Windows Media Audio (WMA)
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A Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an Audio Codec that ...
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- Counter-Example(s):
- MP3.
- See: Advanced Systems Format, Audio Codec, Audio Coding Format, Microsoft, Proprietary Software, Windows Media, MP3, RealAudio, Surround Sound, Audio Bit Depth, Lossless Compression, Lossy Compression.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio Retrieved:2017-4-20.
- Windows Media Audio (WMA) is the name of a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. WMA Pro, a newer and more advanced codec, supports multichannel and high resolution audio. A lossless codec, WMA Lossless, compresses audio data without loss of audio fidelity (the regular WMA format is lossy).[1] WMA Voice, targeted at voice content, applies compression using a range of low bit rates.[1] Microsoft has also developed a digital container format called Advanced Systems Format to store audio encoded by WMA.