WAV to WMA converter
Convert WAV to WMA in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.
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Need it the other way round? Convert WMA to WAVRead more about the WAV format and the WMA format, or see every audio tool and all audio conversions.
Should you convert WAV to WMA?
A good trade for listening and sharing: WMA is a fraction of the size of WAV, and at 192 kbps or more the difference is inaudible for most people. Keep the WAV as your master if you’ll edit or convert again.
WAV is uncompressed, studio-quality audio; WMA is the Windows Media audio format from the Windows XP era. Choose WMA only for an old Windows device; convert your WMA rips to MP3 or M4A to play them anywhere.
How to convert WAV to WMA
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Add your WAV
Drop your WAV file onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.
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Check the settings
The output is already set to WMA. Change the bitrate if you want to; the defaults suit most files.
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Save the WMA
Press convert and save the WMA. Several files come back together as a ZIP.
What changes when WAV becomes WMA
From lossless to lossy
WAV holds every sample; WMA keeps what the ear notices and discards the rest. Pick the bitrate by use: 128 kbps for speech, 192 to 256 kbps for music.
Who needs WMA
Choose WMA only for an old Windows device; convert your WMA rips to MP3 or M4A to play them anywhere.
Expect a much smaller file
WAV: About 10 MB a minute at CD quality. WMA: Similar to MP3. Shrinking the file is often the main reason to make this conversion.
This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of WAV and WMA, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.
Why it doesn’t upload
Recordings are often private: interviews, voice notes, unreleased music. Your browser can decode and encode audio itself, so there is no reason to send it anywhere.
How to check for yourselfWorth knowing
- About the WAV. A WAV made from an MP3 is ten times bigger but sounds exactly like the MP3; the lost detail doesn’t come back.
- About the WMA. WMA files bought from old online stores are often DRM-protected; no converter can open those.
- MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, Opus and FLAC are converted by your browser directly. WMA, AMR, APE, AC3 and the other specialist formats use the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.
Questions
Does converting WAV to WMA lose quality?
WMA is lossy, so a little is discarded, but at the default bitrate the difference is inaudible for nearly everyone.
Will a WMA play in my car or on my phone?
WMA a legacy format: Windows and VLC; not iPhones, Macs, most Android apps or browsers.
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