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Click to view silvercowboy's profile New Member 1 posts since
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Sep 4, 2008 3:39 AM

MP3 to .WAV Audio


Hi

I am trying to convert MP3 to .WAV files for email and I am using DBPoweramp Convertor to do this but the files by the time I add a fancy stationary are a bit large.

I am using Vista business 32bit.

Before I crashed my computer I had a codec installed that had a good sound and good compression rate now although I backed up I thought everything on my computer it didn't save the codec. Has anyone seen this in their music travels on the net. It was one that I could just click and it installed itself.

I have tried Divx and although it has wonderful compression the songs don't start playing on the opening of the email so I can't use that. I am forced at the moment to use the microsoft ADPCM codec the sound is to put it bluntly terrible if I am trying to keep the song as small as possible.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of a good Codec it has to have a .wav at the end of the file.

Cheers

shirley.

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Click to view BAMT's profile Member 223 posts since
Jun 25, 2008
1. Sep 4, 2008 3:59 AM in response to: silvercowboy
Re: MP3 to .WAV Audio
I would use Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) and download the LAME (Google it) library.


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2. Sep 4, 2008 5:11 AM in response to: silvercowboy
Re: MP3 to .WAV Audio

Hey Shirley!!


Welcome to PCWorld Community!


OK, first , if you want a codec to PLAY music on Vista with Windows Media Player then

I suggest you download and install the Vista Codec Pack from MajorGeeks .

Use the Last Download Link for FL |USA|. You wont need any other codecs for WMP.


To convert your MP3s to other formats or vise versa I use Switch from NCH Software .


If you want to e-mail a large file have you tried to compress it with WinRar first before e-mailing it. The software will install

a right click context menu where you can choose to .RAR and e-mail or just compress the file. The only draw back

is that the recipient has to have WinRar to de-compress the file.This is what it looks like on your context menu:

http://forums.pcworld.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/6037/Context+menu.jpg


This is a Trial but you can keep using it as long as it is not for commercial use.

WinRar from download.com .

You can read about it from the link above.


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