Convert CAF to WAV - online and free
❯
How to convert a CAF to a WAV file?
- Choose the CAF file that you want to convert.
- Select WAV as the the format you want to convert your CAF file to.
- Click "Convert" to convert your CAF file.
Zamzar Pro Tip: You can open CAF through the Quicktime player which in bundled for free on Mac and is available as a free downlaod on Windows.
Step 1 - Select a file(s) to convert
Drag & drop files
Max. file size 50MB (want more?)
How are my files protected?
Step 2 - Convert your files to
Or choose a different format
You're in good company:
Zamzar has converted over 510 million files since 2006
File conversion for developers
Explore more →1 simple API to convert files from your application
100's of formats for you to choose from
Documents, Videos, Audio, Images & more ...
CAF (Audio)
| File extension | .caf |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | The Core Audio Format is a container for storing and manipulating digital audio data. CAF provides high performance and flexibility and is scalable to future high resolution audio recording, editing, and playback. CAF files have a number of advantages over other standard audio file formats: Unrestricted file size, Safe and efficient recording, Support for many data formats, Support for data dependencies. The Core Audio Format was essentially developed to free audio files of the limitations of older formats. |
| Actions | |
| Technical Details | CAF files use 64-bit file offsets, freeing it from the file size limitations of older formats. CAF files begin with a file header which is used to determine the file type and CAF version, this is then followed by a series of chunks. The only types of chunk data required for CAF files are Audio data chunk and the Audio description chunk, audio is stored in the audio data chunk and the various pieces of metadata are stored in the Audio Description chunk. |
| Associated programs |
|
| Developed by | Apple Inc |
| MIME type |
|
| Useful links |
WAV (Audio)
| File extension | .wav |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | The WAV file is one of the simplest digital audio file formats. It was originally developed back in 1991 for use within Windows 3.1 but today it is the gold standard in studio recording and one of the most popular digital audio formats. As they are stored in an uncompressed format they are enormously versatile and allow for easy editing and manipulation. One minor drawback is that the file sizes can be huge which can make them a little impractical. |
| Actions | |
| Technical Details | A file with the WAV file extension is a Waveform audio file format and is a container that stores data in segments. It was originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and stores uncompressed lossless audio which results in very large file sizes. The format uses containers to store the audio data, track numbers, sample rate and bit rate. |
| Associated programs |
|
| Developed by | Microsoft & IBM |
| MIME type |
|
| Useful links |
Convert CAF file
Using Zamzar, it is possible to convert CAF files to a variety of other formats
- caf to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- caf to ac3 (AC3 Audio File)
- caf to flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- caf to m4a (Compressed video file)
- caf to m4r (iPhone Ringtone File)
- caf to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- caf to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- caf to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- caf to wav (Windows audio file)
- caf to wma (Windows Media Audio)