Audio converter

EasyWMA allows you to convert wma, wmv/flv audio, real media, asf, flac and ogg vorbis files to aiff, mp3, m4a or wav so that you can play your favorite songs in iTunes or any other player on your Mac. EasyWMA can be helpful if you need to play wma files on your iPod, or if you need to convert files created by your Olympus voice recorder.

EasyWMA has a very simple user interface, full drag and drop support, and can even do batch processing to convert your whole library of wma songs in one click. It's also super easy to install: just a simple application to drag and drop on your harddisk.
Main features

Input formats: asf, flv, flac, ogg vorbis, real media, wav, wma, wmv

Output formats: aiff, m4a, mp3, wav

Extract audio from asf, flv and wmv files

Manual or automatic bit rate selection from source (32-320kbps)

Batch processing

Drag & drop of files and folders

ID3 tags support

iTunes integration

Requires Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later.

This software uses code from the FFmpeg project. Credits go to the FFmpeg authors. MP3 encoding is provided using LAME. The use of LAME is hereby acknowledged. FFmpeg is distributed under the GPL license. The source code used to compile FFmpeg is available here.

You can contact the author by email:

Click on the disk image icon below to download the demo version of EasyWMA.

The full version of EasyWMA costs only $10. To buy EasyWMA now, you just need to click on the button below. You will receive an email with your registration information and a link to download the software after the payment.

Please notice that it is not necessary to send an email to the author to receive the registration information after the payment. An email with a link to download the full version of the software will be automatically sent as soon as the payment has been processed. (This might take a few minutes).

If you are a registered user, but did not receive the email with the registration information, please verify that the email has not been marked as spam/junk by mistake and try to go to the Download Page.

Existing users of EasyWMA may qualify for a free update to version 3.0.5.

Open your wma audio files by choosing "Open..." in the "File" menu, or simply drag and drop the files you want to convert on EasyWMA window. Notice that since version 2.0, you can directly open or drag and drop folders, EasyWMA will automatically look for all wma files.

EasyWMA will create a new file with a ".mp3" extension in the same folder as the original wma file (or on the Desktop if the folder is not writable). You can also choose to save converted file in the folder of your choice in EasyWMA's preferences:

EasyWMA provides iTunes integration: you can automatically add converted files to a playlist in iTunes. To do so, enable the option in the preferences window:

1. How does EasyWMA work?

EasyWMA uses FFmpeg convert files from wma to mp3 or wav.

2. When I open a wma file with EasyWMA, nothing happens, I only see the name of the file with a red dot. What does it mean?

The red dot means the conversion failed. The conversion may fail if the wma file is encoded with an unsupported or unknown codec. EasyWMA will be updated regularly and will benefit from new codec support in FFmpeg.

3. EasyWMA creates an unreadable file which is approximatively 4k or 8k in size, why?

Your wma file is probably DRM protected. EasyWMA will not convert any DRM protected file and will generate a file which is usually 4k or 8k instead.

4. Can EasyWMA convert wma files encoded with the wma lossless or the wma voice codec?

No. EasyWMA does not support the wma lossless and wma voice codecs for now. You will likely see a red dot and an error message in this case.

5. Can EasyWMA convert DRM protected file coming from CDs or bought online?

No. DRM protected files cannot be converted.

6. Can EasyWMA convert mp3 files to wma?

No. EasyWMA cannot save audio files in wma format. It can only do the conversion the other way around: from wma to mp3, m4a and wav.

7. When I click on a wma/wmv file on a web page, EasyWMA converts the file automatically. How can make Windows Media Player open media files automatically again?

You can change the default application used to open wma/wmv files in the Finder. Select a wma/wmv file in the Finder and then Get Info in the File menu. In the Open With section, select Windows Media Player in the popup menu and finally click on the Change All button so that it becomes the default application.

May 16, 2010 - Version 3.0.5
- Fixed issues with metadata conversion for WMA files
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r23147

March 02, 2010 - Version 3.0.4
- Support for WMA Voice codec
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r22152

November 22, 2009 - Version 3.0.3
- Support for WMA Pro codec
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r20583

July 11, 2009 - Version 3.0.2
- Updated 512x512 icon for Leopard
- Removed dependency on libfaac
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r19400

June 27, 2009 - Version 3.0.1
- Added Simplified Chinese localization (Thanks to He Yunxuan)

June 14, 2009 - Version 3.0
- Added support for flac input format
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r19188

May 9, 2009 - Version 2.9.1
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r18773

December 17, 2008 - Version 2.9
- Added support for real media input format
- Audio notificaton when conversion ends
- Option to preserve original date for converted files
- Option to overwrite existing files
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r16142
- Includes English, French, German and Japanese localization
- Thanks to Joe Darga and Yuzuru Shiraiwa (German and Japanese localiazation)

September 21, 2008 - Version 2.8.2
- Fixed compatibility issue with Mac OS X v10.3.9
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r15372

September 15, 2008 - Version 2.8.1
- Improved wma decoding
- Support for files using G.729 codec
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r15333

June 21, 2008 - Version 2.8
- Added support for flv format to extract audio from flash video files
- Improved German localization (Thanks to Joe Darga)

May 3, 2008 - Version 2.7.8
- Changed queue management to process files in alphabetical order
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r13042
- Minimum system requirements: Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later

November 15, 2007 - Version 2.7.7
- Added support for WM/Year media attribute in wma files
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r11027
- Added Turkish localization (Thanks to Ozgur Albayrak)
- Minimum system requirements: Mac OS X v10.3 or later

September 10, 2007 - Version 2.7.6
- Improved asf/wma decoding
- Fixed track number conversion for files which are not encoded properly
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r10462
- Added Simplified Chinese localization

June 16, 2007 - Version 2.7.5
- Fixed conversion of track number which was lost on some wma files
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r9318

June 09, 2007 - Version 2.7.4
- Added support for ID3v2 tags (using FFmpeg SVN-r9260)
- Added Norwegian localization (Thanks to Espen Bye)

May 12, 2007 - Version 2.7.3
- Improved automatic bit rate selection
- Added Swedish localization (Thanks to Michael Berglund)
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r9003

February 04, 2007 - Version 2.7.2
- Fixed compatibility issue with Mac OS X v10.2
- Updated to FFmpeg SVN-r7817

January 22, 2007 - Version 2.7.1
- Fix bug causing the conversion of some files to fail with an error (using FFmpeg SVN-r7653)

December 28, 2006 - Version 2.7
- Added support for ogg vorbis input format
- Fixed conversion of Genre metadata
- Improved German localization

September 30, 2006 - Version 2.6
- Added support for aiff output format
- Fix bug in wma/asf decoder causing EasyWMA to lockup during conversion on some files

July 1, 2006 - Version 2.5.7
- Use latest FFmpeg which provides wma decoding fixes

June 17, 2006 - Version 2.5.6
- Added Dutch localization (Thanks to Menno Jonkers)

May 31, 2006 - Version 2.5.5
- Added Traditional Chinese localization (Thanks to Jack M. H. Lin)
- Fixed typos in French resources

May 27, 2006 - Version 2.5.4
- Fixed issue which would cause EasyWMA to be chosen as the default application to open windows media files

May 20, 2006 - Version 2.5.3
- Look for asf, wav and wmv files in addition to wma files when using folder drag & drop
- New application icon (Thanks to Maksim Rogov)

May 6, 2006 - Version 2.5.2
- Added German localization (Thanks to Hartmut Hillmann)

April 22, 2006 - Version 2.5.1
- Added Japanese localization (Thanks to Yuzuru Shiraiwa)

April 19, 2006 - Version 2.5
- iTunes integration
- Added preferences to choose where converted files are saved
- Included English and French localizations

February 20, 2006 - Version 2.4.3
- Full universal binary release (FFmpeg compiled as universal binary)

January 20, 2006 - Version 2.4.2
- Fixed compatibility issue with Mac OS X v10.2

January 14, 2006 - Version 2.4.1
- wma/asf decoding fixes
- Does not overwrite source file if it's already in the specified format
- EasyWMA application compiled as universal binary

August 30, 2005 - Version 2.4
- Added AAC encoding (m4a format)
- Added support for wav format as input

August 18, 2005 - Version 2.3
- Changed license
- Removed donation dialog box

July 20, 2005 - Version 2.2.1
- Added Korean localization (Thanks to Lee Seung Koo)
- Use latest FFmpeg which provides wma decoding fixes

April 30, 2005 - Version 2.2
- asf and wmv (audio only) support
- Fixed compatibility issue with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger

August 1, 2004 - Version 2.1.1
- Fixed wav conversion

July 31, 2004 - Version 2.1
- ID3 tags support
- mp3 files are saved on the Desktop when source folder is not writeable

June 21, 2004 - Version 2.0.2
- Added Russian localization (Thanks to Michael Krekin)

June 16, 2004 - Version 2.0.1
- Added Simplified Chinese localization (Thanks to JT Lee)

June 12, 2004 - Version 2.0
- New user interface with customizable toolbar and progress indicator during conversion
- Automatic bit rate selection from source
- Wider range of bit rates (32-320kbps)
- Support drag and drop of folders
- Added German localization (Thanks to David Rossel)
- Added Traditional Chinese localization (Thanks to Mack Wong)
- Added Spanish localization (Thanks to Daniel Rodriguez)

April 11, 2004 - Version 1.1.2
- Fixed bug causing bit rate popup to be enabled when format is set to wav
- Added Japanese localization (Thanks to Yuzuru Shiraiwa)
- Added Italian localization (Thanks to Martino Comelli)

April 9, 2004 - Version 1.1.1
- Fixed missing symbols preventing FFmpeg from running under Mac OS X v10.2
- Added French localization

April 7, 2004 - Version 1.1
- Added options to choose bit rate and format
- Fixed crash during application launch under Mac OS X v10.2

April 5, 2004 - Version 1.0
- First public release

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