Anyone here recommend a virus/spyware-clean program that I can download off the web to convert a WMA file to MP3? I'm trying to make a ringtone for my phone and Audacity won't allow me to import the WMA file into the program due to 'license restrictions'....lame.

 

Sounds like your WMA is DRM'd. Do you have it on a burned CD by chance?

 

Ryan - https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/fs-3071r-mm-greddy-turbo-upgrade-166669/ ??? Is it your chance?

 

I have no idea what DRM'd means, and I don't have it burned onto a CD. I can in a second though. Are you suggesting that I burn it and try to play it in my CD player to see if it works?

I know there are programs out there to do this. 'The Google' came up with a gazzilion results, but I don't want to download a virus or spyware along with the program.

 

DRM = Digital Rights Management

The point of DRM is to keep you from giving me a copy of the file in that or any other digital format. However, they can't control if you burn it to a CD as CD's don't understand what DRM is. So the workaround for moving a DRM'd song around is is to burn it to CD and then rip it back off of the CD and encode it to mp3. It is just a bunch of stupid hoops that were created by people that didn't think things through. So once you burn it to CD with whatever software you choose, Windows Media Player will even do it, you need to Rip the music off again and encode it, again Windows Media Player will do you just fine. Just make sure that your Rip settings are setup to do MP3 instead of WMA.

 

Alright. I'll give it a try. I'll thank you when it works

 

It's not working. I burned it to a CD, opened WMP and it doesn't show the name of the audio file on the screen to rip it. It just says 'To begin, insert an audio CD into the drive.' The disc is in there and it shows the name of the disc, but the file doesn't show up on screen in WMP. In windows explorer it does.

I'm not the most tech savy individual out there. I gave up when they shut down the original Napster.......

 

I use ImTOO's WMA MP3 Converter.
I have a cracked version, but I think you can use a trial to do what you want.
http://www.imtoo.com/wma-mp3-converter.html

 

Vacuum my mats.... that kind of weight reduction can save me 0.0001845sec off my lap time.
Good idea!

 

Did you burn the CD as a data disc or an audio disc? Sounds like it was data.

 

Just finished the OBD-II Relocation DIY:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-obd-ii-relocation-169305/

 

Yep, it was the data CD thing Jo(h)n. Thanks for the help!

I've now got a drunken Randy from SouthPark singing the Obama song for one of my ringtones.

 

Cool deal. Glad it worked out Tony.

 

ok guys i dropping the rotary and putting a 427 big block with 800 horses...thoughts?

 

Yes. You're either insane or trolling.

 

And how are you planning on getting 800HP on a 427?
You should have bought a different car... that is my thought.

 

haha im just ******* with you guys haha but we do have a 427 my dad use to drag with it in his chevelle it was all motor no nitrous or turbo. it was his daily driver back in the day ha and he did get 800hp out of it and theres no way i would get rid of the rotary engine. i love the hum haha but im just messing with you guys ha

 

Usually 800HP on a 427 would require some heavy engine modifications.
I can see 600HP with little mods.

 

dont quote me on this but he may have bored out the cylinders and got a high performance carb but he said he was running 12.30s down the quarter mile

 

Yeah.. you might be a little off.
My friend has a Trans Am with an LS1 engine running almost 400HP and does mid-12s.

 

yea maybe but i bet that thing weighs way less then a 1969 chevelle or maybe i told you wrong idk i said dont quote me damn it hahahaha

 

Why does our younger generation refuse to learn proper grammar and punctuation?

I deal with some of the most ignorant people in the state of Ohio on a daily basis and these last two pages make my brain hurt.

By the way, nba, how's the S10 doing? Get that power you wanted out of it?

 

Because it's easier. Anyways its irrelevant since they have to learn how to write if they expect to make it anywhere in the real world. You might be able to communicate with crackberries but you're not going to be able to write up business proposals, legal documents, white papers, etc. unless you can use proper grammar.

On a completely different note I picked up my clutch starter switch this morning. I'm 90% sure that the switch I picked up is longer than the switch I have hanging down under my dash. I'll compare when I get to my car tonight but that would mean that the clutch wasn't the problem at all and for whatever reason something happened that 'shortened' the switch length. Which frankly makes more sense to me. I know I took that switch basically apart when I removed it. No idea why it might have shortened for Doc tho.

 

That would be interesting to find out Ryan.
Maybe inspect the inside of your old switch and see if there is anything obstructing the shaft movement or see if the spring is misaligned and not expanding fully.

 

ha are you kiddding me? what power? ha the s10 is strickly going to be a show truck