Windows Media 9 Series by Example

Chapter 13

WM9 Audio Techniques

In this Chapter…

Batch Converting WMA files to MP3

Making Sense of WM9 Playlists

Converting WM9 Audio to Red Book Audio

The Return of Illustrated Audio

While the general subject of the book is video, there are too many new and useful audio features in Windows Media 9 Series not to break them out separately and discuss their applications and implications. Microsoft’s emphasis when promoting WM9 audio seems to be on the WM9 Player itself—as opposed to audio production environments—which is certainly understandable. But I’d like to showcase four basic workflow techniques that I use on a day-to-day basis.

Some depend on WM9, XP, or third-party software. Some were possible before but are now even more efficient. No ...