Convert WMA to AC3

What is WMA file?

The WMA (WMA) file extension is a Windows Media Audio file format developed by Microsoft Corporation for the Windows Media platform. It is a lossy audio format that compresses and encodes audio data to reduce its file size without negatively impacting the sound quality. In short, WMA files offer better sound fidelity than other compressed formats, particularly at higher bitrates. WMA files are typically used for streaming audio over the internet or downloading music from online music stores. [ ⏩ ] WMA file extension

What is AC3 file?

The AC3   (.AC3) file extension is an audio file format created by Dolby Labs for Dolby Digital audio. The AC3 file format is also known as Audio Coding 3. The AC3 format was designed for digital video and eMedia applications. The AC3 file specification defines a data structure containing sub-streams of sound including up to 6 mono or 5.1 channel surround sound. [ ⏩ ] AC3 file extension

How to convert the file from WMA to AC3?

To successfully convert the WMA file to AC3, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.WMA). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case AC3 (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than AC3).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. WMA to AC3. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting WMA files to AC3 files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension AC3, while before this step we had the WMA file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new AC3 file, or not.

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