WMA to TXZ Converter
Processing entirely on your device — large files may take a moment.
WMA is Microsoft’s Windows Media audio format, still found in old music collections and voice recorders. Convert TXZ exactly like TAR.XZ.
Because the whole conversion happens on your device, it is instant, unlimited and genuinely private — no accounts, no watermarks, no files on anyone's server. Multiple files are converted in one go.
How WMA compares to TXZ
| WMA | TXZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy + Lossless variants | XZ / LZMA2 |
| Quality | Respectable for its era | Lossless, deterministic |
| Best for | Legacy Windows libraries | Source releases, Linux packages |
How to convert WMA to TXZ
- 1
Select your files
Select your WMA file — it never leaves your device.
- 2
Convert instantly
The engine packs the file, byte for byte, into a TXZ container — no re-encoding, no quality change.
- 3
Download results
Download the finished TXZ archive.
About the WMA format
WMA (Windows Media Audio) is Microsoft's MP3 competitor from 1999, best known for DRM-protected download stores in the 2000s. The family spans standard lossy WMA, WMA Pro (up to 24-bit/96 kHz) and WMA Lossless. On Windows it integrated seamlessly; everywhere else it required goodwill.
With Microsoft's own services having moved to AAC, WMA today is a conversion source: old music libraries and ripped CDs get converted to MP3/M4A/FLAC and the format is retired. WMA Lossless files should go to FLAC to preserve their losslessness.
+Strengths
- ✓Native Windows playback and tagging
- ✓WMA Lossless preserves bit-perfect audio
!Limitations
- −Non-Windows support is poor
- −Ecosystem abandoned by its creator
- −DRM-legacy files may be unplayable
About the TXZ format
TAR.XZ pairs the tar container with XZ (LZMA2) compression — the highest-ratio member of the tar family and the de-facto release format of modern Linux distributions. The same source tree that lands 5% smaller than TAR.BZ2 and 20% smaller than TAR.GZ is why kernel.org and GNU mirrors standardised on it.
The trade is CPU time: XZ compresses slow (dictionary sizes up to 64 MB) but decompresses fast, which makes it ideal for one-time releases that get downloaded millions of times. When you need speed instead, TAR.GZ or TAR.ZSTD are the neighbouring picks.
+Strengths
- ✓Best compression ratio of the tar family
- ✓Standard release artifact of Linux distros
- ✓Fast decompression despite slow compression
!Limitations
- −Compression is CPU-heavy and single-threaded by default
- −Larger toolchain footprint than gzip on tiny systems
Why convert WMA to TXZ?
Converting makes sense where the strengths of TXZ meet what WMA cannot give you. Best compression ratio of the tar family Meanwhile Non-Windows support is poor One pass through the converter above puts your file on the right side of that trade-off.
Frequently asked questions
Is this WMA to TXZ converter really free?
Yes — completely free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily conversion limits. The site is supported by advertising.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly, so your files never leave your device — that is what makes it instant and private.
Does it work on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android?
Yes. Anything with a modern browser works: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. No software installation is required.
Is there a file size limit for WMA to TXZ?
The only limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded. Files up to a few hundred megabytes work fine on a modern desktop browser; very large files simply take a little longer.
Will converting WMA to TXZ reduce audio quality?
If TXZ is lossless, the output contains everything the WMA file contains — no further loss is added. If TXZ is lossy, one recompression pass is unavoidable; the quality slider controls how much. Loss that already happened in the source file can never be undone by converting.
Can I convert a whole folder of WMA files?
You can select many files at once and they are processed in a single batch. Output files land in one ZIP download when there is more than one result.