- Extension
- .xwma
- .aac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Description
- xWMA is a container format for compressed audio data developed by Microsoft, based on Windows Media Audio (WMA) compression but with a simplified header structure optimized for streaming and playback via the XAudio2 API. It is primarily used in Xbox and Windows game development to store sound effects and music efficiently.
- Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-xwma
- audio/x-aac
