How to Play WMA Files on iPhone

"How to play WMA files on iPhone 6s? I have a bunch of favorite songs in WMA format but I can't play WMA on iPhone. Do you know how to play WMA on iPhone? Do I need to convert WMV files to iPhone? What are the supported file formats of iPhone? Please help."

As we all know, iPhone supports to play audio in the format of MP3, WAV and AIFF, but it doesn't support to play WMA on iPhone. If we would like to play WMA file on iPhone, we have to convert WMA file to the supported formats on iPhone. However, it seems a little difficult to find a satisfying tool to convert WMA to iPhone compatible formats so as to facilitate to play WMA on iPhone. How to play WMA files on iPhone. Today's guide will show you how to play WMA files on iPhone.

Part 1: How to Convert WMA Files to iPhone with Leawo Video Converter

Enjoying super simple and clear interface, Leawo Video Converter is capable of converting audio and video between popular formats like WAV, MP4, AAC, FLAC, etc. It also allows you to edit audio by setting sample rate and bite rate, trimming it to the wanted length and removing noises. Besides, it is able to convert audio at high speed but guarantee the high sound quality. For how to play WMA on iPhone, we need to adopt Leawo Video Converter to convert WMA to iPhone audio format.

Download and install Leawo Video Converter on your computer. The below steps show you how to convert WMA audio file to iPhone compatible audio files with Leawo Video Converter.

Step 1: Upload WMA files

Launch the software, then click "Video Converter" on the screen or "Convert" at the top to enter "Convert" interface. Choose "Add video" at top left to upload WMA files or simply drag WMA files to the marked area.

Step 2: Choose output format

Click drop-down box right before the green button "Convert" at top right and choose "Change" to enter to "Profile" panel.

iPhone supports formats like AIFF, MP3, WAV and so forth, so here we can choose MP3 as the output format. You can click "Format > Common Audio > MP3" to set MP3 as the output format.

Step 3: Edit the parameters of output file

Back to the drop-down box and click "Edit" to go to "Profile Settings" panel. There are three sound qualities available: best, normal, low. You can choose Normal and adjust audio codec, bit rate and sample rate.

Step 4: Choose the target output directory

Click "OK" to go back the main interface and choose the green button "Convert" to start converting WMA file to MP3. A pop-up sidebar allows you to choose target output directory. After that, the converting process begins. Remember not to stop converting.

If you're using a Mac computer, you could turn to Leawo Video Converter for Mac. The operation of Mac Video Converter is quite similar to that of Windows.For detailed operations on how to convert audio for iPhone on Mac, please refer to Video Converter for Mac Guide.

 

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Part 2: How to Convert WMA Files to iPhone with Online Free Video Converter

Besides using Leawo Video Converter to convert WMA files to iPhone on your computer, you may wonder if there is any free audio converter that could help you convert WMA audio files to iPhone compatible audio format. Actually, there are quite a lot of free online audio converter tools for you to convert WMA file to iPhone free online. Here, we would like to recommend you one free online WMA to iPhone converter – convertio.co.

As a well-known online audio converter, Convertio is able to convert audio files between different audio formats like WMA, MP3, AAC, FLAC, AGG, AC3, etc. Actually, it's a free online media converter that could help you convert multiple media types like eBook, audio, video, audiobook, etc.

Follow the below steps to learn how to convert WMV files to iPhone audio files with this free online WMA to iPhone converter.

1. Open this website https://convertio.co/wma-mp3/

2. Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

3. Choose mp3 or any other format iPhone recognizes as output audio format

4. Let the file convert WMA files to MP3 or other iPhone supported formats you've selected

5. Download your mp3 file right afterwards

After converting, you could then transfer the converted WMA files to iPhone via iTunes or other iOS data transfer apps, which we will mention below.

It's quite obvious that Leawo Video Converter could help you convert WMA audio files to iPhone compatible MP3 or other audio formats in batch, quickly, without quality loss and Internet connection. You could even merge different WMA audio files into one file for iPhone. However, if you convert WMV files to iPhone compatible files with free online WMA to iPhone converters like contertio.co, you need smooth Internet connection, have to convert WMA files one by one, and sometimes you could even get failed for unknown reasons. Online free WMA to iPhone converters are not smooth and stable as Leawo Video Converter does.

Part 3: How to Transfer Converted WMA File via iTunes

iTunes is the most common choice to transfer converted WMA file to iPhone. Generally speaking, iPhone users can simply connect iPhone to computer and sync iPhone with iTunes. For someone who doesn't know how to transfer files via iTunes, you can follow these steps:

1. Connect iPhone to computer via USB cable.
2. Click iPhone icon at upper right corner, then go to Summary > Options to turn off "Automatically sync when this iPhone over Wi-Fi" and check "Manually manage music and video".

3. Choose File > Add File to Library to import converted WMA music from computer. After it finishes transferring, you can click "Music" under "Settings" and choose "Sync music". You can choose either sync entire music library or selected playlists. Then click "Sync" at bottom right.

Note: It should be noted that when you transfer audio files to iPhone via iTunes, all existing music files in your iPhone music library will be cleared first and replaced by the audio files to be synced. This means that if you have any music on your iPhone that hasn't been synced from iTunes but other resources, these music files would be deleted. That's why we would like to recommend you Leawo iTransfer. For detailed operations on how to transfer WMA audio files to iPhone with Leawo iTransfer, please refer to the below part.

Part 4: How to transfer converted WMA file via Leawo iTransfer

After we convert WMA files to iPhone files, the problem is how to transfer those files from computer to iPhone. Leawo iTransfer provides the best solution to transfer different documents including WMA files, photos, music, contacts, ringtones and so on to iOS devices, computers and iTunes. The software can also help you to back up iPhone data to computer in a fast way. Anyway, Leawo iTransfer is the best choice to transfer converted WMA file to iPhone.

Download and install this iTransfer on your computer. Then, follow the below steps to learn how to transfer converted WMA files to iPhone with Leawo's iPhone audio transfer software.

Step 1. Launch the software

Run the software and connect iPhone to computer with USB cable. You can see iPhone information on the screen.

Step 2. Add converted WMA audio files to iPhone

Go to iPhone > Library > Music to add converted WMA files from computer. You can right click "Music" to choose "Add file/folder" or drag the music into the interface to upload converted WMA files from computer.

Step 3. Start to transfer apps

After that, the software will automatically transfer those WMA files to your iPhone and you can find them in your Music app.

With Leawo iTransfer, you could transfer video between iOS devices, iTunes and computer, as well as other data and files like music, photos, notes, messages, etc. If you’re using a Mac computer, you could make use of Leawo iTransfer for Mac.

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Extension: Table of Supported Formats of iPhone

For your convenience, we here collect the information of formats supported by iPhone, iPad and iPod. Therefore you could make a smoother and easier conversion when you want to convert video and audio files to iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Media types	Formats supported
Audio	AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+)
Video	Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG
	High Dynamic Range with Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
	AirPlay Mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later)
Video mirroring and video out support	Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)8