Free online WMA to ABC converter

Database files with .wma and .abc extensions may belong to different proprietary applications, so conversion is usually an export-and-import operation rather than a codec change. The receiving database program may require records in a specific schema, delimiter, or interchange format.

What the WMA format is

In the Databases category, .wma does not identify one universal database standard. Different database or business applications can assign this extension to proprietary data files, archives, or workspaces. The creating application, version, and internal schema determine how the file can be read; changing the extension to .abc does not convert its contents.

Do not treat this database entry as Windows Media Audio. Confirm the file type from the application that created it, its documentation, or the file header before attempting conversion.

What the ABC format is

.abc is also an application-dependent database extension rather than a broadly standardized relational format. A target program may expect tables, indexes, metadata, or a particular proprietary record layout that another program cannot generate directly.

The useful target definition is therefore the one supplied by the application that opens the ABC file. It may support imports from CSV, delimited text, SQL, XML, or another documented interchange format; those formats preserve data more reliably than a blind binary conversion.

How to actually convert WMA to ABC

1. Identify the program that created the .wma file. Open a copy, then check Help → About, File → Properties, or the program’s import/export documentation.
2. Identify the exact application and version required for the .abc file. An ABC file made by one product may be unreadable by another product using the same extension.
3. Use the source application’s File → Export or Database → Export command. Prefer CSV, tab-delimited text, SQL, XML, or another format explicitly supported by the destination program. Export tables separately if relationships or indexes cannot be represented in one file.
4. In the destination application, use File → Import or its database import wizard, select the exported file, and map each source column to the required ABC field. Set the character encoding, delimiter, date format, decimal separator, and null-value handling explicitly.
5. Rebuild indexes, keys, relationships, calculated fields, and permissions in the ABC database if the interchange format carried only rows and columns. Compare record counts and sample records after import.

If the source and destination formats are recognized by 101convert.com, you can try the site’s built-in converter for free without installing software. A failed conversion or an output that cannot be opened usually means that the extensions refer to incompatible proprietary database formats; use the original applications or a vendor-supplied migration utility instead.

Quality, compatibility, and limitations

There is no general-purpose WMA-to-ABC transformation because neither extension defines a single schema. Direct conversion can lose indexes, relationships, forms, reports, embedded objects, permissions, duplicate-key rules, and application-specific metadata even when the records themselves transfer successfully.

Keep the original WMA file unchanged, make a backup before export, and validate row counts, primary keys, dates, Unicode characters, and large numeric values in the imported ABC database. If the source file is encrypted, password-protected, damaged, or tied to a proprietary engine, conversion requires valid access through the creating application.