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Mp3 NO! wma YES! by jespomo on 03-05-2005 at 12:57 AM
I want to assign my contacts a piece of music to play when they sign in but I am having some trouble.
Most of my music is in .wma format but Messenger Plus! won't let me use that. It says I have to use .mp3 of which I only have 1.
On Messenger Plus! for 6.2 I was able to use .wma so I was wondering if it was possible to use it on this?
Oh yeah, the message box that came up stated that my media player was not able to play this format of music yet I listen to it all the time in Media Player 10, it said I could try reinstalling my media player so I did that yet to no success.
Please help.
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by Fredzz on 03-05-2005 at 03:13 AM
well.. WMA is a windows codec.. i dont know if it would be "legal" to let Plus! playing wma files.. but if its legal.. its a matter of time, to Plus! support more audio formats.. i guess 
(dont need to flame me on this) 
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by matty on 03-05-2005 at 03:14 AM
The new version of Messenger Plus! which sould be out sometime this month doesn't use codecs anymore but uses Multiformat Platforms for Files and should accept MP3s. Do you get any sort of error when you try to set the sound?
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by jespomo on 03-05-2005 at 09:37 AM
When I try to play it it says;
"Your sound device is not capable of playing this file
Reinstalling the latest version of Microsoft Media Player may help to resolve this problem"
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by matty on 03-05-2005 at 09:58 AM
I just tested a WMA file and Messnger Plus! (3.5) does not support WMAs. You will have to find an application that can convert them to MP3s (for instance iTunes).
Also AAC files (.m4a) are not accepted by Messenger Plus!.
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by x2zen on 03-05-2005 at 10:00 AM
Maybe its because of the Windows Media DRM License
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by jespomo on 03-05-2005 at 11:59 AM
Is iTunes free and does it take long to convert tracks to mp3? I don't want to spend ages converting them just for Messenger Plus!
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by GiantSpider on 03-05-2005 at 12:11 PM
Yes iTunes is free but it only converts from CD (cda) to either mp3 or 4(AAC).
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by jespomo on 03-05-2005 at 12:18 PM
So I can't convert my wma's too mp3's? Ok.
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by King For A Day on 03-05-2005 at 12:19 PM
quote:it converts any file you give it not just from cd
Originally posted by GiantSpider
Yes iTunes is free but it only converts from CD (cda) to either mp3 or 4(AAC).
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by TGG on 03-05-2005 at 12:20 PM
See here for a list of wma-mp3 converters 
RE: RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by GiantSpider on 03-05-2005 at 12:25 PM
quote:Care to explain how?
Originally posted by punkpaul
quote:it converts any file you give it not just from cd
Originally posted by GiantSpider
Yes iTunes is free but it only converts from CD (cda) to either mp3 or 4(AAC).
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by King For A Day on 03-05-2005 at 12:29 PM
i think if u add a folder, that seems to do it but not sure if it works with add a file
RE: Mp3 NO! wma YES! by Patchou on 03-05-2005 at 11:15 PM
I'd like to add WMA support to Messenger Plus! but so far, I didn't find a simple C++ library that can load this kind of file. If any of you know one, just mail a link to me .