APE to WMA: Convert Audio from APE(Monkey Audio) to WMA(Windows Media Audio) with River Past Audio Converter, APE2WMA converter, conversion
What is
APE?
Monkey’s Audio is a fast and easy
way to compress digital music. Unlike traditional methods such as mp3,
ogg, or lqt that permanently discard quality
to save space, Monkey’s Audio only makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your
music. That means it always sounds perfect – exactly the same as the original.
Even though the sound is perfect, it still saves a lot of space. (think
of it as a beefed-up Winzip™ for your music) The other great thing is that you
can always decompress your Monkey's Audio files back to the exact, original
files. That way, you'll never have to recopy your CD collection to switch
formats, and you'll always be able to recreate the original music CD if something
ever happens to yours.
To convert Monkey Audio APE files to another format, you can either install Radlight
APE DirectShow Filter, or DC-Bass
Decoder.
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 Converter
Once River Past Audio Converter is installed properly, launch Audio Converter.
Add File
Click on the "Add File" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "APE - Monkey Audio" in its "Files of type" combo box.
Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.
If you cannot add the file, please verify that you have DC-Base Decoder installed.
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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.
Select output directory
Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.
Convert
Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.
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