What is WAV?
An audio container commonly used for uncompressed PCM sound. Files can be large.
Technical details
WAVE is a RIFF chunk container; fmt describes audio coding and data contains samples, which may be PCM or another encoding. [1]
Background and compatibility
WAVE was developed by Microsoft and IBM; Broadcast WAVE adds metadata chunks for production and archival exchange. [1]
Sources and references
- Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE)Library of Congress
Preview on your device
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Conversion support
Choose a file in the workspace to see the available output formats and options. A supported container may still contain an unsupported codec.
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