Re: converting wma to .wav or .mp3

[Travis Siegel]

Jane, if you ever find such a program that will convert wma directly  
to something else, thousands of folks would love to know about it.   
At present, the *only* way to do this is with a program like audio  
hijack.  Play the wma file in ms player (or flip for mac) and just  
capture the output.  However, if your wma file is protected with the  
latest version of microsoft's drm scheme,  it's not playable on the  
mac, end of story.
Ms has said they will not update the player for the mac, and flip for  
mac can't handle encrypted content, so basically ms has said mac  
users are S.O.L. and quite frankly, I find this completely  
unacceptable, and have my made my objections very clear to ms via  
email.  Of course, it received no response (I don't believe I've ever  
received a reply to any email I've ever sent to them) but perhaps if  
others complain too, and enough folks complain, then they just might  
get off their lazy asses and do something about it.
Not a very useful approach if they're trying to become the prefered  
format now is it?