# How can I play wma files?

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**Created:** [September 7, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-play-wma-files/121772 "2004-09-07T02:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-play-wma-files/121772/1 "2004-09-07T02:17:04Z")

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I am working on editting some sounds that are wma files and I cannot even get them to play in windows media player. Is this some kind of new file type that is not made for computers? I just want to get them to play in media player so I can segment out what I need. Any idea?