Why WAV for editing
WAV stores sound without compressing it, so you can cut, clean and mix it and save again without losing anything at each step. It is the format audio editors, transcription services and sound engineers ask for.
Video to WAV converter
Extract a video's sound as an uncompressed 16-bit WAV file for editing.
- Free, no account
- No watermark
- Files deleted after 15 minutes
Files up to 100 MB and 60 minutes long.
Your file is deleted from our server as soon as the result is made, and the result 15 minutes later.
Result
Preview before you downloadAdd your file to begin. The result shows here.
Pulling the audio out to edit it?
Studio does the edit itself. It cuts retakes and pauses in the video and keeps the sound in sync.
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00:20How it works
How to extract WAV audio from a video
- Add your videoUp to 100 MB and 60 minutes.
- Set sample rate and channels, if you need toLeave both on Keep as recorded unless your editor or client asks for something specific.
- Extract and downloadThe WAV plays in the result panel.
00:30The details
What goes in and what comes out
- Accepts
- MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, MTS, M2TS, FLV, WMV, MPG, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, GIF, MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, WMA, AIFF, AMR
- Returns
- WAV (16-bit PCM)
- Limits
- Files up to 100 MB and 60 minutes long.
- Privacy
- Your file is uploaded to our processing server over an encrypted connection, worked on, and deleted. The uploaded file is removed as soon as the result is ready; the result is removed 15 minutes later. Nobody looks at it and it is never used for anything else.
- Cost
- Free. No account, no watermark, no trial that runs out.
00:35Worth knowing
Getting a good result
What WAV cannot do
It cannot put back what the video's soundtrack already lost. Most videos carry AAC sound, which was compressed when the video was made. The WAV is an exact copy of that sound, decoded: no worse, and no better.
Sample rate and size
Video sound is normally 48 kHz and music is normally 44.1 kHz. A 16-bit stereo WAV at 48 kHz takes about 11.5 MB a minute, roughly ten times an MP3.
00:40Questions
Video to WAV converter: common questions
How big is a WAV file?
About 11.5 MB a minute in stereo at 48 kHz, and half that in mono.
Should I choose mono or stereo?
A single voice recorded on one microphone is mono in practice, and saving it as mono halves the file. Keep stereo for music and for recordings where each person is on their own side.
Is 16-bit enough?
Yes for speech and for finished music. It gives a wider dynamic range than a video soundtrack contains.
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