Convert FLAC to WMA

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Converting FLAC to WMA is free: drop your FLAC above, hit convert, and download the WMA. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Converting FLAC to WMA trades perfection for portability: your FLAC keeps every sample it was born with, while WMA is built for keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy. At a sensible bitrate the difference is genuinely hard to hear, but it's a one-way door: hold on to the FLAC original if it's precious, because no WMA can hand those samples back.

FYI

One-way door: WMA is lossy, so this conversion throws data away to get small. Keep the FLAC original if you might ever need full quality again.

Why flip FLAC to WMA

FLAC is the audiophile's handshake: CD-perfect sound at roughly half the shelf space. It was born in 2001, Josh Coalson; now kept by the open Xiph.Org Foundation, and its real weak spot is fitting in pockets: lossless is still large: and charming Apple's own apps.

WMA is Windows' old house band: big in the early 2000s, mostly retired now. Windows Media Audio, in several variants including a rarely-sighted lossless one. That makes it the right destination when what you need is keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy.

How to convert FLAC to WMA

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Drop your FLAC file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: WMA is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new WMA.

FLAC vs WMA, side by side

	FLAC	WMA
Born	2001, Josh Coalson; now kept by the open Xiph.Org Foundation	1999, Microsoft
Type	audio · lossless	audio · lossy
Best for	archiving music with zero quality loss and a genuine size saving	keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy
Weak spot	fitting in pockets: lossless is still large: and charming Apple's own apps	the modern world: Apple devices, browsers and most apps have moved on
Typical size	around 5 MB per minute: half of WAV, five times an MP3	MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed
Plays on	Hi-fi gear, Android, VLC, most desktop players; iTunes and Apple Music look away.	Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help.

Questions people ask

Will converting FLAC to WMA lose quality?

A little, by design: WMA is a lossy format. At 192 kbps or above most people can't tell the difference, but the discarded data can't be recovered later.

Will the WMA file be bigger or smaller than my FLAC?

Dramatically smaller. FLAC runs around 5 MB per minute: half of WAV, five times an MP3; WMA comes in at MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed.

Where will the WMA file play?

Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help. That's the usual reason people leave FLAC behind: WMA simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does FLAC to WMA conversion take?

Seconds for most files: audio is light work. A long recording might take a minute; your file auto-deletes from our servers within an hour either way.

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