Web site Instructables details how to free your purchased Windows Media Audio files from the confines of both DRM and WMA. The tutorial uses previously-mentioned software FairUse4WM to strip your ...

I have heard some .wma files that for the reduction in size value, sounded pretty darn good. As mentioned above, I would prefer to convert to .wma directly from the CD tracks if at all possible. I ...

Dear Lifehacker, Windows Media Player hijacked my MP3 files and converted them all to WMA. I want to change them back easily in one sweep—but am not the most savvy user. Help? Signed, Gimme My Beats ...

My local library has some audio books I would love to listen to while driving back and forth to work. The only problem I'm having is that what they give you to download is DRMed WMA files, and I want ...

If you’ve spent every spare musical minute within the confines of the iTunes window you might believe there are only five audio formats—MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless. It turns out, however, ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.