Step 1: Provide your WMA files using the button above or by toss and let go.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Fetch your converted WAV files.
WMA to WAV Conversion FAQ
What bitrate does the WAV file end up at?
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A lossy WAV is encoded at 192 kbps by default. The Audio Quality setting also offers 320 kbps for the best quality and 128 kbps for a smaller file. A lossless WAV (WAV, FLAC) ignores the bitrate and keeps every sample.
Does converting WMA to WAV improve the audio quality?
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No, and it is worth being blunt: nothing can. The WMA already discarded detail during its original encode, and wrapping what remains in a lossless WAV preserves exactly that — no more. The file gets several times larger and sounds identical. It is still the right move before editing, because WAV will not add a second generation of artefacts when you export. WAV is the correct format for editing, mastering and archiving, because it can be re-encoded any number of times without accumulating artefacts. WMA is unsupported almost everywhere outside Windows, and older WMA files may carry DRM that blocks conversion entirely.
Will my track titles and album art survive the WMA to WAV conversion?
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Not intact. WMA carries a proper metadata block, but WAV has no standard place for artist, album, track number or cover art, so tags are dropped rather than mangled. Keep the WMA as the tagged copy, or re-tag afterwards with a tool like Mp3tag or MusicBrainz Picard. WAV is enormous — roughly 10 MB per stereo minute at CD quality — and the classic format has a 4 GB ceiling and no room for proper tags.
Why will some of my WMA files not convert?
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DRM. A subset of WMA files are encrypted by the store or the software that issued them, and encrypted audio cannot be decoded by any converter. Anything you ripped yourself, recorded, or bought without protection converts normally; a licensed purchase will not.
Will going from WMA to WAV actually reduce my audio quality?
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If WMA is lossy (MP3, AAC) and WAV is lossless (WAV, FLAC), the WAV is no better than the WMA — you cannot recover information already discarded by the lossy WMA codec. If WMA is lossless and WAV is lossy, expect the WAV encoder to recompress; at 192 kbps the loss is imperceptible to most ears.
Can I batch-convert hundreds of WMA files into WAV?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Can I normalize loudness in the WMA to WAV step?
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Not in this step. The converter has no loudness setting and leaves the level as it is. To even out the volume, run the finished WAV through a Normalize tool on this site.
Will the WAV play on my car stereo / iPod / Sonos / Bluetooth speaker?
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MP3 plays almost everywhere. AAC plays on Apple devices, most Android phones and Sonos. FLAC plays on Sonos and Android but not on older iPods, and WAV plays on nearly everything but makes large files. There are no device presets on this page, so choose the target format your player supports.
Is my WMA file private during conversion?
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Yes. Uploaded WMA files are processed on our own conversion servers, no person reviews them, and they are never shared. The upload and the converted WAV are both deleted automatically about 24 hours after the conversion, which leaves time to download the result. See /privacy/ for the full policy.
