This section provides a tutorial on how to validate WMA music files generated by FreeRIP.
If you followed the previous tutorial, you should have WMA music files
ripped off from a music CD. Here is what I did to validate them:
1. Using Windows Explorer to locate the second WAV music file:
C:\temp\wma\02-Track 2.wma.
2. Click right mouse button on this file, and select properties.
The properties dialog box shows up. The general tab displays:
File name: 02-Track 2.wma
Type of file: Windows Media Audio file
Location: C:\temp\wma\
Size: 3,566,863 bytes
3. Click the Summary tab. It displays:
Artist:
Album Title:
Year:
Track Number: 3
Genre:
Lyrics:
Title: Track 2
Comments:
Protected: No
Duration: 0:03:41
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Audio sample size: 16 bit
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Audio sample rate: 44 KHz
The bit rate, 128 kbps, of the WMA file is half of the
MP3 file, 256 kbps. This matches their file ratio: 3.5 MB
vs. 3.0 MB.
4. Double click on the file name: 02-Track 2.wma.
Windows Media Player will be started to play this music.
If the WMA file plays well to the end, FreeRIP did a good job
of ripping off music tracks from the audio CD. It generated
WMA files with compressed audio data. The compression rate is about
the same as MP3 files.
