Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WAX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WAX to another file type
To convert WAX Audio redirectors to another format, you need Windows Media Player or other Audio software.
Convert a file to WAX
To convert other file formats to the "Audio Playlist Redirector" file type, you need software like Windows Media Player or a similar tool.
About WAX files
The .WAX file extension stands for Windows Media Audio Redirector. It is a plain text or XML-based playlist file developed by Microsoft to stream internet audio content through Windows Media Player. It is important to understand that a .WAX file does not contain actual audio data. Instead, it contains a URL or a file path pointing to the true location of the audio file (usually a .WMA stream). Users frequently try to convert these files to modern audio formats like .MP3 or .WAV, but standard online converters fail because they attempt to process the text file as binary audio data. This file format is difficult to convert directly because the converter must first read the text, extract the hidden media link, and download the actual audio stream before any conversion can occur. Furthermore, .WAX is an obsolete, proprietary format heavily tied to legacy Microsoft software, making it unsupported on most mobile devices, modern web browsers, and non-Windows operating systems. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru will parse the internal text, reveal the hidden streaming URLs, and allow you to extract the media link for playback or further conversion.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WAX file.
If you want to convert WAX file to MP3, GOLD, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC or APE, you can use Windows Media Player or similar software from the "Audio Stream Redirector" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to WAX, try Windows Media Player or another comparable tool in the "Audio Stream Redirector" category.
The WAX Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WAX converter.