[wellylug] Converting WMA to MP3

[Steve Macdonald]

Jonathan Harker wrote:
> Steve Macdonald wrote:
>   
>> I am finding I am having to go to a windows computer to convert my wma
>> files to mp3 (I made the mistake of not converting them all to mp3
>> before getting rid of windows completely and now I am stuck with
>> thousands of wma files needing to be converted.
>>
>> I have tried Amarok using the transkoda? scrift but the problem here is
>> that it does not copy the id3 tags or file names over. Can anyone advise
>> me of a program for idiots that will work with kubuntu.
>>     
>
> Try soundKonverter:
>    http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024
>
> There's a download link for Ubuntu dapper.
>
> You'll probably need ffmpeg and a bunch of other libraries: Make sure
> you have universe sources enabled...
>
> Cheers, J
>
>
>   
Cheers for that it works a treat. I did have it installed via adepts 
source list but it kept crashing, I noticed the  version you gave me was 
a newer version which works so much better