Web site Instructables details how to free your purchased Windows Media Audio files from the confines of both DRM and WMA. The tutorial uses previously-mentioned software FairUse4WM to strip your ...

I just bought an iPod yesterday, and I love it. However, I have all of my CDs ripped to my computer as WMA9. Is there any program that'll convert these files to MP3?<BR><BR>It would be extra nice if ...

Dear Lifehacker, Windows Media Player hijacked my MP3 files and converted them all to WMA. I want to change them back easily in one sweep—but am not the most savvy user. Help? Signed, Gimme My Beats ...

If you’ve spent every spare musical minute within the confines of the iTunes window you might believe there are only five audio formats—MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless. It turns out, however, ...

Not everyone needs to convert their audio files, but if you do, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better way than Freemake Audio Converter. It's not perfect, but the program is attractive and ...

My last few columns have mostly dealt with problems with Apple’s iOS 10 Music app. There are plenty of these, and while there are workarounds for some of the changes, many of the missing features are ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

Winamp <2.61 will let you play a WMA through the Disk Writer output plugin; this produces a WAV which can then be encoded to MP3 with any program of your choice. However, it will sound like shit at ...