Step 1: Drop your WMA files using the button above or by deposit and leave.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Receive your converted WebM files.
WMA to WebM Conversion FAQ
How do I convert a WMA file to WebM?
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Upload your WMA file using the picker above and the converter detects the source type and runs the WMA → WebM pipeline. The result downloads automatically when conversion completes; no account needed for one-off conversions.
What will the picture be if I put WMA audio into a WebM file?
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You choose it, because audio alone has no picture. The default is a static waveform render, and you can supply a still image instead — cover art, a title card, a photo — which is held for the whole duration. That is what makes the file uploadable to video-only platforms that will not accept a bare audio track. WMA is Windows Media Audio, Microsoft’s answer to MP3, launched in 1999 and bundled with every Windows install of that era. WebM plays natively in every modern browser with no plugin, no licence fee and no patent exposure, which makes it the default for web-embedded video.
Is the WMA audio re-encoded when it goes into the WebM?
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Only if it has to be. Where the WebM container accepts the source audio codec directly, the stream is copied in untouched and stays bit-identical. Where it does not, the audio is transcoded once to whatever WebM does accept, at a bitrate matched to the source so the second pass costs as little as possible. WMA is lossy by default, in an ASF container, with lossless and voice-optimised variants that are rarely encountered. WebM is deliberately narrow: VP8 or VP9 video (AV1 more recently) with Vorbis or Opus audio, and nothing else.
How large will the WebM be compared with the WMA?
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Barely larger, if you use the default still image. A single held frame compresses to almost nothing across the whole duration because every frame is identical to the last, so the file is dominated by the audio track. Choosing an animated waveform instead adds real video data and can double or triple the result.
Do the artist and album tags on my WMA survive into the WebM?
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Partially. Title and artist map onto the video container’s own metadata fields, and embedded cover art is a natural fit for the still image the video displays. Everything else — track number, album, year, genre — has no equivalent slot in a video file and is dropped rather than approximated.
Will the WebM open directly in a browser?
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Yes, and the WMA would not have. Browsers ship a decoder for WebM and none for WMA, so a WMA link forces a download while a WebM renders inline. That is usually the deciding factor when the file is going onto a web page rather than into an application.
Will a surround mix in the WMA stay surround inside the WebM?
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Yes — WebM carries multichannel audio properly, so a 5.1 mix stays 5.1 with the channel layout intact rather than being folded to stereo. That matters if the file is destined for a home cinema receiver rather than a phone, which will downmix at playback time anyway.
Is the WMA to WebM converter free?
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Yes — basic WMA → WebM conversion is free with no registration. Premium adds higher per-file size limits, more parallel batch workers, and removes ads.
How big a WMA file can I convert to WebM?
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Free accounts: up to 100 MB per WMA file. Premium: typically 1 GB per file, depending on the WMA source type. Very large files are split into chunks server-side when the WebM format allows.
Will conversion change the content of my WMA?
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Conversion preserves all information that both WMA and WebM can represent. Format-specific features that the WebM format doesn't support (e.g. vector data in raster output, formulas in plain-text output) are rasterized or stripped — see the format-specific notes on the result page.
Can I convert many WMA files to WebM at once?
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Yes — drop multiple WMA files into the upload zone and they are queued in parallel. Premium has more parallel workers; on a 50-file batch this is the difference between minutes and seconds.
Does the WMA to WebM converter work on phones and tablets?
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Yes — the UI is responsive and the conversion pipeline runs server-side, so mobile devices upload-then-download just like desktops. iOS and Android browser file pickers (camera roll, Files app) work end-to-end.
