Hi Ken, If yer stuck with WMA, mplayer will convert to WAV format using `mplayer filename.WMA -ao pcm:waveheader` which will create a fixed name file, audiodump.wav which then can be encoded MP3 using lame or other encoder. My wife had a problem with her recorder in that it *only* created WMA. A bash script kicks off to convert the WMA -> WAV -> mp3. She is happy (and so am I). Peace, Allan ken wrote: > I'm shopping for a small/tiny audio recorder, the kind for recording in > a class, interviews, etc... not really music, just voice. Per usual, a > lot of these write their audio files in some Windows format, e.g., WMA. > As a confirmed Linux guy, I'd want to offload the audio files in some > format that Linux can read/play natively. I've read a sketchy > suggestion that there's a Linux app or utility to do a translation from > WMA, <http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/127583>, but I always like to > keep things as simple as possible and so would much prefer avoiding the > hassle and possible failure of conversion apps and Windows-format crap > generally. > > Secondly, connecting to my laptop... I've got a sound card, but it > doesn't have LineIn, just mike and headphone jacks; neither of these is > good for input, but... Many audio recorders these days connect with USB > (which I've got), so that's the most likely connection path. > > Given these parameters, does anyone have good experiences with a really > small audio recorder and offloading and then playing its sound files on > Linux? > > > Thanks much. > >