WMA disks

[philturn]

My Pioneer standalone DVD player (DV366) says its wma compatable
does anyone know where I can get a "how to" for this format and what
program I should use?
also is it just for audio ?
thanks

[Cobra]

WMA is just for audio.

You burn them to a CD just as a data disc, and it will bring up a menu for you so select songs/folders of songs to play. I also think it's possible to mix MP3 and WMA on the same disc.

I'd burn to a CD-RW or DVD-RW to test it beforehand, though.

Enjoy,

CobraDMX

[nadir]

Hi!

WMA is the audio format that Windows Media Player (Microsoft) uses while ripping audio tracks. You can use them as well as mp3 files. There is not a lot of diference betwen them.

You can even record a Audio CD using your wma files and you have not to convert them in another format before.

I have some wma files in my PC and I use Nero 6 to burn them to audio cd's. You can make wma disc's that can be played in some standalone DVD players (compattible with this format).
Nero 6 Expres has an option for wma disc's. Is very useful.

Have fun !

[indolikaa]

And you can also use Microsoft's own Windows Media Encoder 9, free from their website, to make your encodes. They have a variety of options, including variable-rate and lossless encoding schemes. Only works on 2000/XP, though.

[walter4h]

So far I have been using MS own WMA encoder for audio, freeware, available from Microsoft site. It also has a video capture option, but I never tried it.
Version 7.0, the one I have is a rather primitive capture app, does not even have a pause option, but if you want to convert tapes into audio, it works great.
Roxio's Easy CD creator can create a WMA disks, apparently it puts control tracks so that a CD player could play them. But I play them in one of my old computers from HDD through playlists.
A good 3rd-party WMA app is available at:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_encoders/advanced_wma_workshop.cfm
Regards wh

[walter4h]

Sorry, somehow the link got chopped. I tried to resubmit, but it was the same story in preview. I will have to separate it with ENTER in order to display the whole thing. You can reassemble it if you want to have a look at that site.
Here it is again:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/
audio_encoders/advanced_wma_workshop.cfm

regards: wh

[MOVIEGEEK]

Most standalones can't play encrypted or DRM WMA such as legally downloaded songs.