your music to a different format on your PC and then transfer the files again, or burn a CD (audio CD, not Data CD) of the music from you PC, then import it into iTunes for OSX.
What you need to do is either convert all of your music to a different format on your PC and then transfer the files again, or burn a CD (audio CD, not Data CD) of the music from you PC, then import it into iTunes for OSX.
Copland said:
I'm going to explain this is a little more detail.
Neither version (Windows or Mac) of iTunes can read WMA. The Windows version passes WMAs along to the Windows Media components included with Windows, and the decoding is done there. Of course, Mac OS doesn't have Windows Media built-in so iTunes can't hand the decoding off to it.
It is possible to get QuickTime components for WMA, such as Popwire or Flip4Mac (I assume these can read WMA as well as WMV). If you have QuickTime Pro you could then export to a native format.
dpaanlka said:
Hmm, back when the player cost money you could export, they must've removed this when they made it free.
Becuase Windows Media Player is not built into the operating system at any level. Just like QuickTime is not integrated at all with Windows. You shouldn't even have Windows Media Player for Mac anymore, as the Flip4Mac player allows QuickTime to play files. Microsoft says right on their own site not to use IE or WMP for Mac anymore.
Come to think of it... Flip4Mac might just let you put WMAs into iTunes (still no iPod though).
Come to think of it... Flip4Mac might just let you put WMAs into iTunes (still no iPod though).