MOV in, WMA out: free, no signup, and both files delete themselves within an hour.
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Try another fileYou can convert MOV to WMA for free: upload your MOV above and Flippy extracts the audio as WMA in your browser, no signup needed.
Turning MOV into WMA isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your MOV and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping a MOV that runs frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute for a WMA built for keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy.
A classic MOV to WMA job: iPhone footage and camera originals, bound for legacy Windows software that refuses anything newer.
MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. It was born in 1991, Apple's QuickTime team, and its real weak spot is traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4.
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.
Drop your MOV file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
Check the output format: WMA is already selected for you.
Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new WMA.
Quality tip for MOV to WMA: match the source's bitrate rather than exceeding it; WMA gains nothing past roughly 192 kbps. The track inside your MOV sets the ceiling: an extraction can match it, never beat it.
| MOV | WMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Apple's QuickTime team | 1999, Microsoft |
| Type | video · container | audio · lossy |
| Best for | shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue | keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy |
| Weak spot | traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4 | the modern world: Apple devices, browsers and most apps have moved on |
| Typical size | frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute | MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed |
| Plays on | Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. | Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help. |
The WMA is encoded once from the exact track inside the MOV: from a typical soundtrack the difference is inaudible, but it can't sound better than what the video carried.
Much smaller: you're keeping the audio and dropping the video, which is most of the weight. Expect MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed.
Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help. That's the usual reason people leave MOV behind: WMA simply opens in more of the places that matter.
It scales with length and resolution: short clips finish in seconds, long HD videos can take a few minutes. Files auto-delete within an hour after.