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Mp3 -> Wav?

JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
anybody know how I can change Mp3 files into .Wavs? I need it because my CDR wont accept Mp3!

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Think you might be able to do it Winamp. Otherwise your CD Burning software might be able to do it (I know Adaptec CD Creator 5 does).

    Struggling to remember how I did it before I had my MP3 player... I got this software from Dixons for about a fiver that does it - slowly. I'll try and find out

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Try getting a hold of Audio Catalyst which does the MP3 -> CD and also the MP3 -> WAV thingie.

    The address is on my site somewhere cos i can't remember it offhand lol.

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  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    audiocatalyst turns wav files into MP3s (albeit badly), not the other way round.

    you need Winamp, which is free.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    winamp plays files, it's a media PLAYER

    you want mp3s back to wavs? use Easy CDDA Extractor (comes with a file convertor)

    requires a crack, you can get the thing from ZDnet and the crack from astalavista.box.sk

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  • JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Win amp works, well and quick and for nowt!

    as for Adaptec CD Creator 5, well, i have 4, oops
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why not try one of the free sites like Tucows or ZD net cos they'll have tons of shit relating to MP3's, WAV's and every other media format, because what program's good for us might not be suitable for your needs .. try it and see <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt;

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT:


    as for Adaptec CD Creator 5, well, i have 4, oops

    you could have hit the "backspace" key on the keyboard and changed the "5" to a "4" instead of correcting your sentence straight after...

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  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by MasterDevilish:
    winamp plays files, it's a media PLAYER

    it has an MP3 DECODER! it turns MP3s into wavs, and optionally plays them... if you want, you can just tell it to save the wav...

    and MD, please do some research before you spout out these posts. i know you want to increase your post count, but you're filling people's heads with shit.

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  • Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    it has an MP3 DECODER! it turns MP3s into wavs, and optionally plays them... if you want, you can just tell it to save the wav...

    and MD, please do some research before you spout out these posts. i know you want to increase your post count, but you're filling people's heads with shit.


    yep, was something like what i was gonna say. winamp works just fine to decode mp3s into wavs, its really not worth the hassle of downloading CDDA and what have you. unless you want it for other reasons that is.

    jst, if you are using adaptec easy cd creater to burn your cds, then it WILL accept mp3s, it saves a lot of hassle decoding into wavs and hard drive space if you just write as mp3s. you select disc at once in the settings somewhere or other, and it takes off the annoying 2 sec gap between tracks, which you dont want if you have tracks leading onto others in segues.. and if you dont have a copy of adaptec easy cd creater blah blah, i suggest you hunt one down <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

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  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by Girl-From-Mars:
    and if you dont have a copy of adaptec easy cd creater blah blah, i suggest you hunt one down <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

    if you dont have a copy of adaptec easy cd creater blah blah, consider yourself lucky and get a copy of Nero from http://www.ahead.de <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"&gt;

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    it has an MP3 DECODER! it turns MP3s into wavs, and optionally plays them... if you want, you can just tell it to save the wav...

    through a plugin...worth it, get a ripper/burner/encoder/decoder in one and then not only can you save them as wavs and mp3s but other formats as well, kill all birds with one stone

    and MD, please do some research before you spout out these posts. i know you want to increase your post count, but you're filling people's heads with shit.


    i get the right tool for the job, i dont use the bare minimum, i get something that does more than just the average job because i may want to expand in what i do later

    hence, you get something that can do wav-->mp3, and back again, laterally, vertically, whatever - you get something that's hardcore

    as it's all free, why not just open ur mind to more opportunities

    it's a player - it plays mp3 files, it can be used as a decoder but u need plugins, many of which are written by joe bloggs and can have all sorts of shit in



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  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    I have a program called "AltoMP3Maker" that can do the job. Make a search with yahoo or anything and you'll find it. It needs a registration, but there is a crack that can find a password to use. I don't know where to get this though, a friend made it for me.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    mp3 convert it.

    available from cnet download.com.

    why not just look there in the first place? seach "mp3 wav" and u'd prolly end up getting what u need <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"&gt;

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Winamp is just as affective at decoding MP3s to wav format as any other of the programs mentioned so far.

    Winamp > options > output > output to disk

    I think thats the correct path to choose the option. Please bear in mind that the quality of the wav does also depend on the quality it was originally encoded in in the first place, obviously you can choose a lower quality but as standard it does it to its original encoded wav.

    If you after encoding CD to wav then as mentioned I'd use audiograbber. Its easy enough to get hold on and possible to crack should you need to by going:
    http://www.astalavista.com
  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by MasterDevilish:
    it's a player - it plays mp3 files, it can be used as a decoder but u need plugins, many of which are written by joe bloggs and can have all sorts of shit in

    MD, where the fuck are you getting all this shit from? Just because you've convinced a lot of people here that you know what the hell you're talking about, it doesn't mean that there's no-one left who knows the truth.

    there's no such thing as an mp3 PLAYER, as mentioned in your definition. an mp3 file cannot be "played", it must first be decoded. it is decoded into a PCM (or other format) wave file, and then played. hence, winamp is an mp3 DECODER, which also plays the decoded files. it only plays them with the "waveOut" plugin or the "DirectSound" plugin. it only decodes with the "MPEG Audio Decoder" plugin. It seems you have been misinformed about the the meaning of the word "plugin". it is NOT necessarily an extra piece written by a third party that adds extra functionality to a basic program.

    Winamp's design is "modular", meaning it is comprised of many "modules". these modules, also referred to as plugins, are separate areas of the program that have been designed with flexibility in mind by the Winamp development team.

    If you open an mp3 file in Winamp, it will first go through the MPEG Audio Decoder module, which converts the mp3 into standard wave audio. The user can choose to route this data to the waveOut device, with the waveOut plugin; to a DirectSound device, with the DirectSound plugin; to disk, with the Disk Writer plugin; to a Windows Media Audio encoder, with the WMA plugin.... the list goes on. They were not written by "Joe Bloggs", but are a part of Winamp.

    This post has been long now, so i'm going to stop now and wait for MasterDevilshit to spew out another one of its cocky bullshit replies.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i should care that all you seem to do is mare off, but i really dont, it's up to you if you wanna go and kiss ass with others elsewhere
    Me, myself, what I've already said
    i get the right tool for the job, i dont use the bare minimum, i get something that does more than just the average job because i may want to expand in what i do later


    does winamp convert to other file formats? no. why do people download winamp - to play mp3s. not to convert files.

    as for filling people's heads with shit - 99% of people on here would have no clue what you're talking about. as far as im concerned it's a player - it plays mp3s. if you want to use plugins to do various other operations due to its "modular structure" blah blah then by all means do so.

    when you need a different quality mp3 for smaller file size or a different quality wav, would winamp do it?

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  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by MasterDevilish:
    does winamp convert to other file formats? no.

    yes it does. shut up, go away and download it. try out some of its features, read some of the documentation and don't post on this thread until you've gained at least a little knowledge about it, ok?

    according to you, winamp doesn't convert audio files because it needs a plugin to do this. you seem perfectly happy to call it an mp3 player though, even though it uses 2 "plug-ins" to do this. it was all in my last post, read it if you can be arsed to open your eyes.
    it plays mp3s

    no it doesn't. i'm not going to post the reason why, as i already did in my last post.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ive been using winamp for years, i havent ever used windows media player, thats the first thing, stress boy

    right then, as the makers of winamp know a damn sight more than u about it, ill quote from their site (winamp.com if you really need to check)
    What does Winamp do?

    Winamp is an audio player. It plays music, or any other recorded sound, on your computer. Winamp also has a number of popular plug-ins for visualization (cool effects that synchronize with the music), input, output, and other purposes. It also allows the look of its interface to be customized through the use of skins. Though Winamp is most popular as a player for MP3s (MPEG audio layer 3 files), it also supports a number of other formats, which brings us to the next question...


    notice the first few words, "Winamp is an audio player"

    now please, piss off, if u wanna go lick someone else's ass and think by caning me ur doing that, then do so

    if not and u actually believe what u say, i believe the phrase is "stop filling people's heads with shit"


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  • the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by MasterDevilish:
    Winamp is an audio player

    exactly my point. it plays audio. WAVE audio, after having been decoded from an MP3 (or other) data source.

    i'm afraid you've used up your quota of cocky bullshit replies... i'm not gonna bother with this thread anymore. you're not listening to me, so why do i have to listen to you?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    instead of whinging about "cocky bullshit" replies why not argue with those that created the thing?

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