Audio formats

What is the WAVE format?

WAVE — Waveform Audio (WAVE)

.wave is a rarely used spelling of the WAV extension: uncompressed audio in Microsoft's RIFF WAVE format.

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About the WAVE format

WAVE is the full name of the WAV format, and a few recorders and programs save files as .wave. The content is the same uncompressed PCM audio.

Some programs and upload forms accept only .wav. Converting gives the usual extension, or a smaller MP3 or FLAC.

Programs that open WAVE

  • Audacity
  • Windows Media Player
  • VLC Media Player
  • Adobe Audition

What WAVE is used for

  • Recorder output
  • Uncompressed audio for editing

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