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<blockquote data-quote="Heretic Apostate" data-source="post: 2398488" data-attributes="member: 696">I think the primary draw of wma is, you probably don't need to install a new program on your work computer to play them.I know that, at work, they've rightly restricted the right to install programs.&nbsp; And with them soon opening up &quot;dumb terminals&quot; to 70% of the workers soon, it could get even worse.The trouble is, I can't install iTunes or some other program that can read mp3s.&nbsp; So I either play my CDs with cda format, or I burn my mp3s to a CD and play it in my portable player, neither of which is a great solution. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />If we install wma files on a computer, will Windows Media recognize them, without any extra codecs/filters/whatever?&nbsp; I'd like to move my collection to work (about 24 hours of music), but I can't install any new EXEs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heretic Apostate, post: 2398488, member: 696"] I think the primary draw of wma is, you probably don't need to install a new program on your work computer to play them. I know that, at work, they've rightly restricted the right to install programs. And with them soon opening up "dumb terminals" to 70% of the workers soon, it could get even worse. The trouble is, I can't install iTunes or some other program that can read mp3s. So I either play my CDs with cda format, or I burn my mp3s to a CD and play it in my portable player, neither of which is a great solution. :( If we install wma files on a computer, will Windows Media recognize them, without any extra codecs/filters/whatever? I'd like to move my collection to work (about 24 hours of music), but I can't install any new EXEs. [/QUOTE]

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