HowTO: Convert from music CD to WMA file(s) for playback on a Windows Mobile

edo@mobymemory — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:05:17 GMT

HOWTO: Convert from a music CD to WMA

Requirements: Windows PC, with recent version of Windows Media Player

(For Windows smartphones like Orange SPV C500, O2 XDA II, motorola mpX200, SPV E200, SPV E100 etc..)

Open Windows Media Player on your PC, then go to the ' Copy from CD' option on the left-hand menu. Windows Media Player will read the CD inserted in your CD-Rom Drive. Tick all songs that you want to convert to WMA (Windows Media Audio) format.

Now go to the [Tools] - [Options] - [Copy Music] menu tab. Here you can choose the music quality used in the encoding, and destination folder for your new WMA files. We think 64kbps is a good standard to use for mobile use, as it makes for a small file size, and a good quality of playback in the WMA encoding. That way you can store a lot more albums on your Moby Memory card.

To continue press OK.

It takes a few minutes for the files to be encoded and transferred to your chosen folder (depending upon how powerful your desktop is).

Once you have created the .WMA files, then you are free to copy & paste them to your memory card (weither via one of our USB2 memory card readers, or via the USB cable that comes with your mobile.

The following screenshot display the play-list of WMA file(s) in Windows Media Player 9 on the Orange C500.

Player in full screen.

Information of Storage Card.

Using this guide, hopefully you can repeat the process step by step for the CDs from your music collection that you want to carry around in your pocket .

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HowTO: Convert from music CD to WMA file(s) for playback on a Windows Mobile