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How to convert WMV to AAC on MAC OS

This is a step by step guide show you how to convert .wmv to .aac on Mac OS X.

 

1. What's AAC

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio, which has been standardized by ISO and IEC, as part of the MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 specifications. The MPEG-2 standard contains several audio coding methods, including the MP3 coding scheme. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at many bit rates.


AAC's best known use is as the default audio format of Apple's iPhone, iPod, iTunes, and the format used for all iTunes Store audio. AAC is also the standard audio format for Sony's PlayStation 3 and is supported by Sony's Play station Portable, walkman Phones from Sony Ericsson, Nseries Phones from Nokia, etc.

 

2. How to convert WMV to AAC on Mac

Free Download WMV to AAC Converter for Mac:

Intel version

PowerPC version

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).

Step 1, Add WMV video files to Mac WMV to AAC Converter

Click the "Add Files" button to add WMV video files to the wmv to AAC mac converter. This WMV video converter for Mac supports drag-drop and batch conversion, so you can import and convert several multimedia files at a time.

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Step 2, Select output format as AAC

Use the “format” on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the right of the "Format" label to get format drop-down menu. Select "AAC-Advanced Audio Coding" as the output format.

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Step 3, Change AAC Video and audio Settings

You can change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the AAC video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the AAC Audio. The size of the AAC file depends a lot on these settings.

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Step 4, Select output directory

Expand the "Output" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.

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Step 5, Click 'Start' to convert WMV to AAC on Mac

After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert .wmv to .AAC file on Mac OS X. If you want to trim, crop and more editing, please go to how to trim, crop and merge AAC videos on Mac.