00audio
WAV
Waveform Audio File
WAV is uncompressed PCM in a RIFF container: perfect fidelity, roughly 10 MB per minute in stereo CD quality, and readable by every audio tool ever written. It is the working format for editing and mastering.
- Extensions
- .wav .wave
- MIME type
- audio/wav
01 Convert WAV to something else
02 Convert something else to WAV
- MP4 to WAV For editing and transcription, where you want no further loss.
- MP3 to WAV For editors and hardware that want raw PCM.
- FLAC to WAV Truly lossless in both directions. Nothing is approximated.
- MOV to WAV For editing and transcription, with no second compression.
- OGG to WAV For game engines and editors that want raw PCM.
- M4A to WAV The format speech models and editors expect.
03 Related formats
Opening a .wav file
If you landed here because something handed you a .wav file and
nothing on your machine will open it, converting it to a format you already have a
reader for is usually faster than installing new software. Every conversion above runs
in this browser — the file is not uploaded, so it works on a locked-down work machine
and on a file you are not allowed to send anywhere.