Windows Media Audio

Ing Windows Media Audio (WMA) metung yang teknolohiyang audio data compression a ayalkus (developed) ning Microsoft. Gagamitan de ing lagiu ketang kayang audio file format o kareng kayang audio codec. Metung yang teknolohiyang ating makibandi (proprietary) a kayabe king balangkas o framework a Windows Media. Bibilugan de reng apat a saparadung codec ing WMA. Ing orihinal a WMA codec, a ausan da kabud a  WMA, megawa ya anting kakumpitensiya da reng sikat a codec a MP3 ampong RealAudio. Ngeni, metung ya kareng pekasikat a codec, kayabe ning MP3 ampo ing MPEG-4 AAC. Aniang 2003, megi yang kadua keng MP3 king bilang da reng standalone player a gagamitan kaya. Ing WMA Pro, metung a mas bayu ampong mas masulung a codec, gagamit yang multichannel ampong high resolution audio. Ating lossless a codec, ing WMA Lossless, a manyiksik (mag-compress) king audio data a e mawawala ing audio fidelity (pamilupa king orihinal). Ita namang WMA Voice, a megawa para kareng siuala (voice content), manyiksik yang gagamit  serie o pamitukituki (range) ning mababang bit rate..

Lon la murin deti
Codec – Ing teknikal a kataya para king compressor ampong decompressor 
Windows Media – Metung a digital media platform a sasaklo kareng tunggal-tunggal o indibidual a teknolohiyang Windows Media 
Windows Media Video – Metung a video file format ampong codec a ayalkus (developed) ning Microsoft
JPEG XR / HD Photo – Metung a image file format ampong codec a ayalkus ning Microsoft
Windows Media DRM – Metung a dake ning Windows Media para king pamanibala kareng katulirang digital (digital rights management), a magsilbi bang talan kareng katuliran king pamangamit kareng laman a uring media 
WMV HD – Ing komersial a lagiu (marketing name) da reng high definition video a me-encode kapamilatan ning Windows Media Video 9 codec
Surround sound – Audio a maki channel a maigit king adua
MPlayer – Metung a third-party, open source, cross-platform media player a maliaring patigtig kareng dakal a Windows Media file a gagamit king FFmpeg
FFmpeg – Metung a third-party, cross-platform, free software codec library a pagana (implement)kareng Windows Media Video codec
Lossy data compression – Pamanyiksik data (data compression) nung nukarin ating impormasiun a mawawala
Lossless data compression – Pamanyiksik data nung nukarin alang mawawalang impormasiun 
List of audio formats
Comparison of audio codecs

Suglung palual
Windows Media homepage at Microsoft
Listening tests (performed between 2002-2004) featuring Windows Media Audio at several bit rates 
WMA page in Hydrogenaudio Wiki
Audio quality comparison between RealAudio and Windows Media Audio 
Description of the algorithm used for Windows Media encryption 
Windows Media Audio decoder source code at FFMpeg's CVS 
mp3PRO vs MP3  - includes graphs comparing high-frequency performance for WMA/MP3/WAV
Convert WMA to MP3  - tutorial on how to convert WMA to MP3

Dalerayan

Audio codecs
Computer file formats
Digital audio
Microsoft Windows multimedia technology