wav to wma lossless?

Is it possible to convert wav files already stored on my HD into wma
lossless. The facility to make wma lossless files seems to be from a CD
only.

Ideally I would batch convert rather than one by one.

very grateful for help

peter

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:18:19 -0000, "Peter Lawton"
<pete_lawton@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to convert wav files already stored on my HD into wma
>lossless. The facility to make wma lossless files seems to be from a CD
>only.

You can do "WAV to Lossless" using the windows media encoder :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx

You make a custom session, click "Properties" athen "Compression" and
choose "File Archive". The "Lossless quality audio" becomes available
for the audio compression dropdown.

>Ideally I would batch convert rather than one by one.

To do "batch mode" I'd suggest getting familiar with the encoder
interface first. Once you're happy you have some working settings, you
can download the "windows media encoder SDK".

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

All you really need from the SDK is the "WM Batch Converter" which
runs a script using the encoder to batch convert multiple files with
specified settings. The "batch encoder" can be found in the directory

<installdir>\samples\vb\batcher\BatchEncode.exe

To create a "profile" for this, open the WM Encoder menu on programs,
go to Utilities and choose "Windows media profile editor". In that,
you can create a profile to run using the batch encoder (similar to
WME profile). Choose "Audio", "Quality VBR" then "Windows media 9
lossless" and save the profile which you'll use in the batch encoder.

Recommendation is to put aside a spare day one weekend to work through
some of these - there's a lot there but the process is reasonably
simple once you get the hang of it ;-))

HTH
Cheers - Neil

Thanks for such a comprehensive and helpful reply

peter


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:hbvhn11cherm50oalmaovq17ldsgj7l36f@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:18:19 -0000, "Peter Lawton"
> <pete_lawton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to convert wav files already stored on my HD into wma
>>lossless. The facility to make wma lossless files seems to be from a CD
>>only.
>
> You can do "WAV to Lossless" using the windows media encoder :
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx
>
> You make a custom session, click "Properties" athen "Compression" and
> choose "File Archive". The "Lossless quality audio" becomes available
> for the audio compression dropdown.
>
>>Ideally I would batch convert rather than one by one.
>
> To do "batch mode" I'd suggest getting familiar with the encoder
> interface first. Once you're happy you have some working settings, you
> can download the "windows media encoder SDK".
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> All you really need from the SDK is the "WM Batch Converter" which
> runs a script using the encoder to batch convert multiple files with
> specified settings. The "batch encoder" can be found in the directory
>
> <installdir>\samples\vb\batcher\BatchEncode.exe
>
> To create a "profile" for this, open the WM Encoder menu on programs,
> go to Utilities and choose "Windows media profile editor". In that,
> you can create a profile to run using the batch encoder (similar to
> WME profile). Choose "Audio", "Quality VBR" then "Windows media 9
> lossless" and save the profile which you'll use in the batch encoder.
>
> Recommendation is to put aside a spare day one weekend to work through
> some of these - there's a lot there but the process is reasonably
> simple once you get the hang of it ;-))
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil