hi all,just a little prob im sure one of you genius's can sort for me.. i downloaded a discog and its a wma ??? if that means anything to anyone..i tried to put it in itunes but it wont go...tried to convert with xld and it went on but was just hisss when played back..any ideas anyone, your help is much appreciated..

if it had DRM then you will need a proper program to break that, now first i must ask, are you on a mac? or is it iTunes for Windows?

depending on your actual system will change my recommendations

.wma is a Windows format.

You can download Windows Media Player for Mac:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13112

Or play it (play EVERYTHING, actually) in Quicktime if you download and install both of these:

Perian http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931
Flip4Mac http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842

if you need to do it in iTunes, there might be a way but I don't know how. I think you'll have to convert to .mp3 first but i might be wrong. You've got some research to do.

im on a mac 10.5.4 ,whats drm?? you must excuse my ignorance im new to the21st century,

i can play it with the mplayer but want it on my ipod.... looks like i better get busy researching then,thanks guys..

Whenever you have a question like this, check here first:

Google
Wikipedia

99.9% of the answers you need will be in one or both of these two sources

oh you meant DRM. digital rights management, i would have to be really stupid not to have known that. As if eh..

if you can get those codecs and play it in iTunes that groon first posted, you should be able to convert to an iPod format :)

As far as I know, iPods don't support wma,,, and iTunes doesn't load system codecs (unlike Quicktime) so you can't use it to play/convert wma.
Only way to get them to your unhacked iPod is to first convert them to mp3.

update in case anyone gives a rats.....downloaded a free converter called switch... piece of pish even for a numpty like me.
thanks for your responces guys. take care.

I would be careful with downloads not recommended or tested by the wizards here; I had crash and audio problems for months, probably because of a third party software (free or not)

Always check if it is safe and if it is compatible with your OS and computer and don´t try to get "smart too fast" just saying...

http://media-convert.com/

Might be worth a try.

i did try the stuff i was told here first but it wasnt what i needed..not trying to get smart, just done my research as suggested by the very helpfull posters here..
looks like i got the right thing tho.