Converting Wma/au Files In Linux

[whistleblower]

I use Limewire to download music and i use Amarok on Linux. None of the wma/au files i download will play on Amarok. Is there a way to convert them???

[thaimite]

I am not sure what Linux you are using, but ffmpeg is the workhorse behind many of the windows free video and Audio conversion programs and is available here for Ununtu.

I am sure there are other Linux versions available

[higgy88]

Before you start converting stuff that doesn't play, first get what you need to play it as it is.

1. Go to application>ubuntu software center (in 9.10) or add/remove (in 9.04) and do a search for ubuntu restricted extras. Install it if it is not installed.

2. Add Medibuntu to your respositories. Follow these instructions and you should be good to go.

[shriah]

Get VLC player. If you want to play WMA in Amarok these packages

	sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

If they are not available in the repository you have to medubuntu in the source list . Check this page on Mediubuntu Link

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list \
  --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list &&
 sudo apt-get -q update &&
 sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring &&
 sudo apt-get -q update