Convert 3GP to WMA

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert 3GP to WMA if your computer, phone or other device does not support 3GP format. Also, conversion is often required to reduce the file size, since the original format takes up too much space in the device's memory. Perhaps you just need to extract the audio track from the video file, in which case converting the video to audio format is a good option. In any case, with the help of our converter, you can easily complete the required task. Below you can find out some details about the original and new file formats.

The 3GP file contains multimedia data in an audio and video container format developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) consortium for mobile telephony. It is used to transfer audio and video over the Internet, as well as save videos captured on a mobile device. The finished video clips in 3GP have a small size compared to similar videos in other formats, however, this is justified by a rather low quality, for example, often many frames are presented in the form of colored squares. This format is used to play videos, most often on mobile phones. Its peculiarity lies in the size of the files being played - it is much smaller than, for example, avi. The disadvantage of 3GP is quality, but it is ideal for playing on mobile phones. A 3gp file is a small footage created for playback on portable devices (phones, smartphones, tablets, etc.).

Lovers of digital music, which can be listened to on a computer, modern player or mobile gadget, often come across files with the .wma extension. A file with a WMA file extension is a Windows Media Audio file. Microsoft created this format to compete with MP3 and is often used for music storage and online streaming. A WMA file contains an audio recording or music composition in a format developed by Microsoft. The file stores the track and the metadata describing it: track title, artist name, album name and music genre. Most often, the abbreviation WMA refers to the WMA Standard codec - it was originally developed as a competitor to MP3. As a result of considerable efforts on the part of Mirosoft, WMA can now be called one of the most common formats after MP3. The WMA format is distinguished by a high compression rate of audio data, support for DRM protection, multi-channel surround sound encoding without loss of quality. The performance of WMA (Windows Media Audio) itself is not that bad at all. Thus, the manufacturer claims that a compressed music file with a bitrate of 160 kbps is in no way inferior in quality to an MP3 file with a similar rate of 256 kbps. The WMA format is known for its bugs. If, for some reason, some part of the .WMA file is damaged, then listening to the file becomes problematic, both a couple of tens of seconds before the place of damage, and after.