[X4U] Converting wmv to QT files

Michael Winter winter at mac.com
Fri Oct 8 05:56:47 PDT 2004


On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:15 AM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> The Windows version
> of iTunes can convert unprotected .wma files in order to import them 
> into
> the Library. The Mac version, however, cannot.

I'm just guessing, but I assume this is because on Windows, iTunes has 
access to Microsoft's API's for handling audio,  thus there's no worry 
about licensing. To do it on the Mac they'd have to get a license from 
Microsoft.

-Mike



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