Greetings All!

Does anyone know of link to a freeware for converting the .ra Real Player
audio files to WMA or MP3 etc?

Elain Beauxrauxgart-Weiderhoff

NJITGS (njitgs@usadatanet.net) in Oae98%23S0FHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

> Does anyone know of link to a freeware for converting the .ra Real
> Player audio files to WMA or MP3 etc?

WinAmp, using the corresponding in- and output plug-ins.
www.winamp.com

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Chris Laarman

OK, now the only problem is what I am trying to convert to eventually burn to CD is 90 minutes extending the 80 min. allotment on CD's, so now I guess my next question would be- Is there a way to compress them to make them fit onto an 80 minute disk?

Thanks for your reply!

Elaine
"Chris Laarman" <larieONZIN@chello.nl> wrote in message news:4350c546$0$813$3a628fcd@textreader.nntp.hccne t.nl...
> NJITGS (njitgs@usadatanet.net) in Oae98%23S0FHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
> > Does anyone know of link to a freeware for converting the .ra Real
> > Player audio files to WMA or MP3 etc?
>
> WinAmp, using the corresponding in- and output plug-ins.
> www.winamp.com
>
> --
> Chris Laarman
>
>

NJITGS (njitgs@usadatanet.net) in %23sIuCOZ0FHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> OK, now the only problem is what I am trying to convert to eventually
> burn to CD is 90 minutes extending the 80 min. allotment on CD's, so
> now I guess my next question would be- Is there a way to compress
> them to make them fit onto an 80 minute disk?

To my knowledge 70 minutes is standard on audio CDs. These use uncompressed
sound, WAV-files that get renamed to CDA.

If you use MP3, as you intend, you may have 10 hours on a CD (even more,
depending on your compression settings), but you won't be able to play that
on a standard CD-player.
More info: http://www.mp3-faq.org/

I don't know about WMA.

--
Chris Laarman

I have already converted them to MP3 with the Streambox Ripper and they are
still too big to fit on CD and I figured, just like you said, that if I
change the conversion setttings they will not be playable on a standard CD
player wich I intend for them, so I guess I am just going to have to record
them to 90 minute cassettes as suspected.

Thanks again for all your help!

Elain Beauxrauxgart-Weiderhoff



"Chris Laarman" <larieONZIN@chello.nl> wrote in message
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> NJITGS (njitgs@usadatanet.net) in %23sIuCOZ0FHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>
> > OK, now the only problem is what I am trying to convert to eventually
> > burn to CD is 90 minutes extending the 80 min. allotment on CD's, so
> > now I guess my next question would be- Is there a way to compress
> > them to make them fit onto an 80 minute disk?
>
> To my knowledge 70 minutes is standard on audio CDs. These use
uncompressed
> sound, WAV-files that get renamed to CDA.
>
> If you use MP3, as you intend, you may have 10 hours on a CD (even more,
> depending on your compression settings), but you won't be able to play
that
> on a standard CD-player.
> More info: http://www.mp3-faq.org/
>
> I don't know about WMA.
>
> --
> Chris Laarman
>
>