CDA to WMA: Convert Audio from CDA(Audio CD Track) to WMA(Windows Media Audio) with River Past Audio CD Ripper, CDA2WMA converter, conversion

What is CDA?

The audio tracks on audio CDs are represented as .cda files. It is not a real file. Instead, it is a track of uncompressed audio data at 44.1khz with stereo channels.

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 CD Ripper

Launch River Past Audio CD Ripper.

Select track

The audio tracks on the audio CD are displayed in the track list. These tracks are displayed as ".cda" files in Windows. You can use the check box to the left of each track to control which track(s) you want to convert.

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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.

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Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.

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