How to convert WMA to MP3 on Windows & Mac [3 Easy Ways]

Hit one of the WMA-to-MP3 converter download buttons above.

Once you’ve downloaded the software distribution package, open it to run the setup application and follow the instructions. When the installation is complete, the program will open automatically unless you've specified otherwise.

Click Add Media in the top left corner of the program interface, then Add Audio and choose the files you want to convert from WMA to MP3. Thanks to the batch conversion support in the Movavi software, it’s easy to transcode your favorite artists’ entire discography in one pass!

Open the Audio tab and expand the MP3 group. Choose the preset with the bitrate you want but keep in mind that a higher bitrate means a larger output file. If you're not sure which bitrate to choose, select MP3 – 256 kbps, which delivers reasonably good quality and average file size.

If you wish, you can change the sound parameters by clicking the Cogwheel icon and adjusting the sample rate, bitrate, etc.

By default, the output files are placed in the Movavi Library folder, but you can specify a different folder by clicking the Save to button. Once you've set the preset and output folder, click Convert.

If you haven’t downloaded the VLC audio converter already, visit VLC’s official website and click the download link for the appropriate operating system. You can either select the icon below the orange Download VLC button (like the Android robot, Mac OS X symbol, the Windows window frame, etc.) or click the down arrow for a more robust drop-down list of operating systems to choose from.

Download VLC

After opening up the media player, click Media, located at the top left of your menu. From the drop-down, click Convert / Save near the bottom. Note that if you want to repeat this process in the future, the Ctrl + R hotkey helps you omit this step.

In the Convert / Save window, click the + Add button on the right side. This pulls up your computer’s file directory. Track down the WMA file/s you’d like to change to MP3, select as many as you want, and click Open to move the files to the media player.

At this point, you’ll be able to see the name of your WMA files in the window. Once you’ve added all the files you want to convert, click Convert / Save at the bottom of the window to proceed to the next step.

At the center of the current window, you should see the Convert radio button automatically filled out (select it if it isn’t). Then you’ll notice the Profile section in the center of the window – click the drop-down menu next to it and choose Audio – MP3.

If you want to convert your WMA to other audio codecs, you can repeat the entire process leading up to this point and simply change the output in the Profile section.

Before you can start the conversion process, you need to choose where you want your newly-minted MP3 files to be downloaded to. If you prefer to organize them later, you can just let them download into the default folder or to your desktop, or you can create a new folder and send them all there.

The final step to convert WMA to MP3 using VLC is to simply click Start.

The time needed to convert WMA to MP3 with VLC will depend on file size/s and how many WMA files you’re trying to change, but it should take no longer than a couple of minutes. You can track the download progress on the VLC Media Player (the blue bar will indicate how close to completion you are).

That’s all you need to convert to MP3 with VLC!

Open the online video converter’s page and click the Add Your Media button and choose the file for conversion.

Go to Movavi’s online converter

The MP3 format is selected by default, but you can change it if needed. Click Convert and wait for the end of the conversion process.

Finally, click the Download button to save the changed file.