This is a bit irrelevant but I know most of you use Mac instead of PC so I thought I'd ask. Before I got rid of my old PC I recorded all of my music and video files to CDs. Today, I was trying to copy them to my new Mac but I realized I can't view most of them (.wma, .wmn, .asf). I called the support line, after putting me on hold for an hour they told me those files were unconvertible. I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake going with Mac instead of a PC with firewire. Are there any editing software for PCs that's as good as Final Cut Express. I still have about 5 days to return this thing.

no don't return it! get a friend with a pc to copy them into .mov, .aiff, .mp3, .mpg or something like that.

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

Yeah, seriously, do not return it. DO NOT.

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I actually do have a friend with a PC. How do you convert a file on a CD? I guess you copy it to the PC first and then what? I hope it can be done because I have some very rare songs on those CDs and right now I'm freaking out.

One way of doing it is to use Quicktime Pro (which is a $30 download on Apple.com). Open the song file in QT, and just go to File > Export and save the song as whatever file you want to convert it to (Mp3, Wav, Aiff, etc). Then burn it back to a CD and load it on your Mac. And you're done!

But do not, under any circumstances, return the Mac and get a PC.

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Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I guess there has to be a way to convert those files. And I'm keeping my Mac. I'm probably going to be glad that I did keep it, once I start filming in a couple of months.

you wont regret it. Just treat it niceley and it will treat you back times 100

"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time"

it seems like we're talking down a jumper. any shareware app that can open those files and export to mp3 will do the trick. i'm not sure if quicktime pro for windows can open them or not.

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

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Originally posted by Blazingoat:
KEEP YOUR PC.

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Read the original post again. She already got rid of it.

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sorry to go so far off topic, but is your name supposed to be read as blazing goat? or blazing oat? just really curious.

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

yeah! good. i suddenly worried that you might find the concept of a blazing oat intruiging for some reason. glad to hear you remain among the sane.

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

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Originally posted by Blazingoat:
my bad.

YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT YOUR PC.
GET IT BACK. GO FIND IT.
NOW.

Morgan Rozender
BlazinGoat MultiMedia
http://www.blazingoat.com
morgan@blazingoat.com

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No can do, blazingoat. I already sold it. But to be honest, I'm beginning to enjoy my Mac now that I've solved my music files problem. Besides, my old PC sucked. It didn't even have firewire. So, it was useless. I was going to get a better PC but decided to go with Mac...Interesting name, by the way.

"now that I've solved my music files
problem."

you DID solve them then? excellent. how did it end up working out?

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

I copied all the files to my friend's PC. Then burned them using Windows Media Player which automatically converts 'em to music CD format. Ain't that clever? lol

it is deeply clever. for feature referenece, i just discovered the smartest forum there is, the apple help forum. they can help with just about anything it seems. just had to share this with everyone!

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

That's a great forum. I didn't realize apple.com had something like that. Did you read that post about burning DVDs? I wonder how safe it is to download DVDbackup.

no, i didn't. where is it? posts move so fast on those forums i'll never find it.

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@215.ciCFaVmBoQa.4@.599c9369

There's a link to download DVDbackup but I'm not too eager to put something in my computer I don't know anything about. I've seen my share of viruses with my old PC. Let me know what you think. If it's legit I'd love to use it.

don't worry about it. there ARE NO mac viruses to speak of. something 30 in the entire existance of apple. i've NEVER encountered one. of course burning a copy of a dvd isn't strictly legit but you know that

Stirling | Dueling the Fates @ Zomp

Of course, I do! I would never do something like that. I was just asking for fun.