Microsoft sound compression
WMA is a file format for digital audio developed by Microsoft, standing for Windows Media Audio.
It competed with MP3 in the early 2000s as a compressed audio format: I need to convert these WMA files to play on my phone.
The format is less common now but still appears in older digital music libraries.
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Microsoft sound compression
WMA is a file format for digital audio developed by Microsoft, standing for Windows Media Audio.
It competed with MP3 in the early 2000s as a compressed audio format: I need to convert these WMA files to play on my phone.
The format is less common now but still appears in older digital music libraries.
1. acronym — codec, Data compression algorithm; encoding (Converting data to format); metadata (Descriptive information about content); DRM (Digital content restriction technology); streaming · bitrate · lossy · proprietary · Microsoft
OPENNESS/LICENSINGWMA ≠ FLAC Lossless audio compression format; WebM
PLATFORM ECOSYSTEMWMA ≠ MP3 Lossy audio compression standard; AAC · industry standard · streaming audio
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/WMA