Add your WMA file
Drop one or more .wma files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
WMA to ALAC
Re-encoding .wma audio as .alac changes how the sound is compressed and which players will accept it. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
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Drop WMA files here
Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.
Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.About converting Windows Media audio to Apple Lossless audio
Re-encoding .wma audio as .alac changes how the sound is compressed and which players will accept it. A .wma file contains Windows Media Audio, Microsoft's proprietary compressed format, wrapped in the same ASF container as WMV video. It shipped with every copy of Windows for a decade, so ripped CDs and store purchases from that era survive as .wma libraries.
ALAC, the Apple Lossless Audio Codec, compresses music with zero quality sacrifice, and the .alac extension is occasionally used to label such files explicitly even though the codec normally travels inside an .m4a container. Decoding reproduces the original samples exactly, making it Apple's counterpart to FLAC. For this route the practical draw is native on every Apple platform from iOS to HomePod and mathematically lossless reconstruction — balanced against compresses slightly worse than FLAC on average, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
Why convert WMA to ALAC?
The practical trigger for this conversion is usually a mismatch: with .wma, proprietary and effectively abandoned. Switching to .alac buys you native on every Apple platform from iOS to HomePod, which is why it is the better fit for building a lossless library that syncs cleanly to iPhones and the Music app. Because the conversion runs locally, trying it costs nothing but a few seconds of compute on your own machine.
WMA vs ALAC at a glance
| Aspect | Windows Media audio (.wma) | Apple Lossless audio (.alac) |
|---|---|---|
| Format type | Lossy — discards detail it judges invisible to shrink files | Lossless — every pixel or sample is preserved exactly |
| How it stores data | the standard codec is a lossy transform coder supporting up to 48 kHz stereo | linear-prediction compression conceptually similar to FLAC, typically reaching 40 to 60 percent of PCM size |
| Strongest at | converting old ripped-CD libraries to MP3 or FLAC | building a lossless library that syncs cleanly to iPhones and the Music app |
| Weak spot | proprietary and effectively abandoned | compresses slightly worse than FLAC on average |
| Metadata | aSF attributes mirror ID3 basics such as title, artist, album, and artwork, and Windows Media Player wrote extended library fields on top | inherits the full iTunes metadata atom set from its MPEG-4 container, including artwork, composer, and grouping fields |
Pick ALAC as the output
Select .alac in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if ALAC is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Convert on your device
Press Convert. The transcode runs on an FFmpeg engine compiled to WebAssembly, so the audio never leaves your device.
Verify and download
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid ALAC file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .alac extension.
WMA to ALAC questions, answered
Will converting WMA to ALAC lose quality?
No new loss is introduced — since wma is lossy-oriented and alac is lossless-oriented, everything the .wma file still contains is carried over exactly. What was already discarded by the original lossy encode cannot be recovered, though; converting to .alac does not "restore" quality.
Is it private to convert WMA files here?
Yes — the .wma file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. The transcode runs on an FFmpeg engine compiled to WebAssembly, so the audio never leaves your device. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Where will the ALAC file work?
Every Apple device and application plays ALAC natively, and cross-platform players such as VLC and foobar2000 handle it on Windows, Linux, and Android. Outside the Apple world support varies by player, which is why cross-platform archives still tend to favor FLAC.
Will the ALAC file be bigger or smaller than my WMA?
Larger, sometimes much larger. A lossless .alac must store every pixel or sample the decoder produced, without the perceptual shortcuts .wma used. Use this route for editing headroom, not for saving space.
What happens to the metadata in my WMA file?
This converter strips container metadata deliberately (the FFmpeg command runs with metadata mapping disabled) so exported files do not leak recording details. In the source, aSF attributes mirror ID3 basics such as title, artist, album, and artwork, and Windows Media Player wrote extended library fields on top; none of it is transmitted anywhere because the file never leaves your browser.
Can I convert ALAC back to WMA?
Yes — the reverse route exists as a separate tool. Bear in mind that round-tripping .wma → .alac → .wma is not a perfect undo when any lossy step is involved; keep your original if fidelity matters.