WMA codec

[Hulk]

I tried to save my file as WMA but a message came up saying I don't have the codec. I downloaded WMP 10 and it still doesn't work. How do I fix this?

And heres what I dont understand:

My voice recorder saves files as WMA, I opened it up, edited it, and it wont save it! How is that possible, I must have the codec since it opened it in the first place, right?

 

[ditzilla]

OK, so you're using the windows voice recorder? and you can play it on windows media player.

What are you using to edit your voice? Some programs (like audacity) don't/can't support wma format

 

[Hulk]

OK heres what I did:

I recorded a lecture using a digital voice recorder, I edit it with WavePad (a free program), and I tried to save it as a WMA file so I could play it on the voice recorder. But a message pops up saying that I dont have the codec to save it as a WMA file.

 

[ditzilla]

OK, google is our friend once again

http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/support.html

P. WavePad will not save in WMA format

WMA is a proprietary format of Microsoft. While WavePad is capable of opening these files it will not save in WMA format.

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This is pretty much what I thought when I read your problem. Audacity won't save in wma format either.

 

[Hulk]

I just found out my DVR also plays MP3 files, so I just saved the file as that and it works.

 

[Sycraft]

If you want to use WMA you can also save as WAV, and then get the free Microsoft Windows Media Encoder. It is a little tool for converting and capturing various Windows Media formats. That requires two steps though so if MP3 works, just use that and call it good unless there's a reason.