Convert WMA to MP3
Online music converter
Convert your file from Windows Media (Metafile) to MPEG Layer 3 Audio with this WMA to MP3 converter.
To convert in the opposite direction, click here to convert from MP3 to WMA:
MP3 to WMA converter
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WMA to MP3 conversion with our WMA example file.
WMA, Windows Media (Metafile) (.wma)
After development, the WMA style of audio compression was released commercially in 1999 by the Signal Processing Group at Microsoft. Windows Media Player supports the playback of WMA files but the ability to create files with this extension was unavailable until Windows Media Player 7. This file type was designed to compete with the very popular MP3 and RealAudio file formats. Success came from...
What is WMA
MP3, MPEG Layer 3 Audio (.mp3)
A MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III files (file extension name: MP3) is the standard audio storage file type. Most music players (and smart phones) play music using MP3 files. The lossy compression reduces the quality without straying tremendously from the original, uncompressed recording. This is done by removing those sounds the human ear is incapable of hearing and processing. MP3 files are...
What is MP3