When you buy a cd player it said play's wma
2006-06-20 05:10:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
WMA is an audio file format developed by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com), the maker of Windows Media Player. It may not be as popular as MP3, but it is still supported by a vast number of players and jukeboxes, including Winamp, Sonique, MusicMatch and J. River's Media Jukebox.
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a proprietary compressed audio file format developed by Microsoft. It was initially a competitor to the MP3 format, but with the introduction of Apple's iTunes Music Store, it has positioned itself as a competitor to the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)format used by Apple.
It is part of the Windows Media framework. An initial reason for the development of WMA might have been that MP3 technology is patented and has to be licensed from Thomson SA for inclusion in the Microsoft Windows operating system. WMA format can compress files much better than MP3 and if you use Windows XP you can download Windows Media Player 10 for free and use it to create/playback WMA files.
WMA Format
WMA is a file format developed by Microsoft to compete with MP3. The letters stand for Windows Media Audio and the file format ends with the .wma extension.
WMA is better than MP3
The latest release of WMA technology is version 8 which is the best yet. I believe WMA files produce better sounding files than MP3 at similar bitrates. My entire music collection is encoded in WMA 8 format at 128kbps and it satisfies my picky ears.
The drawbacks of WMA is that it is a proprietary format meaning that Microsoft charge whatever fees they wish to developers that want to incorporate support for the format in their software. The format also incorporates differing levels of copyright protection which angers some users, limiting them to what they can do with their own music. However for simple encoding and archiving for a jukebox collection, it suffices.
Making WMA Files
Making WMA files requires a WMA encoder. Windows Media Player comes with a free CD ripper and WMA encoder, enabling you to easily convert CD audio to WMA on your computer. For more advanced WMA converting and organizing tools, see our WMA converter section.
http://www.mp3-converter.org/faq/wma.html
2006-06-20 05:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by susie101lc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its microsoft product Windows media Audio .compared to MP3 Mpeg layer 3 format,its pretty good. But the only problem is the compatabilty.Normally Mp3 players and Mobile phones wont play wma format. u need 2 make sure these devices can play this format.
2006-06-20 05:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Eglantine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a proprietary compressed audio file format developed by Microsoft. It was initially a competitor to the MP3 format, but with the introduction of Apple's iTunes Music Store, it has positioned itself as a competitor to the Advanced Audio Coding format used by Apple and is part of the Windows Media framework.
2006-06-20 05:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by jqpaskmenow_ 02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio
2006-06-20 05:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by sum1special 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio
2006-06-20 05:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio
2006-06-20 05:13:35 · answer #6 · answered by noonie1104 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio
2006-06-20 05:12:57 · answer #7 · answered by Kiki Joy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wma stands for windows media audio. Its an audio codec developed by microsoft
2006-06-20 05:16:35 · answer #8 · answered by Scripps 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Audio. i hope u know what that is becuz i dont know exactly what it is but i know that when i download songs from the computer it says sumthing about wma. so yeah.
2006-06-20 05:37:47 · answer #9 · answered by Amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means it can play on your computer wma =windows media player
2006-06-21 00:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by josh p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋