I much perfer the MP3 format to those other formats since I really don't like using my quicktime player over my older Winamp player, plus my little mp3 player will not play MP4 stuff (designed for ipods which I don't care to use, and don't own)....
I have used just a plain music recorder program that records any sounds that go over my audio card, but I seem to get an annoying durn high frequency buzz when I do that.
So if any of you techno wizzards can throw this dog a bone I would appreciate it.
Nevermind found a program that suits me just fine... “Free M4A to MP3 Converter” does what it’s name says it does and is free.
Often an AC adaptor on the same circuit will generate that anoying 60 cycle hum on audio recordings. It’s often the speaker adaptor, so if your speaker adaptor or cell phone or whatever is plugged into the same circcuit as the computer, try unplugging them for recording .wav/.mp3s. If you need to monitor the sound try headpones in the speaker jack. That’s the first thing I would try as it’s a common problem. Some power strips/conditioners have filters that solve the problem. If that’s not the problem, the line noise could also be an audio cable short or more likely a bad ground or sheilding somewhere - try unplugging the speaker audio cable and/or the audio cable from the CD/DVD to the sound card.
Eliminating those simple things first will either fix it or point to something else as the cause.
BTW, I’ve been using Winamp at least a decade. I’ve tried more than a dozen players, but I always go back to Winamp. The new auto-tagging feature sure helped weed out a lot of music from p2p sites labeled as Dr. Hook that really wasn’t.