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Originally posted by raceprouk
MP3 is a format designed by Apple, and doesn't offer content protection.
WMA is a Microsoft format, and is supposed to have better compression. Whether it does or not is debatable, but it does have support for content protection.

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MP3 designed by Apple? Wtf? It was designed by the MPEGroup.

WMA is supposed (and advertised) to have practically the same quality at 64kbps than MP3s at 112kbps, therefore you can fit the double of songs in a cd. 96kbps to be sure, though

nah i have these .wma's i ripped and i wana put them on my mp3 player buh cant cuz i need mp3z so somethin that can convert licensed .wma'z

You mean you ripped the WMAs with content protection turned on?
I know this will seem a pain, but you'll have to re-rip them with the content protection turned OFF, or find a ripper that rips straight to MP3.

Well, if you use the tool on this site dBpowerAMP you can RIP straight to MP3 at different bit rates etc.

Riping is ilegal and againts these forum rules. Thread closed.

Edit in reply to a repost.

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Originally posted by azn angel
nah i have these .wma's i ripped and i wana put them on my mp3 player buh cant cuz i need mp3z so somethin that can convert licensed .wma'z

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Licensed WMA are protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management), which if evaded are an infringement on copyright law.

This thread is not about backing up files by ripping.

Hence, it is closed.