Can I filter out .wma files?
 

Please bear with me, I'm new to posting threads:idea: Lately, I've been getting a ton of .wma files when I search. They are nothing but junk. Is there a way to filter those out?
Thanks!

Yes:D
Use your keyword filter (tools > options > filters > keyword) & add .wma > apply > ok.

That should stop them showing in your searches. Check below for some more ideas on things to add to the filter:wink:
More words to add for both audio and video :) Click Me

Hey Birdy
Im feelin real dispare here. I no wma files have isues but arnt you asking us to
thro away the baby with the bath water.
I have around 1200 good wma files, that I offer for share in many ways, I will add, not coppywright protected. so are you saying I will need to convert all of them, or I will be waisting my time.
Peace.

i can see where your coming from mick, but lets face it... if people are being flooded by a particular file type, and they have the option to block them out they will... may be overkill, but to the searchers its effective

So some mp3 files are also filled with crap do we ban them next.
Sounds like bendin before breaking. or doin there job for them.

PS. Open Sharing! Well still a little bit open. There MUST be another way Please.
Peace.

i filter them out, personally because so many are dodgy. alot more dodgy wma's oppose to mp3's i.m.o

Hey Brad I know what your sayin man, im just thinking of the 700 verses of
Bhagavad Gita in audio I now have to convert and title all over again.
Its gona take me ages.
Before I begin on a larger Work, Srimad Bhagavatam, is there a safe format that is not so rare that no one will download them.

Ps This is not Copy Right.

The reason we ask people to filter out .wma are here:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,11...1/article.html

.mp3 files do not do this. If it was just some of them being crap/junk then it would just be the same as with .mp3 files.

You could add them to bitzi with explanation on what they are, then people interested can just magnet link to them. http://bitzi.com download the bitcollider to add files to the database.

Also when people browse you, they will be able to see the .wma files even if .wma has been added to the keyword filter.

Sleepless
are you saying Evidence exists That Viruses have been detected in wma files
I read the link weeks ago,and only understood a risk of (audio adds) did I miss
an important point.
I have added loads with Bitcollider, video/audio/and many others even before
I joined the forum, Im one of the converted, (BITZI is the buissnes).
You Cheer me up, to hear when Im Broused,wma files can still be seen.
So thats why the mucky files still apear although added to word filter when
brousing someone else.

Ps. Can you sujest a format for new conversion project.
Peace.

They can redirect to anywhere loading anything

converting the wma files is probably no good, but if you have the originals, then either high bitrate mp3 (320 Kbps) or flac (lossless) are the most popular formats

Also you could make a torrent for sharing the files (since there are so many, then maybe many torrents (eg. part1, part2, etc.))