Guest Joe Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I paid for and downloaded a song from RealOne and it was in a .rax format. I can't do anything with this unless I want to pay another $15.00 per month to use their software. This is highway robbery especially since I paid for the song. How can I convert this to mp3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchtj Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Try changing the file extension to .ra and load it in Switch and see if converting to mp3 works. http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingsamses Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Whenever I try that, the decoding bar fills up, then it doesn't do anything, and when I click on it, it freezes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchtj Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 If the file is a long file (time-wise), then the decoder may take some time to decode the file before converting it. If you leave it for say 5 minutes, see if anything different happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maria Villa Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 How do you change the file extension? Try changing the file extension to .ra and load it in Switch and see if converting to mp3 works. http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchtj Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 You do it in Windows Explorer. Tools menu -> Folder Options -> View tab -> Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". Now you can see file extensions in Windows Explorer. When you go to rename a file, you can now also rename the file extension too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maria Villa Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Thank You! You do it in Windows Explorer. Tools menu -> Folder Options -> View tab -> Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". Now you can see file extensions in Windows Explorer. When you go to rename a file, you can now also rename the file extension too. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I've tried decording the files, but unlike the previous person, I am unable to complete the process without freezing up. Thus, my files are not lengthy, and I have also let it run for more than 5 minutes and still no progress. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchtj Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 does real player play the entire file without problem? whats the file extension of your files? rax, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest l schnell Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 does real player play the entire file without problem? whats the file extension of your files? rax, or something else? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same issue - I have .rax files and need mp3's, but get hung up on the decoder, even after renaming the extension to .ra. Are there any solutions - I can only use mp3 files, and need them quickly! Thank you in advance LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchtj Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 can you try opening your rax file in notepad and please paste here what text is contained inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Just burn it to CD with Real Player and then rip the MP3's off the burnt CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Just burn it to CD with Real Player and then rip the MP3's off the burnt CD. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Real Player doesnt recognize my CD Burner and I don't want to spend the money on a different one. I have the same problem as the people above. the file shows up like trackname.rax apparently it is a "real player protected" file. I try decoding it with switch and same problem. It appears as if it completes the decoding process, but freezes before it completes the saving of the audio file. Any way to get around this? I've purchased the songs but have no way to listen to them off of real player, it is quite aggrivating. thanks for the help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 well i changed the extention to .mp3 in windows explorer, and it works. It changes the file to an Mp3. HOWEVER, it still will not burn. apparently the "real audio protection" is still in effect. any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cisco Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 i have same issue, however, when i reformayed in windows from .rax to mp3 the realone player was able to play the track with no problems but when i transfered to my pda the data was transfered along with the title of the track but i could not listen to it in pda with real one player...any suggestions...and also try not using the converter but do it in windows !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alexis Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I am having the same proble. This is so STUPID! The Artists and Recording Industry want us to pay for music yet they make it impossible for us to get it on to a CD. Like you, I am having the same problem. They want more money to have full use of the song. I paid the stupid $1 for it now I should do what I want with it! It was much easier when everyone was sharing music!! I never had probelsm then. Ugghhh! I paid for and downloaded a song from RealOne and it was in a .rax format. I can't do anything with this unless I want to pay another $15.00 per month to use their software. This is highway robbery especially since I paid for the song. How can I convert this to mp3? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I paid for and downloaded a song from RealOne and it was in a .rax format. I can't do anything with this unless I want to pay another $15.00 per month to use their software. This is highway robbery especially since I paid for the song. How can I convert this to mp3? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is what I found that works but you waste a cd so you want to have more that one song to download to the CD and then copy back to the computer. Here's how you burn a CD in the free RealPlayer: Select the Burn/Transfer tab. On the left, click Burn a CD. Under Tasks, click Select CD Type (Audio CD). In the pop-up, select Audio CD and click OK. Click Add Tracks from My Library. Find your music. Click Edit Options. Select any options that your prefer. Click Burn Your CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp5all Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Burning to CD and then ripping to MP3 will cause the loss of quality. I use the rax converter to directly convert rax to mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan5545 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 rax converting Here is what I found to work with very little quality loss. I found this on another post so I didn't come up with it except for the converter to use which you'll have to purchase. You'll have to edit your registry, but as the poster says if your not comfortable with that don't try it. 1. go to: start, run, and type regedit 2. navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Listen\Rhapsody\General 3. Right-click in the blank space and creste a new DWORD value and name it DownLoadFormat 4. Double click and give it a value of 2 5. Restart Rhapsody What this does is forces Rhapsody to download the music files in WMA. It's still protected but! I found that Soundtaxi will convert the WMA files to MP3 because it thinks that you purchased the music, which you did if you have Rhapsody to go The MP3 files then can be played on anything you wish Hope this helps all the frustrated people out there that are fed up with Rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwlphoto Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 THANK YOU.... THANK YOU... "THANK" <<<YOU>>>> I have spent the past 3 days looking for a program that would convert .rax files and NONE of the programs I tested worked but this process did and it's really east. I have had a rhapsody account for several months and their files are in ".rax" format. How to change a file extension, step by step IN WINDOWS EXPLORER 1. Tools / Folder Options / View (TAB) Under hidden files and folders …. Uncheck “Hide Extension Click OK & the popup closes 2. Once this change is made you will see the full file name w/the extension 3. Go to the folder where the audio file is and right click a file then delete the “x” and close it 4. If you are using Rhapsody’s software to play tunes, it will launch when you double click a file BUT… it will not attempt to login to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furry Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hi! Just find out that TuneCab can convert RAX files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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