WMA is short for Windows Media Audio, developed by Microsoft which is an audio format highly compatible with windows platform. It has relatively higher quality while taking up less space on your hard drive. It is compatible with Windows OS computer and devices and is a very convenient format to use in many music player programs like Windows Media Player. Sometimes, for some reason, we need to Convert WMA to MP3 on Mac.
WMA Advantages
Certificate Encryption
So far there have been 8 editions of WMA released by Microsoft and all editions after WMA 7 support certificate encryption, which is very useful in music copyrights protection. Many artists and publishers may benefit from this format.
High Quality at Low Bitrates
- Part2: How to Convert WMA File to MP3 on Mac You may be heard about online WMA to MP3 converters, but have you ever think about converting WMA to MP3 without Wi-Fi? F2fsoft Video Converter is the savor you are looking for.
- Eztoo WMA MP3 Converter for MAC is powerful easy-to-use MAC WMA MP3 Converter software which helps you converting batches of audio formats MP3 AAC WAV from one.
WMA can compresses audio at a higher rate, making it possible to provide better audio quality with lower storage requirement. For example, an MP3 file compresses to 12:1 of waveform audio, but a 64 Kbps WMA file may sound as good as a 128 Kbps MP3 file while halving the size.
Streamable
Step-by-step Guide on How to Convert WMA to MP3 on Mac Step 1 Add WMA file to Wondershare WMA to MP3 converter Mac. Download and install the best WMA to MP3 converter for Mac, then launch it. Click the to upload the WMA audio to the Mac WMA converter. Note you can also directly drag and drop your target WMA audio to the primary interface like the screenshot shows.
WMA is widely used for streaming audio and music on the Internet. The container for WMA to stream is ASF (Advanced Streaming Format), which contains an audio stream encoded using WMA Encoder.
Lossless Playback
Just like WMA vying with MP3, WMA Lossless is also competing with other lossless formats like FLAC.
However, the truth is it’s not all benefits when you choose WMA – it also comes with some inconvenience, especially when it comes to Mac OS. To play WMA on your Mac, you must rely on some media players that support WMA or add some components to make them support WMA.
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How to Play WMA on Mac
You can always play WMA files on Mac without converting them – there is some media player/flash music player software that supports WMA.
You cannot play WMA with iTunes but you can play it with QuickTime if you have third-party QuickTime Windows Media Components installed. To download it, google “Windows Media Components for QuickTime“ and you’ll get your result. After you install it, you can play WMA just like any other audio formats on Mac with QuickTime.
But it’s kind of complicated and can only solve your playback issue. What if you want to use the audio in other applications? After all, there is not much software on Mac platform that supports WMA. It seems the only way left is to convert WMA to MP3 on Mac.
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How to Convert WMA to MP3 on Mac
Best WMA to MP3 Converter on Mac, FREE
All2MP3 for Mac is the best WMA to MP3 Converter on Mac to convert WMA to MP3 on Mac without any cost. It can convert any types of WMA files into MP3 files, making them playable and usable on all software, devices and platforms. Let’s see how it works.
Step 1
If you don’t have All2MP3 for Mac installed yet, download and install it from the button below. It is completely free and safe to download and use it, no strings attached.
Step 2
Launch All2MP3 for Mac and you will see the program window. Drag the WMA files you want to convert and drop them here.
Step 3
In the list of the pop-up window, you can see some details of the WMA files you input. You can use the “Change all Paths” button to set the output folder to store the converted audio files. In the “Quality” field, you can see a slider bar with different numbers which indicate different Kbps rates – you can drag the slider to adjust the output audio quality from the lowest 32 Kbps to the highest 320 Kbps.
To restore all the settings back to the default status, just click “Reset”. Check the “Trash files after conversion” box if you want to delete the original WMA files when the WMA to MP3 conversion is done. To add more audio files to the list, click “Add”.
Step 4
When you are done with settings, click “Convert” to start conversion and wait for the end of the process. After that, go to the output folder and enjoy the converted MP3 files any way you like.
Convert WMA to iTunes, QuickTime, iMovie, iPad, iPod, iPhone in Batch Successfully
September 3rd, 2013 by Emily Moore
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Overview
There are many WMA Converters or Audio Converters in software market claiming that they can convert WAM to a lot of audio formats. As a matter of fact, most of them just change the file extensionwma to others. What is worse, the audio quality is bad. In addition, few of the WMA Converter is compatible with Windows 8. It is quite hard to find the right WMA Converter for Mac.
What can we do if we want to convert WMA files on Mac OS X or Windows 8/7/XP/Vista? How to play WMA files on all kinds of media players or portable devices? Is it possible to edit WMA files withany audio editing software? Can we convert WMA to all the popular audio formats?
Bigasoft WMA Converter - Audio Converter will provide solution to all the above issues. This software is specially designed for Mac user. It can also be called WMA Converter for Mac. It is an advanced WMA to AAC Converter, WMA to M4A Converter, and WMA to iTunes Converter. It is so easy to convert WMA files to almost allthe popular video and audio formats to successfully play or edit WMA files anywhere.
Why Choose Bigasoft WMA Converter?
Comparing with other WMA Converters, Bigasoft Audio Converter provides lots of advanced features:
- The good WMA to M4A Converter can convert WMA to M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, ALAC, and AC3.
- The ideal WMA to WAV Converter enables to convert WAV, M4A, MP3, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AC3 and more to WMA.
- Extract audios or music from videos in AVI, Xvid, DivX, H.264, MP4, 3GP, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, MOV, WTV, MXF, MVI, F4V, Apple ProRes, MOV, WebM, VP8, 720p, 1080p, 1080i HD, AVCHD videos and more andconvert them to MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AC3 and more.
- Convert WMA to iTunes, QuickTime, iMovie, iPad, iPod, iPhone and more for playing or editing.
- This Mac WMA Converter is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4(Tiger), 10.5(Leopard), 10.6(Snow Leopard), 10.7(OS X Lion), 10.8(OS X Mountain Lion), 10.9 (OS X Mavericks).
- Have support for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000.
- Download YouTube Videos and convert YouTube videos to WAV, M4A, MP3, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AC3 etc.
- WMA Converter for Mac fast and easily converts WMA files in batch.
- This WMA Converter features editing functions like split WMA files, cut off the unwanted parts, merge the WMA files into one, increase the sound volume, adjust the audio channels, change theaudio bitrate and more.
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How to Successfully Convert WMA Files?
The following will show a step by step guide on how to fast and easily convert WMA to M4A, AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, and AC3 in batch with WMA Converter for iTunes, QuickTime,iMovie, iPad, iPod, iPhone and more on Mac and Windows.
Make Preparation: Free Download WMA Converter
Free download WMA Converter - Bigasoft Audio Converter (ForWindows, For Mac). Install and run it.
Step 1 Import Files to WMA to MP3 Converter
Click 'Add File' button. Load the files to WMA converting tool.
Step 2 Set the Output Format
Click the 'Profile' drop-down button to select desired audio format as output profile.
Take converting WMA to MP3 as an example.
Click the 'Profile' drop-down button. Set 'MP3 - MPEG Layer -3 Audio (*.mp3)' as the output format.
To convert WMA to iTunes, QuickTime, iMovie, iPad, iPod, iPhone and more, you need to convert WMA to M4A or MP3.
Step 3 Edit Files (Optional)
- To merge WMA files, click 'Edit' button to choose 'Uncheck All'. Then select all the video clips you want to merge. Right click to find 'Merge Selected into One' from the context menu.
- To split WMA files, right click the file to find 'Spilt by Chapter'. Then the file can be split.
- To trim the files, go to the 'Trim' button to set the start time and end time as you wish to cut files.
- To increase the sound volume, click 'Setting...' -> 'Advanced' -> 'Volume' to set the volume you want on WMA Converter. You can also overwrite the volume with the number you want.
- To adjust the audio channel, go to 'Setting...' -> 'Advanced' -> 'Channels' to set the audio channels as 1 (Mono), 2 (Stereo) or 5.1 (6 Channel).
- To change the audio bitrate and more, simply go to 'Setting...' -> 'Advanced' and adjust the parameters you prefer.
Step 4 Convert WMA to AAC, WAV, M4A, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, ALAC, and AC3
Click 'Convert' button to convert WMA files.
Conclusion
WMA Converter is a professional WMA converting tool enabling to easily convert WMA to M4A, AAC, to WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, ALAC, and AC3 on Mac and Windows. With this good WMA to M4A Converter, itis quite easy to convert WMA to iTunes, QuickTime, iMovie, iPad, iPod, iPhone. Free download it to start enjoying with hesitation.
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