WMV in, WMA out: free, no signup, and both files delete themselves within an hour.
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Try another fileYou can convert WMV to WMA for free: upload your WMV above and Flippy extracts the audio as WMA in your browser, no signup needed.
Turning WMV into WMA isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your WMV and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping a WMV that runs small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality for a WMA built for keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy.
A classic WMV to WMA job: Windows XP-era clips and old PowerPoint decks, bound for legacy Windows software that refuses anything newer.
WMV is a time capsule from the Windows XP years: tidy little files with dated manners. It was born in 1999, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is everything Apple, most browsers, and any phone made this decade.
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 WMV 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 WMV to WMA: match the source's bitrate rather than exceeding it; WMA gains nothing past roughly 192 kbps. The track inside your WMV sets the ceiling: an extraction can match it, never beat it.
| WMV | WMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 1999, Microsoft | 1999, Microsoft |
| Type | video · container | audio · lossy |
| Best for | old Windows archives and PowerPoint decks that still insist on it | keeping aging Windows Media software and old archives happy |
| Weak spot | everything Apple, most browsers, and any phone made this decade | the modern world: Apple devices, browsers and most apps have moved on |
| Typical size | small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality | MP3-ish sizes; the famous 'CD quality at 64 kbps' claim never quite landed |
| Plays on | Windows out of the box; everywhere else wants VLC or a converter. | Windows Media Player and legacy Microsoft software; little else without help. |
The WMA is encoded once from the exact track inside the WMV: 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 WMV 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.