Converting WMA to AC3. How to?

tijgert · 6th July 2009, 15:01

I have a file with a 5.1 WMA audio track that I would like to convert to AC3 since my new NMT doesn't accept WMA.

I've been dabbling with Graphedit and recognize the power of this tool. Unfortunately I am unable to figure out how to convert the audio this way and guides are not available.

So far I got that the WMA audio gets decoded as standard and I use the file writer plugin to write it to disc. But the intermediate step, the transcoding of the audio to AC3, is the problem.

How do I do this?

Inspector.Gadget · 6th July 2009, 15:19

foobar2000 + Aften, Behappy + Aften, ffmpeg, etc.

tijgert · 6th July 2009, 16:10

Hmm... I just thought of something even easier...
How about I let Ripbot convert the video file with the WMA track into an MKV with a AC3 audio, BUT... as soon as it's done with the audio, I quickly move it to somewhere safe and abort Ripbot. That way I'd even skip the step of having to extract the audio...

It would be the least effort for the same result... [currently testing].

Test done: Works like a charm! a 1 step solution from WMA to AC3

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tijgert Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 46	Converting WMA to AC3. How to? I have a file with a 5.1 WMA audio track that I would like to convert to AC3 since my new NMT doesn't accept WMA. I've been dabbling with Graphedit and recognize the power of this tool. Unfortunately I am unable to figure out how to convert the audio this way and guides are not available. So far I got that the WMA audio gets decoded as standard and I use the file writer plugin to write it to disc. But the intermediate step, the transcoding of the audio to AC3, is the problem. How do I do this?

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tijgert Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 46	Hmm... I just thought of something even easier... How about I let Ripbot convert the video file with the WMA track into an MKV with a AC3 audio, BUT... as soon as it's done with the audio, I quickly move it to somewhere safe and abort Ripbot. That way I'd even skip the step of having to extract the audio... It would be the least effort for the same result... [currently testing]. Test done: Works like a charm! a 1 step solution from WMA to AC3 Last edited by tijgert; 6th July 2009 at 21:44.

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Inspector.Gadget Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,618	foobar2000 + Aften, Behappy + Aften, ffmpeg, etc.