Convert WMA to M4A - online and free - this page also contains information on the WMA and M4A file extensions.
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How to convert a WMA to a M4A file?
- Choose the WMA file that you want to convert.
- Select M4A as the the format you want to convert your WMA file to.
- Click "Convert" to convert your WMA file.
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| File extension | .wma |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | Developed by the Signal Processing Group at Microsoft, the WMA file format is part of the Windows Media framework and was first released commercially in 1999, with support for playback of WMA encoded files as part of Windows Media Player. Creation of WMA files did not come until Windows Media Player version 7. The original codec was targeted as a direct competitor to the MP3 and RealAudio formats, and has achieved a broad level of adoption thanks to support for playback on numerous DVD players, Nokia mobile handsets and Playstation portable devices. |
| Actions | WMA to M4A - Convert file now View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | In almost all circumstances WMA files are part of the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container, a proprietary container format developed by Microsoft for both digital video and digital audio. Every WMA file contains an audio track encoded in one of four mutually distinct codecs - WMA, WMA Voice, WMA Lossless or WMA Pro - WMA is the most commonly found of the four, but is a lossy codec, with the ability to encode audio signals sampled at up to 48 kHz. WMA Pro is an improved version, allowing sampling up to 96 kHz, but has achieved little hardware and software support. WMA Lossless is designed to compress audio signals with no loss of quality from the original source (up to 96 kHz) and is used in some Windows Mobile devices as well as the Logitech Squeezebox Touch. Finally, WMA Voice is a lossy codec optimized for low-bandwith voice playback applications, with mono sampling support up to 22.05 kHz - it is perhaps most well known for being used by the BBC World service for streaming Internet radio. |
| Associated programs | MPlayer Realplayer VLC Media Player Windows Media Player Windows Movie Maker |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| MIME type | audio/x-ms-wma |
| Useful links | Encoding Audio and Video with Windows Media Codecs Microsoft overview of ASF Format Differences between ASF and WMV/WMA files WMA format information from the Library of Congress Convert WMA file |
| File extension | .m4a |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | M4A audio files were developed to enable easy sharing of digital music, audiobook content, podcasts. It was generally intended as the successor to MP3 and the file quality is better and file sizes smaller compared to MP3 files. M4A files sound better than MP3 files when encoded at the same bit rate due to some of the enhancements. It's the default audio format for Apple products, Nintendo products, Android, Blackberry, PlayStation, and many in-dash music systems in cars. |
| Actions | Convert M4A file View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | M4A is a file encoded with advanced audio coding (AAC) and is implemented with AAC compression standards or ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) specifications. This effectively means that they can be decoded back to their original quality they were at the point of compression. It was developed by Apple and it only contains audio data, rather than MP4 which contains both audio and video. An added benefit of M4A files are that they do not carry any Digital Rights Management protection. |
| Associated programs | Android Phones Android Tablet Apple QuickTime Player Apple iTunes VLC iPad iPhone |
| Developed by | Apple |
| MIME type | audio/m4a |
| Useful links | What is an M4A file? Apple Lossless Convert M4A file |
Convert WMA file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert WMA files to a variety of other formats
- wma to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- wma to m4a (Compressed video file)
- wma to m4r (iPhone Ringtone File)
- wma to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- wma to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- wma to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- wma to wav (Windows audio file)
