audio Format

WAV File Format

Waveform Audio File Format is IBM and Microsoft’s standard uncompressed audio format, storing linear pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio samples with complete fidelity.

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Technical Specifications

Extensions	.wav
MIME Types	audio/wav, audio/x-wav
Category	Audio
Engine Tier	tier2-wasm
Magic Bytes / Sniffing	0x52 0x49 0x46 0x46
Opens With	All media players, Audacity, Pro Tools, Logic Pro
Good For	Studio recording, audio editing, and lossless sound effect mastering.
Not Recommended For	Online streaming and mobile storage due to massive uncompressed sizes.

Convert from WAV (6 targets)

WAVMP3(high)WAVFLAC(exact)WAVAAC(high)WAVM4A(high)WAVOGG(high)WAVAIFF(exact)

Convert to WAV (12 sources)

MP3WAV(exact)FLACWAV(exact)M4AWAV(exact)MP4WAV(exact)AACWAV(exact)AIFFWAV(exact)OGGWAV(exact)OPUSWAV(exact)WMAWAV(exact)ALACWAV(exact)CAFWAV(exact)AMRWAV(exact)