From: Brent Harding <bharding_at_doorpi.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 21:35:40 -0600

Mplayer in linux can deal with wma, and so can many programs to convert it
to anything you want in Windows, just that recompressing always loses some
quality.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Chapman" <dave_at_dchapman.com>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Iriver H320 wma files


> tj_at_tjolsen.net wrote:
>> IF i'm not mistaken isnt the wma decoder propriotary?
>
> The format may be proprietary, but there is an open source decoder
> available as part of the ffmpeg library.
>
> It's a similar situation to the Apple Lossless (ALAC) format - it's a
> proprietary format but Rockbox includes an open source decoder for it.
>
> Dave.
>
Received on 2006-12-04