WMA in, MOV out: free, no signup, and both files delete themselves within an hour.
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Try another fileFlippy turns WMA into MOV for free: upload the WMA above and download it wrapped as MOV, sound untouched. No signup, and both files delete themselves within an hour.
It sounds backwards, but WMA to MOV is a real need: plenty of platforms and tools only accept video, so Flippy re-packs your WMA audio inside a MOV wrapper. Where MOV accepts your WMA's codec the sound crosses over untouched; where it doesn't, it's re-encoded once. The MOV that comes out is built for shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue.
A classic WMA to MOV job: aging Windows Media libraries, bound for Apple-side editing, where it is the house format.
WMA is Windows' old house band: big in the early 2000s, mostly retired now. It was born in 1999, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is the modern world: Apple devices, browsers and most apps have moved on.
MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. The QuickTime container; often H.264 or HEVC, sometimes heavyweight editing codecs like ProRes. That makes it the right destination when what you need is shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue.
Drop your WMA file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
Check the output format: MOV is already selected for you.
Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new MOV.
Settings for WMA to MOV: none to pick. Where the MOV container accepts your WMA's audio codec, the stream is copied bit for bit; where it doesn't, Flippy re-encodes it once and leaves the levels alone.
| WMA | MOV | |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 1999, Microsoft | 1991, Apple's QuickTime team |
| Type | audio · lossy | video · container |
| Best for | keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy | shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue |
| Weak spot | the modern world: Apple devices, browsers and most apps have moved on | traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4 |
| Typical size | MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed | for video content, frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute; wrapping audio alone stays about the size of the WMA |
| Plays on | Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help. | Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. |
No. Wrapping audio in a MOV container doesn't touch the sound itself: it's the same stream in a different box.
About the same, plus a sliver of container overhead. The audio stream is unchanged; MOV just adds a video-shaped envelope.
Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. That's the usual reason people leave WMA behind: MOV simply opens in more of the places that matter.
Seconds for most WMA files: there are no pictures to encode, so wrapping the audio as MOV is nearly as fast as copying it. Both files auto-delete within an hour.