DivX to WMA Converter

How to Convert DivX to WMA Online

1. Upload Your DivX File: Drag and drop or click "Add Files" to select a .divx movie or rip. Old DivX-encoded AVI files, DivX Plus (.divx) containers, and burned DivX disc rips all work. Batch is supported — extract the audio from a whole season at once.
2. Pick Quality Preset or Bitrate: Default is the Highest preset. Choose Highest through Lowest for quick selection, set a Constant Bitrate (32-192 kbps range — WMA Standard tops out at 192 kbps), enter a Custom Bitrate, or pick Variable Bitrate. Target a Specific file size (MB/KB) or set File Size Percentage if you need a hard cap.
3. Tune Audio Channel and Sample Rate (Optional): Default codec is WMA v2 (the standard WMA codec since Windows Media Player 7). Set Audio Channel to Original, Mono, or Stereo — mono halves size for dialogue and audiobook rips. Audio Sample Rate accepts 8000 Hz (telephony) through 48000 Hz (broadcast), with 44100 Hz matching the DVD/CD source rate.
4. Trim and Convert: Open Trim to enter Start Time and Duration in seconds or HH:MM:SS.sss format — useful for pulling one song or scene from a movie rip. Click Convert. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared.

Why Convert DivX to WMA?

DivX is an MPEG-4 Part 2 (Advanced Simple Profile) video codec, popular in the early-to-mid 2000s for fitting full-length movies onto a single CD-R. The audio track inside a DivX/AVI container is typically MP3 or AC-3. WMA (Windows Media Audio) is Microsoft's proprietary lossy audio codec, first released alongside Windows Media Player 6.4 in 1999 and updated through v9 in 2003. Extracting a DivX soundtrack to WMA keeps the audio at modest size in a format that integrates cleanly with the Windows audio stack.

• Native Windows playback — Windows Media Player, Groove Music (legacy), the Windows 11 Media Player, and Windows-built car-stereo systems all play WMA without codec packs. MP3 works too, but WMA is the format Microsoft's own apps were designed around.
• Smaller files than MP3 at low bitrates — At 64-96 kbps WMA Standard is generally accepted as cleaner than MP3 at the same bitrate, useful for audiobook rips, lecture captures, and voice tracks where every megabyte matters.
• Salvaging old DivX rips you can't play — DivX video codec packs largely stopped shipping with consumer OSes after Windows 7. If you have a stack of .divx files but no working video player, extracting the audio recovers commentary tracks, soundtracks, and dialogue you'd otherwise lose.
• Loading onto legacy Windows-era devices — Older Creative Zen, iRiver, and Windows-Plays-For-Sure players (2004-2008 era) shipped with WMA as a first-class format. Many in-dash car receivers from that period read WMA from a USB stick or burned CD.
• Trimming a single scene or song from a movie — The trim controls (Start + Duration) let you pull one music cue, one line of dialogue, or one stand-up bit from a long rip without re-encoding the entire file.

DivX vs WMA — Source vs Output

WMA Bitrate and Channel Guide

For source DivX files with AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio at 384-448 kbps, picking 160-192 kbps WMA captures essentially everything a stereo downmix can convey. For MP3 audio inside DivX at 128-192 kbps, match the source bitrate — going higher in WMA won't recover detail the MP3 already discarded.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's actually inside a DivX file — is the audio always MP3?

A .divx or DivX-encoded .avi file is a container holding MPEG-4 Part 2 video plus one or more audio tracks. The audio is usually MP3 (most common for the 2000-2007 era of rips) or AC-3 (used for DivX rips of DVDs that preserved Dolby Digital). Less commonly you'll see MP2 or PCM. The converter re-encodes whatever's there into WMA — there is no codec copy because WMA is a different codec family from any of those sources.

Why does WMA top out at 192 kbps in the bitrate menu?

That's the documented ceiling for WMA Standard (WMAv2), the default codec here. Microsoft's WMA Pro variant supports higher bitrates and multichannel audio, and WMA Lossless can hit ~470-940 kbps for archival use, but WMA Standard — the version with the broadest device compatibility — is specified up to 192 kbps two-channel. Going higher would force a codec switch that breaks playback on older WMA devices.

Will WMA play on macOS, iOS, or Android?

Not natively. macOS dropped Windows Media Player support in 2006 and Flip4Mac in subsequent years, though VLC plays WMA on every platform. iOS has no built-in WMA decoder; you'd need VLC for Mobile or Infuse. Android handles WMA on most modern Samsung, Xiaomi, and stock-Android devices via the platform's media framework, but support is inconsistent across manufacturers. If you need cross-platform compatibility, convert DivX to MP3 or DivX to AAC instead.

Can I extract just one song or scene instead of the whole movie's audio?

Yes. Open the Trim section, enter a Start Time (e.g., 00:12:45.000) and Duration (e.g., 00:03:20.000) in HH:MM:SS.sss format, or use plain seconds (765 and 200). The converter only renders that window into WMA. For multiple non-contiguous clips, run separate conversions with different trim ranges. For frequent clip extraction the audio cutter tool is purpose-built for it.

Should I pick Mono or Stereo?

Pick Mono for dialogue, lectures, audiobooks, and voice memos — it halves the file size without losing anything meaningful. Pick Stereo for music, film scores, and anything with spatial mix. The DivX source's audio is almost always stereo (sometimes 5.1 if the source was AC-3); the Original setting follows the source layout, while Mono forcibly downmixes.

Why is the WMA larger (or smaller) than I expected?

Three variables: bitrate, channels, and sample rate. A 90-minute movie's audio at 128 kbps stereo is roughly 86 MB; at 64 kbps mono it's about 21 MB; at 192 kbps stereo about 130 MB. If you set a Specific file size or File Size Percentage, the encoder picks a bitrate that hits that target — the resulting bitrate may not be a "round" number like 128 or 192. If you set a Constant Bitrate, the size is predictable from (bitrate × duration ÷ 8).

Is WMA still worth using in 2026 versus MP3 or AAC?

Honest answer: only for Windows-centric workflows, legacy device compatibility, or when you specifically need WMA's edge at very low bitrates (32-64 kbps voice). For broad device support and tooling, MP3 wins. For best quality per byte, AAC (used in iTunes, YouTube, and modern streaming) and Opus beat WMA at every bitrate. Stick with WMA when the destination is a Windows audio app, a legacy Plays-For-Sure device, or a system that explicitly rejects MP3.

What if my source is .avi (not .divx) with DivX video inside?

Conceptually the same conversion, but the file extension routes it differently. Use AVI to WMA for .avi containers — that page accepts the file directly without renaming. The audio-extraction pipeline is identical; only the file-type filter changes.

Can I compress an existing WMA to make it even smaller?

Yes — once you have the WMA, run it through compress WMA to drop the bitrate further or trim leading/trailing silence. Going below 32 kbps with WMA Standard produces audible artifacts on music; voice-only content holds up better at low bitrates.