DV Camcorder to WMA with River Past Audio Capture, DV Camcorder2WMA recording

What is WMA?

Short for Windows Media Audio, a Microsoft file format for encoding digital audio files similar to MP3 though can compress files at a higher rate than MP3. WMA files, which use the “.wma” file extension, can be of any size compressed to match many different connection speeds, or bandwidths.

Additional information is available on Microsoft Windows Media page.

Launch River Past Audio Capture

Once River Past Audio Capture is installed properly, launch Audio Capture.

Set Input Settings

Click on the toggle to the left of "Record from". The panel expands. Select "Microsoft DV Camera and VCR". If it is not a choice in the combo box, check your 1394 card installation and cable connection.

Select output format

Use the setting panel on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the left of the "Format" label to expand the panel. Select "WMA - Windows Media Audio" as the "Audio Type".

Note: To convert to WMA files, you must have Windows Media Format 9 runtime installed.

You can change the compressor, and depending on the compressor, you can change the sample rate, channel (stereo or mono), bits/sample, and bitrate.

Set Output File

Click on the toggle to the left of "Record to". The panel expands.

Click on the browse button to bring up the File Save dialog. enter the file name.

Record

Click the "Record" button to start recording.