Converting WMA to MP4
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Hmm, to be totally honest converting a video to WMV in the first place takes so much information out of the video that it is not worth re-encoding. I always understand things better when they are conveyed in concise metaphor, so here goes...
Let's say your friend gets their hands on a really beautiful painting by Monet. The colors are crisp, the brush strokes delicate; a masterpiece. So, since they can't take the painting around with them and they want their friends to be able to enjoy the painting too, they place the painting in a Xerox machine and make a copy of the painting. Obviously most of the detail that made the painting what it is cannot be seen, though the basic form can be spotted. Your friend gives you the copy, which you take, but you are unhappy with the poor quality of the reproduction. If you took a high-resolution digital camera from Nikon and photographed the Xeroxed copy, would that picture be any better than the poor copy itself? If the original copy had been made in such a way, it would have been much better. But using a higher-quality medium on a bad copy does not help matters at all.
Let's say your friend gets their hands on a really beautiful painting by Monet. The colors are crisp, the brush strokes delicate; a masterpiece. So, since they can't take the painting around with them and they want their friends to be able to enjoy the painting too, they place the painting in a Xerox machine and make a copy of the painting. Obviously most of the detail that made the painting what it is cannot be seen, though the basic form can be spotted. Your friend gives you the copy, which you take, but you are unhappy with the poor quality of the reproduction. If you took a high-resolution digital camera from Nikon and photographed the Xeroxed copy, would that picture be any better than the poor copy itself? If the original copy had been made in such a way, it would have been much better. But using a higher-quality medium on a bad copy does not help matters at all.
sabashuali
Ani Ma'amin
I think hixxy ir refering to audio.
However, I cannot see why you would want to use any of these two formats.
Unless of course you got the WMA file already and trying to squeeze it further to save space. Again, I personaly would use MP3 as it is a lot more popular and has many good tools out there, alot of them free.
I doubt, from personal experience, MP4 will give you better sound results over MP3. Especialy when you really do not want to compress to less than 160-192Kbps.
One thing to remember is that the file created is only as good as the encoder used. From what I have seen now most tools to create MP4 cost money... :(
However, I cannot see why you would want to use any of these two formats.
Unless of course you got the WMA file already and trying to squeeze it further to save space. Again, I personaly would use MP3 as it is a lot more popular and has many good tools out there, alot of them free.
I doubt, from personal experience, MP4 will give you better sound results over MP3. Especialy when you really do not want to compress to less than 160-192Kbps.
One thing to remember is that the file created is only as good as the encoder used. From what I have seen now most tools to create MP4 cost money... :(
sabashuali
Ani Ma'amin
Gotcha.... I was assuming you meant WindowsMediaAudio file.
Sorry... can only suggest good ol' google. From what I have seen there is very little to shoose from (try here http://www.mymusictools.com/video_tools_31/imtoo_mpeg_encoder_20181.htm )and all seem to be pricy (for my liking anyway...)
Sorry... can only suggest good ol' google. From what I have seen there is very little to shoose from (try here http://www.mymusictools.com/video_tools_31/imtoo_mpeg_encoder_20181.htm )and all seem to be pricy (for my liking anyway...)